Industrial Doctorates

The aim of the industrial doctorate is to combine doctoral studies with practical experience from the application field.

Commercial companies are interested in delivering quality products to the market. They are interested in innovating their offer and technology. Their new task is also work on research or development of a new products, technologies or new material properties. They are equipped with a theoretical basis and professional experience, but they often lack some highly professional competences that they have not needed in their work yet.

Cooperation with the academic sphere helps to gain access to these competences, acquire them and use them in your own work. An essential role in the doctoral studies is played by the supervisor, who is the guarantor of the professional and scientific education of the doctoral student and provides the doctoral student with consultations in a specific area of ​​his scientific and creative work. The industrial doctorate is an effective platform for the cooperation of researchers from universities and experts from the corporate sector.

Industrial doctorates represent great opportunities for Ph.D. students, the university and the application sphere. Industrial doctorate studies are also open to graduates with experience. The age of the new PhD student does not matter at all. What is important is the interest in education and the topic of the work, which is determined by the commercial entity in agreement with the doctoral student and approved by the university.

What does an industrial doctorate mean

An industrial doctorate is a doctoral study carried out on the basis of a written contract between the university and a commercial entity that is interested in using the results of research and development. The study of an industrial doctorate is not a special type of doctoral study program and takes place in accordance with the Act on Universities and BUT's internal regulations. An industrial doctorate can be completed in full-time or combined form of study.

Doctoral studies represent the highest level of study at BUT. Its goal is the preparation of highly qualified personnel for scientific work in a specific field. The study is therefore focused on the knowledge of the theoretical basis and on a narrower focus, which is followed by one's own scientific research activity within the framework of the dissertation.

Thanks to the cooperation of academic and private entities, industrial doctorates bring profit on both sides. This form of cooperation contributes to the transfer of knowledge into practice and the valorization of the results of science in the national economy.

The existence of industrial doctorates at BUT is anchored in Directive 4/24 Industrial doctorates at BUT. The directive sets specific rules for conducting doctoral studies at BUT in cooperation with the application sphere.

Ing.

JosefSláma

Expert Consultant

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