Doctorate in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (Ph.D.)
Aglantzia, Cyprus
DURATION
8 up to 16 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Mar 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* holders of Master's degree
Key Summary
Introduction
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is one of the four departments in the newly established Faculty of Engineering at the University of Cyprus.
The first undergraduate students were accepted in September 2003, while the graduate program started in January 2005.
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering offers a high-quality graduate program both at the Master and Ph.D. level. This program emphasizes fundamental principles that prepare students for leadership roles in a challenging and rapidly changing technological world. Research and innovation are encouraged in an environment that fosters cooperation among faculty, students, industry, and research organizations. The faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is comprised of experienced and distinguished academicians with expertise in a wide range of research fields pertinent to Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Postgraduate Study Scholarships for International Students at the University of Cyprus
Since its establishment in 1989, the University of Cyprus (UCY) has earned a strong reputation domestically, regionally, and internationally, and it has earned a prominent place in World University Rankings. Its focus on academic excellence, as well as research and teaching, is widely recognized. UCY, in line with its internationalization strategy and commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, offers a number of scholarships to qualified international candidates in the following interesting and specialized postgraduate programs:
- Master in Business Economics (total tuition fee: 10.000 euros)
- Master in Economic Analysis (total tuition fee: 5.125 euros) or PhD in Economics (total tuition fee: 4.000 euros for Master’s holders)
- Master in Artificial Intelligence (total tuition fee: 5.125 euros)
- Master in Teaching French as a Foreign Language (total tuition fee: 5.125 euros)
The scholarships will be awarded in the form of a deduction from the total amount of tuition fees of the selected postgraduate program. Candidates must meet the academic criteria and adhere to the admission requirements of the specific study program.
UCY is currently accepting online applications for admission in September 2024. The deadline for applications for the above-mentioned postgraduate programs is 14th June 2024, except for the Master in Artificial Intelligence, which has a deadline of 31st May 2024.
Curriculum
Structure
- Compulsory: 224 ECTS
- Restricted Elective: 16 ECTS
- Total ECTS: 240
Graduation Requirements
- Successful completion of the requirements of the Program.
- Up to 60 ECTS may be exempted from postgraduate courses.
Program Outcome
The program is designed to produce highly qualified graduates who:
- Obtain a strong background in the fundamentals of the field, creativity, societal sensitivity and the independence of thought required for a successful career in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
- Obtain self-motivation and self-evaluation skills to acquire more knowledge in their area of specialization during their future professional career.
- Adopt a deductive approach to the learning process. This approach follows naturally from the fact that all physical phenomena important to Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineers are governed by a set of simple physical laws and are mathematically expressed by similar equations solved with the same methods.
- As successful Engineers, identify, define, understand and use physical laws to describe different problems.
- Evaluate, select and combine appropriate analytical, experimental and computational tools for problems of specialization.
- Apply these tools and solve problems to meet specific needs posed by society.
- Integrate new knowledge in their background to design, propose and compose new products and services.
- Apply their acquired knowledge and skills to a research project in the area of their specialization.
- Are able to prepare scientific reports and present their work in the scientific community.
- Are able to teach in academic institutes and supervise research projects and young scientists.
- Are able to lead a team for research and development in the industry.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The total number of students per academic year varies between 8-10 students, depending on the applications and the maximum number of students set every year by the University.
The employment prospects of the program include, among others, the following:
- Industry
- Construction Sector
- Mining and Processing
- Production of Electricity
- Water Desalination
- Hotel Units
- Construction Sector
- Mining and Processing
- Production of Electricity
- Water Desalination
- Hotel Units
- Technical Offices
- Design of Mechanical Installations
- Thermal Building Performance
- Environmental Impact
- Design of Mechanical Installations
- Thermal Building Performance
- Environmental Impact
- Installation and Maintenance of Equipment
- Appointment to the Public Sector of Cyprus
- Appointment in Secondary Education
- Financial Investment Advisers
- Employment in Academic and Research Institutes
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Program Admission Requirements
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