Open Day for applicants interested in doctoral studies at the CTU FEE
When: Wednesday, March 27, 2023, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Where: lecture hall T2:D3-209, Technická 2, Dejvice
For whom: for those interested in a scientific career in the academia, scientific institutions such as the Academy of Sciences, scientific and development departments of companies. For those who want to push the boundaries of human knowledge.
Presentation
Programme
- Opening word - Petr Páta, Dean of FEE
- Scientific activities and doctoral studies at CTU FEE - Milan Polívka, Vice Dean for Doctoral Study and Science
- Success stories
- Discussion with participation of supervisors, chairs of scientific boards, heads of departments, students and graduates.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU in Prague has long been ranked among the ten best scientific institutions in the Czech Republic. In the long term, it generates approximately one third of the CTU's scientific performance measured by the number of impacted publications and citations. Scientific outputs also include sold international patent licenses.
QS World University Ranking 2024, disciplines: Electrical Engineering #201-250, Computer Science #151-200. CTU, 2023: #378, 2022: #403, 2021: #432, 2020: #498, 2019: #531-540.
There are many research teams at the faculty, which you can get involved in especially as a student of doctoral degree programme, but if you are really interested in science, you can start as a master's student.
A candidate for doctoral studies applies to a specific supervisor for the selected topic of the dissertation. The offer is indeed very diverse in terms of disciplines.
The role of the supervisor is crucial in doctoral studies. Supervisor should be a good scientist, because you will work closely and long term on your chosen scientific topic under his/her guidance. You should therefore consult him/her about your ideas for your research work before submitting your application.
A neccessary condition for admission to doctoral studies is a completion of university education in a master's degree programme. However, you can apply even if you do not yet have a degree, but you expect to pass a state exam before starting your doctoral studies.
The average net income of doctoral students with supervisors from CTU FEL (in the range of 20 - 80 percentile) during the standard period of full-time doctoral studies is 22 - 45 thousand CZK/month, which corresponds to a gross income of 27 - 59 thousand CZK/month. The corresponding amounts calculated only for the group of doctoral students who have income from a scholarship and a grant project at the same time are: net income 35 - 52 thousand. CZK/month, corresponding gross income 44 - 67 thousand CZK/month /updated 21/06/2023/.
The income is composed of a tax-free state scholarship supplemented by funds from the internal Student Grant Competition and usually income from employment at the FEE - work on scientific projects. For exceptional results of creative work (e.g. articles in good impacted journals) or pedagogical activities, the dean usually awards a one-off special-purpose scholarship, which forms the motivational part of the income. Under these conditions, PhD students can devote themselves to scientific work full-time.
The application must be submitted electronically by April 30, 2024 for the beginning of studies from September 1, 2023. Entrance exams are held June, 10 to 21, 2023.
Detailed information about doctoral studies: https://fel.cvut.cz/en/education/phd/study.html.