Ph.D. in Physical and Building Materials Engineering Brno University of Technology

Doctoral study program with a Full-Time Mode of Study in English.

The aim of the doctoral study program Physical and Building Materials Engineering is to provide outstanding graduates with a master's degree with specialized university education and scientific training in selected current areas of the field. The study is focused on complex scientific preparation, methodology of independent scientific work, and the development of knowledge in the field of the theory of building materials. and remediation of materials and structures, measuring and diagnostic methods, modeling of physical processes, and tasks of building physics. The scientific preparation in this study program is based on mastering the initial theoretical disciplines of the natural science base and theoretical and scientific disciplines of the relevant focus.

The aim of the study is also the involvement of students in the preparation and solution of national and international scientific research projects, the presentation of achieved results at national and international scientific and professional conferences, and their publishing in professional and scientific foreign and domestic journals. During his / her studies, the student gains new theoretical knowledge, his / her own experience from the preparation, implementation and evaluation of experiments and necessary practical knowledge also thanks to close cooperation with construction practice and also through completion of at least one internship abroad at a cooperating foreign university or other research institutes.

1st year

Summer Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA044 Doctoral Seminar 1 (FMI)
• DYA004 English Language Tutorial for Ph.D. Students

Summer Semester, compulsory-elective courses (1 to choose)

• DJB045 Microstructure of Building Materials
• DJB047 Theoretical grounds of fired building materials
• DVB067 Price Theory

Summer Semester, compulsory-elective courses (1 to choose)

• DAB029 Discrete Methods in Civil Engineering 1
• DAB030 Numerical methods 1
• DAB031 Probability and mathematical statistics

Summer Semester, compulsory-elective courses (1 to choose)

• DBB014 Physics of materials
• DBB015 Synergy of building materials
• DCB010 Physical chemistry of silicates
• DJB046 Theoretical elements of Composite Materials
• DJB048 Theoretical fundamentals of silicates technology
• DJB049 Theory of Optimization of Building Materials Use
• DJB050 Theory of Durability and Concrete Rehabilitation

2nd year

Winter Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA051 Doctoral Seminar 2 (FMI)

Winter Semester, compulsory-elective courses (1 to choose)

• DAB032 Time series analysis
• DAB033 Applications of mathematical methods in economics
• DAB034 Discrete Methods in Civil Engineering 2
• DAB035 Numerical methods 2
• DAB036 Numerical methods for the variational problems
• DAB037 Models of regression

Winter Semester, compulsory-elective courses (1 to choose)

• DBB016 Acoustic method for nondestructive testing
• DIB022 Nondestructive diagnostics methods of testing materials and structures
• DJB052 Environmental Systems of Building Materials Production and Utilization
• DJB053 Concrete Rheology

Summer Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA054 Doctoral Seminar 3 (FMI)
• DYA005 English for Ph.D. students

3rd year

Winter Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA055 Doctoral Seminar 4 (FMI)-

Summer Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA056 Doctoral Seminar 5 (FMI)

4th year

Winter Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA057 Doctoral Seminar 6 (FMI)

Summer Semester, compulsory courses

• DJA058 Doctoral Seminar 7 (FMI)