ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-АНАЛІТИЧНЕ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ПРОЦЕСУ АТЕСТАЦІЇ ДОКТОРІВ ФІЛОСОФІЇ

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study approaches to the formation of a network and composition of one-time specialized scientific councils in Ukraine according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers «Procedure for conducting an experiment for awarding the degree of Doctor of Philosophy» dated March 6, 2019, No. 167. An analysis was made of the existing extensive network of specialized scientific councils in Ukraine and the procedure for conducting an experiment for awarding the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by specialized scientific councils of the institutions of higher education and scientific institutions. The main objects of the study are institutions of higher education and scientific institutions which have received the right for performing educational activities in higher education at the third educational and scientific level in the field of knowledge and specialties for which Doctors of Philosophy are trained. During 2016–2019, 251 institutions of higher education in 118 specialties and 189 scientific institutions in 64 specialties received a license to train Doctors of Philosophy. As of January 1, 2020, there were 25,245 postgraduate students in 226 institutions of higher education and 191 scientific institutions (excluding postgraduate students from foreign countries), including 15,447 full-time postgraduate students, which is 61,2 % of the total number of postgraduate students, 9,798 postgraduate students attend evening and correspondence courses (38,8 %). The statutory period for the preparation of a Doctor of Philosophy in postgraduate studies, regardless of the form of study, is four years, and a Doctor of Science in doctoral studies is two years. Doctors of Philosophy training began in 2016, with the first graduation of Doctors of Philosophy in 2020, respectively. According to the data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the number of persons enrolled in graduate studies was 6 609 in 2016, 7 274 persons – in 2017, 7 172 persons – in 2018, 7 381 persons – in 2019. To conduct an experiment on the Doctors of Philosophy certification, the structure of the application for the opening of one-time Specialized Scientific Councils for institutions of higher education and scientific institutions, as well as the mechanism of database filling was developed. Further research on the development of information and analytical system for the training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical staff should be focused on the development of information and analytical system for the automated accounting and monitoring of the establishment of one-time specialized scientific councils, the procedure of the Doctors of Philosophy certification and records of diplomas issued.