  Despite ever accelerating workplace changes, including rapidly expanding
technological access and fast improving information and communication systems,
the education system in Kosovo is not fully developed enough to provide a
high-quality research-based education in Information and Communication
Technology. Coping simultaneously with varied national priorities, Kosovo, a
small country with 2 million inhabitants and a national budget of only 2.3
billion, lacks the needed investments to fundamentally transform the quality of
the education system.
  A funded ICT doctoral program would address todays workforce priorities and
requirements. The design and delivery of a national PhD program in ICT is
crucial for Kosovo in order to ensure competitive readiness within the regional
education systems and national economies of the West Balkans, and beyond. This
paper argues the need for PhD programs and offers insights into a proposed
project, the aim of which is to put Kosovo on the map by offering a PhD in the
ICT field.
