Course detail

Methodology of Scientific Work

FEKT-MPA-MVPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is designed as a practical introduction to the basics of writing professional and scientific texts. It includes an overview of research and science methods, as well as financial resources for research in the Czech Republic and the European Union. It also covers the possibilities and key principles of commercializing the scientific outputs. 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Marina Filipenská, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering (UBMI)

Entry knowledge

The general knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Students work on individual projects focused on searching scientific databases on the internet. The projects are evaluated and discussed with the students.
Submission and presentation of the projects are mandatory. 

Aims

The goal of the course is to provide students with orientation in the creation of technical and scientific texts, basic terminology in the fields of science and research, and methods of financing science and research in the Czech Republic. The student will be able to discuss the issue of evaluating scientific work and will be capable of independently searching for necessary information in scientific databases (Web of Science, Scopus). Furthermore, the student will be able to analyze a scientific article into its essential components and apply this skill in practice, for example, when writing their own publications, technical reports, etc. Additionally, they will be familiar with research funding in the Czech Republic and the EU and the basics of commercializing scientific outputs. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

J.W. Creswell: Research design. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, SAGE Publications, 2014 (CS)
R. A. Day: How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Greenwood Press, 2006

Recommended reading

N. Walliman: Your research project. A step-by-step guide for the first-time researcher, SAGE publications, 2001 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPA-BIO Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme MPA-BTB Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme MPAD-BIO Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Marina Filipenská, Ph.D.

Syllabus


1. Research and science - characteristics.
2. Methodology of basic and applied research.
3. Phases of research projects.
4. Grants and grant support in the Czech Republic and the EU.
5. Information resources on the internet.
6. Research data management.
7. FAIR principles.
8. Data repositories.
9. Commercialization of scientific and research outputs.
10. Real examples of successful commercialization and use of products.
11. Basics of creating scientific texts.
12. Formal requirements for scientific texts.
13. Bibliographic citations. 

Project

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Marina Filipenská, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Proposal of a topic for a future thesis and preparation of a literature review using relevant professional sources, including an abstract, introduction, selected chapters and a list of references. Both the content and the formal aspect of the submitted thesis, the originality of the chosen topic, the correctness and feasibility of the research questions are evaluated.