International interdisciplinary doctoral programme in materials science with English as the language of instruction
Project title
International interdisciplinary doctoral programme in materials science with English as the language of instruction
Name of Beneficiary/Beneficiaries
The E. K. Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science and Engineering. A. Krupkowski of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Name of programme
Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development
Competition
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programmes
Project value
PLN 1 019 096.00 for 8 beneficiaries
Funding value
PLN 127 387 for 8 beneficiaries
Project delivery period
from 01-09-2017 to 30-09-2022
See the result of our work
As part of the project, the doctoral students published 28 papers in renowned scientific journals from the Philadelphia List including Materials and Design, Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Material Science, Surface and Coating Technology, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials Letters, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Nanomaterials, Materials. They have received 21 awards and prizes in recognition of the results of their ongoing work. They have participated in numerous research projects funded by NCN, NCRD and the Ministry. Of these, 10 contracts were carried out as part of R&D projects with companies.
The doctoral students participated in 397 teaching hours taught by experienced researchers in the field of materials engineering. Participants in the Doctoral Programmes also took part in on-line seminars organised at IMIM PAN, including the ‘Materials Engineering Forum,’ as well as hybrid dissertation defences.
The end result of the project is that all 8 beneficiaries will obtain their doctoral degrees by the date specified in the project schedule. The dissertations were printed as monographs with an ISBN number of 100 copies.
What problem does our project solve?
The project contributes to the Specific Objective POWER 2014-20 Increase the quality and efficiency of doctoral education by increasing the quality of Doctoral Studies (SD) and the success rate in terms of the number of doctoral degrees obtained.
The quality increase was ensured by the development and implementation of a high quality SD programme of an interdisciplinary nature with an international reach through Project collaboration and providing the possibility to commercialise the results of the doctoral students' research (groups of research topics were defined at the recruitment stage).
An increase in the success rate for completing studies with a doctoral degree was ensured by introducing international cooperation and exchange into the study programme within the framework of a signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, which made it possible to share research infrastructure and to improve qualifications through specialised workshops and training. As part of the project, four Summer Schools for doctoral students were held in Dresden. Also important were elements such as classes on the commercialisation of research results, the possibility for doctoral students to publish their own research output in journals from the Philadelphia List and the possibility of carrying out R&D projects with companies.
Who is going to benefit from the project results?
The results of the doctoral thesis have been published in international journals mostly available in open access. The knowledge and skills of the participants gained during the project enabled them to find employment in renowned research and development units, including the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the National Centre for Nuclear Research, the Cracow University of Technology, the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals. The experience gained by the lecturers during the project will be used for the programme of the newly established Krakow Interdisciplinary Doctoral School.