Electronics and Communication Technologies
Faculty: FEEC
Abbreviation: DPA - KAM, EKT, EIT, MET, SEE, TLI, TEE
Acad. year: 2022/2023
Type of study programme: Doctoral
Academic degree awarded: Ph.D.
Language of instruction: English
Accreditation: 28.5.2019 - 27.5.2029
Mode of study: Full-time study
Standard study length: 4 years
Degree Programme Board
chairman:prof. Ing. Aleš Prokeš, Ph.D.councillor internal:prof. Ing. Roman Maršálek, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Jaroslav Láčík, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Tomáš Kratochvíl, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Stanislav Hanus, CSc.councillor external:doc. Ing. Milan Polívka, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Miloš Klíma, CSc., Ing. Ondřej Číp, Ph.D.
Study aims
Provide doctoral education to graduates of a master's degree in electronics and communication technologies. To deepen students' theoretical knowledge in selected parts of mathematics and physics and to give them the necessary knowledge and practical skills in applied informatics and computer science. To teach them the methods of scientific work.
Fulfilment criteria
Doctoral studies are carried out in agreement with the individual study plan, which will prepare supervisor together with the doctoral student at the beginning of the study. The individual study plan specifies all the duties given by the BUT Study and Examination Rules, which the doctoral student must fulfill to finish his study successfully. These duties are scheduled into entire the study period. They are classified by points and their fulfilment is checked at fixed deadlines. The student enrolls and performs examination from compulsory subjects (Modern digital wireless communication, Modern electronic circuit design), at least from two compulsory-elective subjects aimed at the dissertation area, and at least from two optional courses such as English for PhD students, Solutions for Innovative Entries, Scientific Publishing from A to Z). The students may enroll for the state exam only if all the examinations specified in his/her individual study plan have been completed. Before the state exam, the student prepares a short version of dissertation thesis describing in detail the aims of the thesis, state of the art in the area of dissertation, eventually the properties of methods which are assumed to be applied in the research topics solution. The defense of the short version of thesis, which is reviewed, is the first part of the state exam. In the next part of the exam the student has to prove deep theoretical and practical knowledges in the field of electrical engineering, electronics, communication techniques, fundamental theory of circuits and electromagnetic field, signal processing, antenna and high-frequency techniques. The state exam is oral and, in addition to the discussion on the dissertation thesis, it also consists of areas related to compulsory and compulsory elective courses. The student can ask for the dissertation defense after successful passing the state exam and after fulfilling all conditions for termination of studies such as participation in teaching, scientific and professional activities (creative activities), and a study or a work stay at a foreign institution no shorter than one month, or participation in an international project.