Phd in Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences Faculty of Engineering

University of Pannonia

The aim of the program

The primary aim of our doctoral school is to train scientists who can continue their creative scientific work related to leading fields of chemical engineering and material sciences after finishing their PhD studies. The doctoral school was established on January 1, 2001 as the highest level of chemical engineering education at University of Pannonia. Since then, more than 100 students have earned the PhD degree in our doctoral school.

The doctoral training is a regular study, research and reporting activity, which includes the fulfilment of the obligations stipulated in the Doctoral Regulations of the University. In CEMSDS doctoral training, the award of doctoral degrees is conditional on the completion of 8 semesters of study obligations for those starting after 1 September 2016.
Study points can be obtained by completing subjects, completing a research task and performing an educational task. Taking into account that, the doctoral training requires more individual learning than undergraduate training, it corresponds that 1 lesson (contact hour/week) is equal to 2 study points (TP). The study score for research activity and research results from research activity was calculated based on the average time spent by a student with average abilities.

The structure of the program

In the first 4 semesters credits can be collected with studying, teaching or publishing scientific results in high quality journals. The remaining credits can be collected with teaching and publishing in the final two years. The minimal credit requirements for these three parts can be seen in the figure.

Program content

You can find a job with your degree

Research-related jobs usually require a PhD degree, for which this course provides the necessary qualification. PhD graduates have the appropriate skills to continue their scientific career in at University of Pannonia or at other universities, or research institutes.

During the study PhD students are involved into the lecturing and also project works, which are usually corresponding to actual industrial problems with important representatives of industrial cooperation. Hence, next to the scientific conferences there is another way to increase the social network.

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Qualifications and skills can gather in the PhD study

• theoretical and practical skills associated with the discipline, and the practical application thereof in the laboratory;
• understanding, critical evaluation and creative application of recent scientific results of the discipline;
• the knowledge required to fill leading positions in workplaces related to engineering;
• expert methods of computer science and computational analysis;
• understanding and application of problem-solving techniques necessary for scientific research on a wider scale;
• high level publication and presentation skills.