PhD (Candidate of Sciences) programs
All PhD programs are provided in Russian, except three at the Kazan Campus which are available in English:
Petroleum engineering
World literature
Fundamental and applied linguistics
LIST OF CANDIDATE OF SCIENCES (DOCTORAL) PROGRAMS AT KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
| Specialization code and name | Study term, years | Structural unit |
| 1.1.1 Real, complex and functional analysis | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics |
| 1.1.2 Differential equations and mathematical physics | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics |
| 1.1.3 Geometry and topology | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics |
| 1.1.4 Probability theory and mathematical statistics | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics |
| 1.1.5 Mathematical logic, algebra, number theory and discrete mathematics | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics Institute of Computational Mathematics and IT |
| 1.1.6 Computational mathematics | 4 | Institute of Computational Mathematics and IT |
| 1.1.8 Mechanics of deformable solids | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 1.1.9 Mechanics of fluid, gas and plasma | 4 | Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 1.1.10 Biomechanics and bioengineering | 4 | Institute of Engineering |
| 1.2.1 Artificial intelligence and machine learning | 3 | Institute of Computational Mathematics and IT |
| 1.2.2 Mathematical modeling, numerical methods and program complexes | 3 | Institute of Computational Mathematics and IT |
| 2.3.1 System analysis, management and information processing | 3 | Institute of Computational Mathematics and IT Institute of IT and Intelligent Systems Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.3.3 Automation and management of technological processes and productions | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| Heat engines | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.5 Technology and equipment of mechanical and physical-technical treatment | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.7 Technologies and machines of pressure treatment | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| Wheel and track machines | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.6.17 Materials science in machine industry | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.9.5 Maintenance of automobiles | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.3.5 Mathematical and programming support of computing machines, complexes and computer networks | 3 | Institute of Computational Mathematics and IT |
| 1.3.1 Space physics and astronomy | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 1.3.3 Theoretical physics | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 1.3.4 Radio physics | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 1.3.6 Optics | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 1.3.8 Condensed matter physics | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 1.3.9 Plasma physics | 4 | Institute of Engineering |
| 1.3.13 Electric physics and electophysical equipment | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 1.3.14 Heat physics and theoretical heat technology | 4 | Institute of Engineering |
| 1.5.2 Biophysics | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 1.4.1 Inorganic chemistry | 4 | Institute of Chemistry |
| 1.4.2 Analytical chemistry | 4 | Institute of Chemistry |
| 1.4.3 Organic chemistry | 4 | Institute of Chemistry |
| 1.4.4 Physical chemistry | 4 | Institute of Chemistry |
| 1.4.8 Chemistry of organoelement compounds | 4 | Institute of Chemistry |
| 1.4.12 Oil chemistry | 4 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.5.3 Molecular biology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.4 Biochemistry | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.5 Human and animal physiology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.7 Genetics | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.8 Mathematical biology and bioinformatics | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.9 Botany | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.11 Microbiology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.12 Zoology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.15 Ecology | 4 | Institute of Environmental Sciences Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 1.5.16 Hydrobiology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.19 Soil studies | 4 | Institute of Environmental Sciences |
| 1.5.20 Biological resources | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.21 Plant physiology and biochemistry | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.5.22 Cell biology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 1.6.2 Paleontology and stratigraphy | 3 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.6.4 Mineralogy and crystallography; geochemistry and geochemical methods of mineral exploration | 3 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.6.5 Lithology | 3 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.6.6 Hydrogeology | 3 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.6.9 Geophysics | 3 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.6.11 Geology, exploration, prospecting and development of oil and gas deposits | 3 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 1.6.13 Economic, social, political and recreational geography | 3 | Institute of Management, Economics and Finance |
| 1.6.18 Science of atmosphere and climate | 3 | Institute of Environmental Sciences |
| 1.6.21 Geoecology | 3 | Institute of Environmental Sciences |
| 2.2.12 Devices, systems and products for medical purposes | 4 | Institute of Engineering |
| 2.2.13 Radio technology, including systems and devices of television | 4 | Institute of Physics |
| 2.3.7 Computer modeling and computer-aided design | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.4.2 Electrical complexes and systems | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.4.5 Energy complexes and systems | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.4.7 Turbo machines and piston engines | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.1 Engineering geometry and computer graphics. Digital support of product lifecycles | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.4 Robots, mechatronics and robotic systems | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.8 Welding and related processes and technologies | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.10 Hydraulic machines, vacuum and compressor equipment, water systems and pneumatic systems | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.5.11 Land transport complexes and vehicles | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.6.6 Nanotechnology and nanomaterials | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.6.17 Materials science | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.6.3 Foundry production | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.8.4 Development of oil and gas deposits | 4 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 2.8.4 Petroleum Engineering (English course) | 4 | Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies |
| 2.9.8 Intelligent transport systems | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 2.9.10 Technosphere safety of transport systems | 4 | Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 3.1.3 Ear, nose and throat medicine | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.1.7 Dentistry | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.1.8 Traumatology and orthopedics | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.1.18 Internal diseases | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.1.24 Neurology | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.1.33 Rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine, therapeutic physical exercise, resort studies and physical therapy | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.2.1 Hygiene | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.3.6 Pharmacology and clinical pharmacology | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.3.5 Forensic medicine | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.3.9 Medical informatics | 4 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.4.3 Pharmacy organizing | 3 | Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology |
| 3.4.2 Pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy | 3 | Institute of Chemistry |
| 5.1.1 Theoretical and historical legal science | 3 | Faculty of Law |
| 5.1.2 Public law | 3 | Faculty of Law |
| 5.1.3 Private law | 3 | Faculty of Law |
| 5.1.4 Criminal law | 3 | Faculty of Law |
| 5.1.5 International law | 3 | Faculty of Law |
| 5.2.1 Economic theory | 3 | Institute of Management, Economics and Finance Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 5.2.2 Mathematical, statistical and instrumental methods in economics | 3 | Institute of Management, Economics and Finance |
| 5.2.3 Regional and branch economy | 3 | Institute of Management, Economics and Finance Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 5.2.4 Finance | 3 | Institute of Management, Economics and Finance |
| 5.2.5 World economy | 3 | Institute of Management, Economics and Finance |
| 5.3.1 General psychology, personality psychology and history of psychology | 3 | Institute of Psychology and Education |
| 5.3.7 Age psychology | 3 | Institute of Psychology and Education |
| 5.4.4 Social structure, social institutes and processes | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications |
| 5.4.5 Political sociology | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications |
| 5.5.2 Political institutes, processes and technologies | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications |
| 5.6.1 History of Russia | 3 | Institute of International Relations Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.6.2 World history | 3 | Institute of International Relations |
| 5.6.3 Archeology | 3 | Institute of International Relations Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.6.4 Ethnology, anthropology and ethnography | 3 | Institute of International Relations |
| 5.6.5 Historiography, source studies and historical methodology | 3 | Institute of International Relations |
| 5.6.7 History of international relations and foreign policy | 3 | Institute of International Relations |
| 5.10.1 Theory and history of culture and arts | 3 | Institute of International Relations |
| 5.7.1 Ontology and epistemology | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.7.7 Social and political philosophy | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.7.9 Philosophy of religion and religion studies | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications |
| 5.8.1 General pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education | 3 | Institute of Psychology and Education Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (foreign languages) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (literature) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (Russian as a foreign language) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (Russian language) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (Tatar language) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (physics) | 3 | Institute of Physics |
| 5.8.2 Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (mathematics) | 3 | Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.8.7 Methodology and technology of professional education | 3 | Institute of Psychology and Education Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.9.1 Russian literature and literature of indigenous peoples of Russia | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.9.2 Literature of the world | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.9.3 Theory of literature | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.9.5 Russian language and languages of indigenous peoples of Russia | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication Yelabuga Campus |
| 5.9.6 Germanic languages | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.9.8 Theoretical, applied and comparative linguistics | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 5.12.3 Interdisciplinary language studies | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication Naberezhnye Chelny Campus |
| 5.9.2 World Literature (English course) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.9.8 Fundamental and applied linguistics (English course) | 3 | Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication |
| 5.9.9 Мedia communications and journalism | 3 | Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications |