Kaunas University of Technology
PhD Informatics Engineering
Kaunas, Lithuania
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
18 Sep 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Oct 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The PhD in Informatics Engineering at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) prepares scientific leaders in computation and information processing. The programme requires 30 credits, original research, publications, and an oral defense of a doctoral dissertation. You can take a study module abroad or join a doctoral summer camp and research at Santaka valley.
Career Outcomes: Graduates pursue academic research and teaching, industry R&D, data science, systems architecture, or technology leadership. Typical roles include university lecturer / researcher, R&D engineer, data scientist, research scientist, and technology entrepreneur, applying research methods, scientific communication, publication experience, and interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation management.
Informatics Engineering is a branch of computer science, focused on effective solution of practical computation and information processing problems with application of scientific knowledge. This programme of doctoral studies aims to prepare future scientific leaders in the scientific field of Informatics Engineering. Each doctoral student who aims to acquire doctoral degree has to complete doctoral studies in the scope of 30 credits, conduct original scientific research in the scientific field of Informatics Engineering and develop new scientific knowledge, present the results of his/her scientific research in national and international scientific conferences and scientific journals, write and orally defend his/her doctoral dissertation. Programme provides doctoral students with a possibility to complete one study module at the foreign academic institution or participate in summer camp for doctoral students organised abroad and actively conduct the most advanced scientific research at the integrated centre of science, entrepreneurship and studies of Santaka valley since the first day of their studies. Awarded doctoral degree proves that doctoral student acquired a deep academic education and is able to conduct original scientific research in the field of Informatics Engineering.