[PhD]

PhD English

REQUIREMENTS 2022 - 2023

EXAMINATIONS

written part:

dates - exam period of summer semester

registration - via email - 2 days before the date at the latest

topics – CV, letter of application, personal statement, study-stay application, PhD progress report, higher engineering education (your university, faculty - description), latest achievements in your field, your former and present research, guidelines for giving a presentation, guidelines for writing a CV/letter of application/personal statement, graph description

exam length – 120 minutes

aids – non-electronic dictionary only

oral part:

dates – will be agreed on after the written exam. The supervisor is supposed to take part in the oral exam.

The student is supposed to come 10 min earlier than the supervisor to prepare the presentation.

venue – room 206 or 46

tasks – 1. 10-min presentation on a topic related to the field of study - to be prepared at home (choose a topic

with respect to the presence of the supervisor, but different from that in the written exam)

discussion on the topic presented, answering questions asked by the supervisor

assessment

2. short talk and discussion on a given topic: higher engineering education (your university, faculty –

description, comparison with experience from other universities, PhD study and teaching experience,

motivation, possible future position, etc.), experience in studying English sources, participation in

conferences, seminars, workshops, etc., research experience, international cooperation in research,

latest achievements in your field, future of your field

3. discussion about your written exam, your paper and your reading (ca 100pp) + vocabulary list

exam time – ca 45 min

All PhD students are supposed to write a scientific paper of a standard structure (incl abstract). It is to be submitted one week before the oral exam at the latest.

Topic: summary of master thesis

Length: 5 standardized pages of text (9,000 characters including spaces). Tables, figure captions and bibliography are not included in the number of characters.

The PhD student must be the only author of the text, no proof-reading by another person is allowed.