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The issuing of Doctoral dissertations in the Department constitutes an important priority and a procedure for conducting core research. The candidate doctors acquire specialized knowledge over the cognitive subject of the doctoral dissertation and over modern research trends and results for the field in question, and they develop capacities of literature reviewing, writing research reports, and presentation of research results. At the same time, they develop skills over specific methods and tools, experimentally, through calculation or analysis, and they acquire a significant competence in dealing with and investigating research problems. Following the end of the work, it is expected of them to have produced an original, publishable material that includes new results, useful to the scientific community. In order to achieve this, they will have proven that they are thoroughly and expansively knowledgeable about the cognitive field relevant to the issue of their dissertation, while having acquired the competence of conducting a research work with an independent manner.