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Promocijas eksāmens angļu valodā

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HZF Valodu skola piedāvā LU doktorantiem iespēju nokārtot promocijas eksāmenu svešvalodā (angļu valodā), kas nepieciešams, lai sekmīgi pabeigtu studijas LU doktora programmā.

 

POST-GRADUATE EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH

Important dates and pre-examination consultation for the spring term of 2025/2026.

The first consultation is scheduled for March 6, 2026, beginning at 6 p.m. on MS Teams. Please apply here by March 5, 2026.

The second (individual) consultation is scheduled for the academic week of June 1 – 5, 2026. For the second consultation, examinees are expected to be ready with the tasks listed in the pre-examination requirements that are to be submitted together with the examination application to Professor Indra Karapetjana – indra.karapetjana@lu.lv and Assistant Professor Laimdota Ločmele –  laimdota.locmele@lu.lv – by May 22, 2026.

The post-graduate examination in English is scheduled for the academic week of June 8–12, 2026.

Pre-examination requirements

Examinees are required:

  1. to prepare a critical review based on a 300-page reading (1 page – 1800 characters with spaces) of scholarly publications describing the existing level of scientific development in the studied area but not authored by the examinees themselves. The volume of the review is at least 6 pages – Times New Roman, font 12, line spacing 1.5;
  2. during the second consultation, to introduce the examiner to the key takeaways from the reviewed scholarly publications and engage in the discussion of the same;
  3. to prepare a glossary of 50 terms excerpted from the reviewed scholarly publications.  A glossary sample is available here;
  4. to prepare a EUROPASS CV in English;
  5. to submit an examination application (APPLICATION).

N.B. The submitted review paper and glossary shall bear the name of the examinee at the top and pagination at the bottom.

Examination

  1. Examinees read a 5,000-character-with-spaces extract of a scholarly text, write a summary of the same, and submit as well as orally present it to the Examination Board without resorting to the source text or notes and engage in a follow-up Q&A session.
  2. Examinees engage in the discussion on the submitted review article and their own research.

N.B. A guide to summary writing