The doctoral student achieves the learning outcomes as a result of:
a) realization of an individual training program including obligatory and elective courses (obtaining at least 43 ECTS credits, including at least 17 ECTS in the Basic Module, at least 16 ECTS in the Lecture Module and at least 10 ECTS in the Complementary Module), and also completion of an internship (in the chosen scientific/research/industrial unit – 2 months continuously) and professional practical trainings (up to 60 h / academic year),
b) realization of an individual research plan, in particular scientific research, preparation of scientific publications and doctoral dissertation,
c) being part of the academic community of the University and taking part in different forms of activities organized by the Doctoral School and University Units,
d) carrying out education and scientific research in the academic community in the country and / or abroad.
Education at the Doctoral School is carried out in English.
LIST OF COMPULSORY AND ELECTIVE COURSES
SEMESTER 1
Basic Module (obligatory courses)
Complementary Module (elective courses)
It is required to obtain min. 2 ECTS credits. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Methodology of academic teaching | 6 | 1 |
| Information skills in science and technology | 2 | 1 |
| Development prospects and new scientific trends (1)* | min. 4 | 1 |
* The doctoral student completes the course (in the form of lectures, seminars, classes, workshops, courses, trainings, summer or winter schools:
1) offered by the Doctoral School of PUT
- guest lectures within the STER Programme in the academic year 2023/2024
- trainings within the STER Programme in the academic year 2023/2024: winter semester
- workshops
2) with the consent of the supervisor
- lectures offered by the Poznan University of Technology units
- activities offered by other doctoral schools / research units, including foreign ones
- activities carried out during a research internship at a national / foreign research unit.
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Specialist English language course: writing skills | 10 | - |
SEMESTER 2
Basic Module (obligatory courses)
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Knowledge transfer and commercialization of research results | 4 | 1 |
| Current civilization challenges | 4 | 1 |
| English for academic purposes (2) | 10 | 2 |
| Doctoral seminar I (within given discipline) | 10 | 2 |
| 28 | 6 |
Complementary Module (elective courses)
It is required to obtain min. 2 ECTS credits. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Grants - how to write competitive project proposals and get funding? | 4 | 1 |
| Managing research projects | 4 | 1 |
| Development prospects and new scientific trends (2)* | min. 4 | 1 |
* The doctoral student completes the course (in the form of lectures, seminars, classes, workshops, courses, trainings, summer or winter schools:
1) offered by the Doctoral School of PUT
- guest lectures within the STER Programme in the academic year 2023/2024
- trainings within the STER Programme in the academic year 2023/2024: summer semester
- lectures available online on the lecture platform
2) with the consent of the supervisor
- lectures offered by the Poznan University of Technology units
- activities offered by other doctoral schools / research units, including foreign ones
- activities carried out during a research internship at a national / foreign research unit.
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Foreign language: Polish | 20 | - |
| Specialist English language course: presentation skills | 10 | - |
| Specialist English language course: communication skills with EMI elements | 10 | - |
SEMESTER 3
Lecture Module - Series of lectures 1
Within Series of lectures 1 the doctoral student is required to complete two courses from the discipline in which he/she is studying (8 h and 4 h), and one 4-hour course - chosen by the doctoral student - from outside the discipline (required total number of hours: 16, ECTS: 4).
Complementary Module (elective courses)
It is required to obtain min. 3 ECTS credits. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15.
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15. Classes offered to doctoral students who did not attend them in semester 1.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Specialist English language course: writing skills | 10 | - |
SEMESTER 4
Basic Module (obligatory courses)
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Doctoral seminar II (within given discipline) | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
Lecture Module - Series of lectures 2
Within Series of lectures 2 the doctoral student is required to complete two courses from the discipline in which he/she is studying (8 h and 4 h), and one 4-hour course - chosen by the doctoral student - from outside the discipline (required total number of hours: 16, ECTS: 4).
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15. Classes offered to doctoral students who did not attend them in semester 2.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Foreign language: Polish | 20 | - |
| Specialist English language course: presentation skills | 10 | - |
| Specialist English language course: communication skills with EMI elements | 10 | - |
SEMESTER 5
Lecture Module - Series of lectures 3
Within Series of lectures 3 the doctoral student is required to complete two courses from the discipline in which he/she is studying (8 h and 4 h), and one 4-hour course - chosen by the doctoral student - from outside the discipline (required total number of hours: 16, ECTS: 4).
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points | Discipline |
| Contemporary Scientific Approaches to the History and Theory of Architecture: Selected Topics | 4 | 1 | architecture and urban planning |
| Architectural Context in Contemporary Scholarship: Key Issues and Perspectives | 8 | 2 | architecture and urban planning |
| Autonomous driving: AI and robotics perspective | 4 | 1 | automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies |
| Machine learning methods in control systems | 8 | 2 | automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies |
| Machine learning methods in natural language processing | 4 | 1 | information and communication technology |
| Neuromorphic and adaptive learning systems | 8 | 2 | information and communication technology |
| Efficient methods for sensitivity computation in complex engineering systems – fundamentals and applications | 4 | 1 | civil engineering, geodesy and transport |
| Stability of thin-walled steel structures | 8 | 2 | civil engineering, geodesy and transport |
| Scanning Tunneling Microscopy | 4 | 1 | materials engineering |
| Thin-film Technology | 8 | 2 | materials engineering |
| Automation in plastics processing and recycling | 4 | 1 | mechanical engineering |
| Design automation of customized products using knowledge engineering | 8 | 2 | mechanical engineering |
| Methods for modelling heat flow in energy devices | 4 | 1 | environmental engineering, mining and energy |
| Advances in water treatment | 8 | 2 | environmental engineering, mining and energy |
| Modification of electrodes with electroactive materials possessing redox properties for applications in enzymatic biosensors and electrochemical detection | 4 | 1 | chemical sciences |
| Chemistry and Biotechnology in the Modern World. A Journey from Household through Laboratory to Industry | 8 | 2 | chemical sciences |
| Product Management in a Circular Econ | 4 | 1 | management and quality studies |
| Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing | 8 | 2 | management and quality studies |
Complementary Module (elective courses)
It is required to obtain min. 3 ECTS credits. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Creative Engineering Problems Solving | 4 | 1 |
| New research tools - AI & VR (Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality) | 4 | 1 |
| Basis of team management | 4 | 1 |
| Sustainable development in technical sciences | 4 | 1 |
| Development prospects and new scientific trends (5)* | 4 | 1 |
* The doctoral student completes the course from the complementary module in the form of lectures, seminars, classes, workshops, courses, training, summer or winter schools:
1) with the consent of the supervisor - courses offered by PUT Units, e.g. EUNICE courses offered for PhD students: https://eunice-university.eu/courses/ or
2) with the consent of the supervisor - courses from the offer of other doctoral schools / scientific units, including foreign ones, or those run during a scientific internship in a domestic / foreign scientific unit or
3) alternatively, courses offered by the PUT Doctoral School, if it is possible to offer additional classes.
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15. Classes offered to doctoral students who did not attend them in semester 1 or 3.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Specialist English language course: writing skills | 10 | - |
SEMESTER 6
Basic Module (obligatory courses)
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Doctoral seminar III (within given discipline) | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
Lecture Module - Series of lectures 4
Within Series of lectures 4 the doctoral student is required to complete two courses from the discipline in which he/she is studying (8 h and 4 h), and one 4-hour course - chosen by the doctoral student - from outside the discipline (required total number of hours: 16, ECTS: 4).
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points | Discipline |
| Resilient Cities facing the Climate and Environmental Crisis | 4 | 1 | architecture and urban planning |
| Sustainable Interiors: Architecture for Future Generations | 8 | 2 | architecture and urban planning |
| Application of the multi-stage approach of the Finite Element Method in analysis of systems with an electromagnetic field | 4 | 1 | automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies |
| Convolutional neural networks for medical image processing and robot vision, learning and control | 8 | 2 | automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies |
| Beyond the Double Helix: Computing Strategies for Complex Biological Architectures | 4 | 1 | information and communication technology |
| Overview of modern telecommunications techniques | 8 | 2 | information and communication technology |
| Carbon Nanotubes in Mechanical Engineering, the Route Towards Applications | 4 | 1 | civil engineering, geodesy and transport |
| An application of the boundary element method to static, dynamic and initial stability analysis of engineering structures | 8 | 2 | civil engineering, geodesy and transport |
| Raman spectroscopy of optical materials | 4 | 1 | materials engineering |
| Current trends in surface engineering | 8 | 2 | materials engineering |
| Technologies of rapid and virtual prototyping | 4 | 1 | mechanical engineering |
| Reverse engineering - 3D scanning and data processing | 8 | 2 | mechanical engineering |
| Energy versus exergy approach in energy management | 4 | 1 | environmental engineering, mining and energy |
| Advances in wastewater treatment | 8 | 2 | environmental engineering, mining and energy |
| Environmental impact of xenobiotics | 4 | 1 | chemical sciences |
| Nature-inspired solvents and sorbents as green approach for sample preparation in analytical chemistry | 8 | 2 | chemical sciences |
| Resilience of organizations and supply chains | 4 | 1 | management and quality studies |
| Industry 4.0 and recognizing opportunities in the transition of the enterprise to a circular economy | 8 | 2 | management and quality studies |
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the course: 15. Classes offered to doctoral students who did not attend them in semester 2 or 4.
| Name of course | No. of hours | ECTS points |
| Foreign language: Polish | 20 | - |
| Specialist English language course: presentation skills | 10 | - |
| Specialist English language course: communication skills with EMI elements | 10 | - |
SEMESTER 7
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. The list of courses will be made available before the start of the 7th semester. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the courses: 15.
SEMESTER 8
Basic Module (obligatory courses)
The list of courses will be made available before the start of the 8th semester.
Noncompulsory Module (noncompulsory, elective courses)
The module which is not required to be passed. The list of courses will be made available before the start of the 8th semester. Min. number of people in the group needed to run the courses: 15.