VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

PhD in Transport Systems

Full-time/Part-time

Choice-compulsory type B

• Czech Language Dr.
• English Language Dr.
• French Language Dr.
• German Language Dr.
• Russian Language Dr.
• Spanish Language Dr.

Choice-compulsory type B

• Applied Linear Algebra
• Basic Methods of Statistical Data Analysis in Practice
• Classical Methods of Solution of Partial Differential Equations
• Interpolation and Approximation of Functions
• Methods of Optimization
• Vector and Tensor Analysis

DST (Choice-compulsory type B)

• Advanced and Hybrid Drives of Vehicles
• Advanced Methods of Transport Prognoses
• Applied Geoinformation Technologies
• Computational Methods and Tools for Transport Systems
• Design of Vehicles
• Environmental and Health Impacts of Road and Rail Transport.
• Evaluation Methods of Measurement of Physical Quantities
• Experimental Methods in Structural Materials of Vehicles
• Human Factors in Transport
• Logistics of Transport Systems
• Materials for Automotive Brake Systems
• Modelling of Vehicle Driving Strategie
• Optimization Methods Principles
• Physics of Fluids
• Rail Transport Technology and Control
• Reliability and Functional Safety
• Road and Urban Transport Technology and Management
• Simulation of Transportation Systems
• Stochastic Computational Methods
• Technology and Air Traffic Management
• Telematic Systems in Transport
• Transportation Theory
• Unconventional Optimization Methods
• Vehicle Aerodynamics
• Vehicle Dynamics
• Calculation methods and tools for transport systems

Study aims

The main objective of the study program is to educate graduates with broad theoretical knowledge in the field of transport systems, supplemented by specific practical knowledge and skills obtained by solving real problems of professional practice or acquired in practice carried out in companies engaged in the construction of vehicles or operation of transport systems, foreign universities and scientific workplaces. Graduates gain experience from scientific research cooperation in international scientific teams.
Student completes theoretical and technological subjects according to individual study plans and elaborate doctoral dissertations under the supervision of a supervisor demonstrate the ability to creatively extend their knowledge of the field of study, demonstrate the ability to independent creative work in solving challenging tasks in practice both within the university and within international cooperation.

The study program educates top professionals who will be able to work in the scientific, research, development and production spheres in highly professional and managerial positions in the field and related fields.

The doctoral study program Transport Systems is based on the previous doctoral study program Transport Technique and Technology accredited at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering VŠB – TUO until 2014, and is significantly extended with courses providing the student with a detailed professional view of solved problems of current transport practice to gain deep knowledge of optimization principles. The newly proposed doctoral study program is built on the newly accredited Master's study program Transport Systems and Technology, which is currently accredited at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VŠB-TUO until 2028.

Graduate's knowledge

The graduate of the Transport Systems study program will acquire a broad theoretical knowledge of the program and his study is profiled in various scientific areas focused on:

• Processes in transport systems, their modelling and optimization in both deterministic and stochastic operating conditions;
• Procedures related to vehicle design solutions, related reliability calculations and competencies to assess vehicle driving strategies;
• Cross-sectional problems of transport systems (economic aspects, environmental aspects, logistics, human factor, etc.) and optimizing the operation of transport systems.

Graduate's skills

The graduate will acquire:

• Methods of scientific research work especially with the use of professional software used by potential training university departments (Xpress-IVE, Witness etc.);
• Methods of evaluation of obtained results and their interpretation;

The graduate can extend the knowledge of the field through original research based on the principles of scientific work received during the study and also can develop and evaluate theories, concepts and methods of the field, including their inclusion in a wider range.

Graduate's general competence

Graduates of the doctoral study program Transport Systems will be able to:

• Plan large-scale activities of a creative nature and acquire and plan resources for their implementation;
• Communicate their expertise, professional skills and general competencies in the foreign language at the B1-B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference by receiving a sufficient degree of soft skills;
• Acquire new professional knowledge, skills and competencies through their creative activities and influence the conditions and context of the education of others;
• Evaluate new knowledge and ideas, taking into account the long-term social consequences of their use,
• Solve complex independent ethical problems in creative activities or exploitation of its results.

Graduate's employment

The study program Transport Systems is built so that its graduates will be able to solve the scientific and technical problems of prevention in various areas of transport systems, especially, in the areas of technical solutions of means of transport and optimization of processes taking place in transport systems. Graduates can be employed primarily as researchers in the technical development departments of companies engaged in the production of vehicles or their components, applied research in the field of technology and operation in transport systems. Graduates will be able to work not only independently, but also in scientific teams, where they will have the ability to formulate new highlights of corporate research independently, and after training lead scientific teams or their parts. Graduates will also have the competencies to take up teaching and research activities in a university environment. Graduates of doctoral studies can also be employed in state administration and companies at the appropriate level (managerial and managerial positions), where they will be able to design concepts of operating transport systems of various types, or they will be able to work as forensic experts in the field of transport.