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The PhD study in the branch of study “Quality Management”

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Basic information

This study was acredited by Czech Ministry of Education in 1997 at VSB-Technical University Ostrava. It is covered by the Department of Quality Management.

Two types of PhD study study exist:

• the internal PhD study,
• the external PhD study.

For foreigners is only external type of study available without any extra fee but total expenditure connected with study (travelling, material, overhead,etc.)must be paid by PhD student.

An official written application (by standard letter) must be sent by applicant to our dean office till the end of February (full address: VSB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, dean office, Ms. Ivana Pišalová, Tr. 17. listopadu, CZ 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Rep.).
This application must contain minimally:

• personal data (including contact address, fax, etc.),
• name of branch PhD of study (i.e. Quality Management)
• type of study (internal/external).

Every applicant is invited to the entrance talk (no exam!) which is usually held in June. A positive result of this talk can be a recommendation for PhD study here.

The internal type of PhD study takes usually three years, the external one five years. Every student works under supervisor´s leadership. The supervisor and student will work out study plan that must include:

• minimally six special subjetc´s exams,
• a theme of dissertation thesis,
• the content of state doctoral exam,
• the study schedule.

The obligatory subjects

The voluntary subjects

Every student must pass through exams of all obligatory subjects and through minimally two voluntary subjects.

The last two years of study are devoted to working on dissertation thesis. This thesis should bring a new methods, approaches and theoretical models of course. Every thesis must be then successfully defenced against special viva board what is necessary condition for PhD title granting.