Doctoral School

The pilot project of the Doctoral School of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering introduces the concept of systematic and sustainable doctoral education according to the KRECon Communiqué on Doctoral Education, through a series of joint courses and workshops focused on the core competencies of young researchers.

Doctoral School Objectives

  • Provision of basic courses that cover important competencies of the students: publishing, project and teaching activities, intellectual property protection, research methodology and ethics of science, administration to the extent necessary, first aid, etc.
  • Organising extension courses (communication of science, didactic methods, leadership, presentation skills, etc.) and regularly informing learners about further training opportunities.
  • Ensuring the personal development of key researchers on an individual basis (consultation, support for participation in specialised courses, etc.).
  • Organising regular learner meetings and evaluating regular anonymous learner surveys.

Schedule (autumn 2024)

  • Academic Career Course (two-day course + one-day conference): 10 and 24 October and 26 November 2024 (conference)
  • Science Communication course (two-day course + one-day conference): 5, 19 and 26 November 2024 (conferences)
  • The Doctoral School courses will always take place between 9:00-13:00 and it is possible to register using the shared form.

List of Basic Courses

  • Academic Career (course suitable for first year students)
    • The role of an academic
    • Evaluating academic work and its implications
    • Organisation of academic work: data, information and knowledge management
    • Tools, databases and networks
    • Academic CV and biography

  • Publications (course suitable for 2nd year and higher students)

    • Literary research: finding, analysing and managing scientific publications; databases and platforms

    • Preparing a publication: approaches to preparing a publication; recommendations for formulating the abstract, conclusion and other parts of a publication; major breaches of publication ethics; peer-review process; etc.

    • Scientometrics and altmetrics: journal-/article-/author-level metrics (IF, ES, AIS; h-index, g-index) Predatory practices

    • Open Access: APC; green/gold/diamond OA; Open Science, FAIR principles; DMP (Data Management Plan

  • Projects, IP & Transfer (course suitable for 2nd year and above students)
      • Research vs. development: basic research (exploratory vs. oriented), applied research, and experimental development; R&D criteria
      • Intellectual property: research data and know-how (DIKW); copyright and industrial law; patents (IPO, EPO, WIPO, PCT)
      • Patent search
      • Transfer: Innovation and transfer cycle; licensing vs. spin-out
      • Grants and projects: GAČR and ERC; TAČR, MIT, Czechinvest; Horizon Europe

List of extension courses

  • Communication of Science (extension course suitable for students of all years)
    • Communication and popularisation of science
    • Forms and rules of science communication
    • Tools and communication channels 
  • International projects (extension course suitable for upper year students)
    • Sources of funding for international projects
    • Project planning and project cycle
    • Horizontal principles, criteria, etc.