Level:  doctoral academic studies

Upon end of the studies student will receive a title: Phd in biotechnology

The full course workload of the doctoral study program has been assigned 180 ECTS credits. The program comprises active teaching and work towards the doctoral dissertation. Active teaching consists of lectures and research work. Active teaching is delivered in the first three semesters. In the first year it encompasses compulsory and elective courses, the total workload being at least 50 ECTS credits. In the third semester it encompasses preparation and sitting for the final exam, which is equivalent to a workload of 30 ECTS credits. The final examination should demonstrate the candidate's scientific maturity and show scientific justification of the topic of the candidate's doctoral dissertation. A successfully defended final work is a prerequisite for submitting the topic of the doctoral dissertation. The last year of study is dedicated solely to the preparation of the doctoral dissertation.

The aim of the study program is to educate PhDs that will have knowledge and abilities to analyze the effect of different factors on the efficiency of traditional biotechnological processes for the purpose of their upgrading and to assume an active role in the development of new biotechnologies by analyzing and adopting contemporary achievements in this area. Besides, the objective is to train the students to devise new biotechnological processes and systems that produce small amounts of waste materials based on the principles of integrative energy savings. The program is concerned with both the traditional application of microorganisms and enzymes in industrial biotechnology and with the contemporary trends of the application of biotechnology in pharmacy and biomedicine. The study program provides the students capacities to actively coordinate and participate in the upgrading of traditional biotechnological processes and in the development of new ones, to follow advances in biotechnology in the world and to participate in scientific research.

By completing the doctoral study program the students gain general knowledge and competences: - knowledge and competence for devising original scientific research; - communication and social skills for the clear presentation of results and conclusions as well as for the formulation of problems and approaches to problems solving; - the ability for critical and creative thinking, as well as the contribution to the development of scientific thought; - the ability to organize knowledge from various fields into a coherent framework for problem solving; - competence for independent and team work, as well as for heading scientific research. Students also gain specific professional abilities in the field of biotechnology: - professional knowledge for upgrading the existing production processes; - professional knowledge for the development of new integrated biotechnological processes that are based on renewable raw materials and waste materials; - professional knowledge and academic skills for critical analysis and evaluation of new complex ideas; - competence for work in multidisciplinary teams.

Graduates in bachelor and master academic study programs of at least 300 ECTS.

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