[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.