Systems Engineering and Informatics – (Ph.D.)

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* General criteria

The studies in doctoral study programme (DSP) are designed for graduates who accomplished their studies with the state examination in the specialization continued in their doctoral programme or in another related area of interest. The primary objective of the doctoral study programme is to provide graduates with skills in scientific research by carrying out and defending their doctoral dissertation, through publications and other forms of presentations of their research including assigned tests and examinations and a state doctoral examination. DSP graduates obtain the academic title of "Doctor of Philosophy" ( Ph.D., used behind the name).
* Forms of DSP

The studies in doctoral study programmes are organized in a full-time form and a combined form. The standard period of the programme is three years in both cases.
2.1. Full-time form of DSP
is the primary form of the doctoral programme and also the main occupation of the course participant. The students are in a position of university students - it means certain advantages such as cheaper public transport, catering at students canteen, etc. Czech students, as well as foreign students studying in the Czech or in the English Languages who had obtained government scholarships according to bilateral agreements are provided the scholarship and they do not pay tuition fees. Candidates for the full-time form are admitted to the programme on the basis of their results of the admission procedure.
2.2. Combined form of DSP
is a form of doctoral programme designed especially for candidates who have already been emloyed or for employees of the faculty, who, however, remain in their existing positions. Candidates for the combined form are admitted on the basis of an admission procedure.

Accreditation

All study programmes taught at CULS are officially accredites by the the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

Faculty

The faculty staff is engaged in:

• International grant projects and schemes (an important area of collaboration in this area is the co-operation with the universities in Austria, Great Britain, Germany, USA, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and in other countries). The faculty staff also work on the projects administered under EU 6th Framework Programme on Research, Technological Development and Demonstration
• National grant projects and schemes (the most important national grant projects, in which the faculty staff participate, are those administered by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fund of the Higher Education Development, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, and also the research funded by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic which is a component of the institutionalised university and faculty research
• Internal grant projects and schemes (they are the grants administered either by the Czech University of Agriculture in Prague or by the Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Economics and Management).

The scientific achievements and the research results are published in scientific journals, in scientific literature and in proceedings from conferences, seminars or workshops. The publications of the faculty staff have also their international dimension and acknowledgements.
The achieved results are also presented by the author or by the collectives of authors at scientific conferences (international and national) and also at seminars. The Faculty of Economics and Management has a long lasting tradition in organising international scientific conference "Agrarian Perspectives". The conference was organised in 1991 for the first time and since then it has become an annual meeting of Czech and international scientists, decision makers in the field of economics, management, rural development or ICT. The topics of the conference are mostly tailored to the needs of sustainable development of the agrarian sector in the conditions of European integration.
The research collaboration of the Faculty of Economics and Management aims at the organisations oriented to similar areas as our faculty. Therefore we co-operate with the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics in Prague, with Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, and also closely with the Ministry of Agriculture where we participate in the solutions of selected problems.
The Faculty of Economics and Management offers a continuous system of accredited programmes of the doctoral (PhD.) studies, the habilitation (academic title "docent") and professorship (academic title "profesor") proceedings. These proceedings are very important as it is the way the faculty supports the development of its staff and the growing numbers of senior lecturers and professors from our faculty.
The accredited specialisations in the doctoral (PhD.) study programmes are:

• Sector and enterprise economics
• Management
• Regional and social development
• Information management
• Systems engineering