PhD in Material Science and Engineering
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Key Information
Campus location
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
PhD in Material Science and Engineering
The doctoral program „Material Science and Engineering“ is a modern interdisciplinary program. It is built on a deep knowledge of the structure of conventional and specially materials, their utility properties and mechanisms of their degradation. It includes the field of the evaluation of mechanical and physical properties, the diagnostics of the chemical constitution and material structure, including the diagnostics of defects in materials as well as their recycling.
The aim of the doctoral program „Material Science and Engineering“ is to train the students for the independent creative scientific-research activities in the broad field of material engineering based on needed theoretical knowledge and experimental abilities using current modern experimental techniques.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory
- Statistical Physics of Solids
Choice-compulsory type B
- English Language Dr.
- French Language Dr.
- German Language Dr.
- Russian Language Dr.
- Spanish Language Dr.
Choice-compulsory type B
- Mathematical modeling of engineering problems
- Numerical Methods
- Statistical Processing of Experimental Data
Program Outcome
Graduate's knowledge
The graduate of this study program will be equipped with a broad theoretical knowledge, supplemented by specific practical skills and experience from industrial enterprises possessing the material technologies and from internships at foreign universities, with an excellent knowledge of languages and experience in science and research cooperation in international scientific teams.
Graduates of the doctoral program „Material Science and Engineering“ will gain broad theoretical knowledge of progressive technical materials and practical expertise in advanced experimental procedures for the evaluation of their properties, including mastering the experimental techniques needed to achieve the objectives of the dissertation. They will acquire the theoretical foundations within properly selected subjects, whose offer covers both subjects of physical and mathematical characters, and the special material subjects ranging from the internal structure of materials, through the phase transformations, influencing of the utility properties by the structural change or surface treatment, the selection of materials for specific conditions of use to the degradation processes and recycling of materials. They will also gain knowledge in the field of preparation, characterization and applications of nanomaterials in a wide range of human activities, including industrial applications.
Graduate's skills
Graduates are able to design and apply advanced research methods, use them in their research to achieve original results, and thereby contribute to the expansion of knowledge in a given field of science. The emphasis in the professional skills of students of the doctoral program „Material Science and Engineering“ is placed on the development of independent creative thinking, especially in the interpretation of obtained results, on the study of the current state of knowledge in the given field and on the ability to present the obtained results to the professional community. Students are encouraged to participate actively in national and international conferences.
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Career Opportunities
Graduate's employment
Graduates of the doctoral program „Material Science and Engineering“ have wide employment opportunities on the labour market due to their flexibility. This study program will prepare highly skilled professionals with employment possibilities in scientific-research and development services, as well as in the management and production sphere of the given branch and related branches.
Graduates have the potential to be employed as a research staff, material specialists and technologists in a wide range of companies and enterprises engaged in the production, processing, recycling of advanced technical materials and nanomaterials, as well as companies engaged in the evaluation of their properties, prediction of their lifetime and, last but not least, in sales. Graduates can also be employed as scientific, research or pedagogical staff at universities and research institutions, as technologists in companies dealing with the treatment and recycling of secondary raw materials.