6 Part time PhD Programmes in Construction 2024

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The Construction of Production Machines program aims to educate researchers in the field of machine design and sophisticated production technologies, whether they are basic structural elements and nodes, or complex projects of large machinery. The program consists of several specializations. These specializations cover a relatively large area of construction and calculations of both machines and their parts and groups. Another area is the issue of machine drives, both mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic. Other specializations are transport and material handling, earthmoving, mining and construction machinery. Within the complexity of the program, knowledge in the field of maintenance and diagnostics is deepened for all the above-mentioned devices. The whole study is highly professional and the latest knowledge of the field is applied in it. Top designs and optimization methods are used in designs and calculations. Of course, work with modern 3D CAD applications and FEM systems. Students design machines and machine parts with regard to load-bearing capacity and required service life. Graduates acquire these resources on a professional level. They become experts in individual specializations and at the same time their knowledge is sufficient to be able to work as designers or calculators in other design fields.

The fundamental goal of the Program is to obtain highly trained researchers for all the scientific areas, which together contribute their expertise to the Program. By completing the Program, the graduate will be qualified for scientific thinking and solving scientific problems, as well as for cooperation in solving the demanding practical problems using an interdisciplinary approach. The Built environment doctoral Program is organized by the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering with the cooperation of internationally recognized foreign experts and experts from other faculties of the University of Ljubljana. The Program is divided into three scientific areas: the most extensive part represents the area of Civil engineering; the study area of Geodesy includes geodesy and geoinformatics; the study area of Geology; the interdisciplinary area of Spatial planning and Land management is also suitable for students with previous education in various related areas. The main emphasis of the doctoral study is on research. In addition, the Program offers various kinds of taught subjects such as the compulsory common course, compulsory courses for scientific areas, and an extensive selection of elective courses. The Program enables student mobility in the framework of both organized forms of study and individual research work.

This field offers the study of one of several specializations in the field of construction and calculations of both machines and their parts and groups. In the field it is possible to study the issue of machine drives, both mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic. Furthermore, in the field it is possible to gain knowledge from transport and material handling, earthmoving, mining and civil engineering machines, production machines, etc. The whole study is highly professional and the latest knowledge in the field is applied in it. Top designs and optimization methods are used in designs and calculations. Of course, work with modern 3D CAD applications and FEM systems. Students will design machines and machine parts with regard to load-bearing capacity and required service life. Graduates will learn to manage these tools at a professional level as designers or computer scientists in all fields of engineering.