Study subjects

Structural materials, testing and reliability in civil engineering

It is the doctoral student’s obligation to fulfil the conditions of the individual study plan. This includes passing 4 to 6 examinations from one-semester professional subjects and passing an examination in at least 1 world language (usually English), which the doctoral student must pass before taking the State Doctoral Examination. The subjects are divided into compulsory, compulsory elective and elective courses. The PhD student chooses at least 2 subjects from the compulsory study subjects and at least 2 subjects from the compulsory elective study subjects according to the list of subjects of the study programme “Structural materials, testing and reliability in civil engineering“. Due to the focus of the PhD student’s dissertation, it is also possible to take exams from other elective subjects in agreement with the supervisor. The study block is divided into 4 semesters for full-time study and 6 semesters for combined study from the beginning of the study.

Subject code	Name of subject	Garant	Hours per week
104 ANG	English	Ing. Mgr. Jan Feit	2P + 0C

I. year – Compulsory subjects (minimum number of subjects – 2)

Subject code	Name of subject	Garant	Hours per week
0732TPMS	Probability theory and mathematical statistics	prof. Ing. M. Holický, DrSc., Ing. M. Sýkora, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732TSHR	Reliability theory and risk assessment	doc. Ing. J. Marková, Ph.D., Ing. M. Sýkora, Ph.D., Ing. Karel Jung, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732TCHB	Concrete technology	doc. Ing. J. Kolísko, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Huňka, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732DSKM	Diagnostics of building structures and bridges	doc. Ing. J. Kolísko, Ph.D., Ing. Milan Hrabánek, Ph.D., Ing. Ivo Šimůnek, CSc.	2P + 0C

II. year – Compulsory elective courses (minimum number of courses – 2)

Subject code	Name of subject	Garant	Hours per week
0732VMAK	Selected methods of structural analysis	doc. Ing. J. Marková, Ph.D., Ing. Miroslav Vokáč, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Tej, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732EAKM	Experimental analysis of structures and bridges	doc. Ing. Petr Bouška, CSc.	2P + 0C
0732HEKS	Evaluation of existing structures and historic buildings	prof. Ing. M. Holický, DrSc., Ing. M. Sýkora, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732DSMK	Degradation of building materials and structures	prof. Ing. Milena Pavlíková, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Pokorný, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732MZSM	Methods of testing building materials	doc. Ing. J. Kolísko, Ph.D., Ing. Miroslav Vokáč, Ph.D.	2P + 0C

Electives (by interest or recommendation of instructors)

Subject code	Name of subject	Garant	Hours per week
0732KZSK	Climatic loads on building structures	Ing. Marie Studničková, CSc.	2P + 0C
0732SASK	Glass and glass structures	doc. Ing. Martina Eliášová, CSc., Ing. Klára Vokáč Machalická, Ph.D., Ing. Miroslav Vokáč, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732NMSK	Nonlinear modelling of building structures and materials	Ing. Petr Tej, Ph.D., Ing. Jindřich Čech, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732TNKU	Technology and design of structures from UHPC	doc. Ing. J. Kolísko, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Tej, Ph.D., Ing.	2P + 0C
0732MASM	Microscopic analysis of building materials	Ing. Michaela Kostelecká, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732PUOM	Surface treatment and protection of materials	Ing. Radka Pernicová, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732CFRM	Chemical and physicochemical analyses of building materials	doc. Ing. Tomáš Klečka, CSc., Ing. Daniel Dobiáš, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Pokorný, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732ZIKC	Lifetime of constructions	doc. Ing. J. Marková, Ph.D., Ing. M. Sýkora, Ph.D.	2P + 0C
0732SBZK	Rehabilitation of concrete and masonry structures	doc. Ing. Petr Bouška, CSc., Ing. Ivo Šimůnek, CSc., Ing. Lukáš Balík, Ph.D., Ing. Vítězslav Vacek, CSc.	2P + 0C
0732ZEKC	Reinforcement of structures	doc. Dr. Ing. Luboš Podolka	2P + 0C

P – lecture (hours/week),
S – seminar (hours/week),
C – exercise (hours/week),
L – laboratory (hours/week),
B – block teaching (hours/semester)

Other duties
– A student of the doctoral study programme is obliged to learn, based on the requirement of the supervisor and the topic of his/her dissertation, the conduct of experimental tests and their evaluation,

– regularly and actively present the results of their creative work at professional and scientific conferences of students of doctoral study programmes,

– together with the supervisor, present the results achieved at professional and scientific conferences at home and abroad and in professional and scientific journals,

– to actively participate in activities related to designing and obtaining projects, either their own doctoral projects (IGA CTU) or as a co-investigator of projects in cooperation with the supervisor, from other sources (MŠMT, GA of the Czech Republic, GA of the CAS, MIT of the Czech Republic, etc.) or projects supported by the EU,

– deepen their language skills and, if possible, undertake a study abroad stay at a partner foreign university or scientific institute,

– prepare a written study for the dissertation in the framework of the state doctoral examination

Requirements for the State Doctoral Examination

The requirement of the state doctoral examination is to verify the breadth and quality of the doctoral student’s knowledge, his/her ability to acquire new knowledge, evaluate it and use it creatively in relation to the chosen field of the doctoral study programme and the topic of the dissertation. For the state doctoral examination, the doctoral student submits a written study of his/her dissertation, conducts a professional debate on the dissertation topic and demonstrates his/her expertise in the given topic.