The Center has two specialized academic councils for the defense of doctoral and candidate theses, in which more than 300 specialists have defended:
Specialized Council D 26.189.01 in Economic Sciences for the specialty 08.00.03 – Economics and Management of the National Economy (approved by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine dated March 23, 2011 No. 88-06/2), Chairman - Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor B.A. Malitsky, Deputy Chairman - Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor V.P. Solovyov, Academic Secretary - Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher L.S. Lobanova. Full personal composition.
Specialised Academic Council D 26.189.02 in Historical Sciences, speciality 07.00.07, History of Science and Technology (approved by Resolution No. 32-06/4 of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine, dated 9 April 2008). Chair: Professor Yu.O. Khramov, Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics. Academic Secretary: Harmasar, Candidate of Sciences in History.
In the period 2005 - 2009, in the specialized academic councils of the Center, the following received a scientific degree:
– Candidates of Sciences – 34 people, of whom 12 (8 doctoral students of the Center, 4 applicants) – in the economic specialty and 22 (10 doctoral students of the Center, 12 applicants) – in history.
– Doctors of Science – 6 people, of whom 4 – in economics, 2 – in history.
In addition, during the specified period, the Center's employees defended 1 doctoral and 1 candidate dissertations in the specialty of philosophy of science at the Kyiv National University.
So, during the period 2005-2009, the Center trained 35 candidates of science and 7 doctors of science, of which 6 doctors and 11 candidates are employees of the Center.
In the specialized academic councils of the Center in 2010, the following are planned to be defended:
– 7 candidate dissertations in economic sciences by doctoral students of the Center;
– 5 candidate dissertations in historical sciences by doctoral students of the Center, 1 of them by applicants.
– 2 doctoral dissertations in historical sciences
Thus, in 2010, it is planned to prepare 12 candidate and 2 doctoral dissertations at the Center.
As of 11 March 2010, the Center has:
– 17 doctoral students: 13 in economics (3 part-time and 10 full-time) and 4 in history (all 4 full-time).
– 4 doctoral candidates, 2 of them in economic sciences and 2 in historical sciences.
2005 – 2 PhD theses in economics and 2 in history were defended by the Center’s graduate students, as well as 1 PhD theses in economics and 4 in history;
2006 – 0 PhD theses in economics and 2 in history were defended by the Center’s graduate students, as well as 0 PhD theses in economics and 1 in history;
Protected by researchers of the G.M. Dobrov NAS of Ukraine 1 candidate dissertation in philosophical sciences; 3 doctoral dissertations in economics (Soloviev V.P., Popovych O.S., Yegorov I.Yu.) and 1 doctoral dissertation in philosophy (Ryzhko L.V.).;
2007 - 4 candidate theses in economic sciences and 3 in historical sciences were defended by doctoral students of the Center, as well as applicants of 2 candidate theses in economic sciences and 4 in historical sciences;
2008 – 1 candidate dissertation in economic sciences and 1 in historical sciences were defended by the Center's graduate students, as well as 0 candidate dissertations in economic sciences and 1 in historical sciences;
2009 – 3 PhD theses were defended by graduate students of the Center:
1 in economic sciences (under 35 years old) and 2 in historical sciences (under 35 years old), as well as 1 candidate's thesis in economic sciences and 2 in historical sciences;
– doctoral students of the Center defended 1 doctoral dissertation in economic sciences (Mekh. O.A.), 1 doctoral dissertation in historical sciences (Lytvynko A.S.) and applicants 1 doctoral dissertation in historical sciences (Korniyenko O.M.).