Doctoral Study Programmes

Guarantor of the study program: doc. Ing. Jan Fischer, CSc.​

The doctoral degree programme of Analytical Chemistry is a follow-up degree in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry. The aim of the study programme is to train highly qualified experts in development and scientific-research work in specific areas of analytical chemistry and related fields. In addition to deeper theoretical knowledge in the field, the main focus is on consistent experimental work of doctoral students in order to achieve the ability to articulate their ideas and conclusions clearly and intelligibly, present and defend their ideas and, as necessary, translate them into practice. Along with these professional objectives, emphasis is also placed on deepening doctoral students’ language skills and skills for presenting their results at international fora.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Miloš Sedlák, DrSc.​

Graduates can be characterized as highly qualified experts who are capable of both independent and team creative scientific and research work. Graduates possess deep theoretical knowledge in organic chemistry and in related fields, and are proficient in experimenting. They excel at controlling contemporary synthetic and separation procedures and are capable of using analytical methods in a chemical laboratory. The use creative thinking in planning, implementing, evaluating and publishing of their scientific results.

Graduates have job opportunities in both basic and applied research, and particularly in companies that focus on the development and production of organic compounds (natural substances, pharmaceuticals, dyes, compounds for optoelectronics, etc.) Graduates from the Organic Chemistry study programme have the knowledge necessary to process and address in a creative way the complex roles involved in the chemistry of organic compounds and downstream disciplines, not only in terms of chemical research and chemical production, but also in terms of application, use and potential impacts of chemicals in all areas of human activity.

Graduates are also able to develop and introduce research results into chemical practice and to participate independently in addressing scientific and research tasks. After gaining some experience, graduates will also be qualified for leading positions in both academia and research institutes, chemical enterprises, and institutions of the field.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Aleš Růžička, Ph.D.

The focus on the borderland of inorganic, organic, physical and analytical chemistry and the chemistry of materials, polymers and biochemistry is, on the one hand, very challenging in terms of personnel and instrumentation security and equipment, and, on the other hand, provides students, and especially graduates, with the possibility of a wider outlook and application in these areas.

Graduates from this study programme have a broad portfolio of theoretical knowledge of the fields in question, practical laboratory skills including work with exclusion of air gases, in vacuum and at high pressures, and are able to work with modern instruments for both synthesis and analysis. Graduates are able to explain chemical events and processes, and their principle including primary quantum chemical calculations using modern software. Specifically, this involves the development of theoretical preparation in areas of inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and coordination compounds, and other interlocking disciplines where these compounds are applied to the highest possible degree of current knowledge. As far as instrumental techniques are concerned, graduates will be familiar with NMR spectroscopy and crystallography techniques, including the following support techniques: EPR, IQ, Raman’s and UV-Vis spectroscopy, microscopic and thermic techniques.

Science and research activity is an integral part of the study of each graduate. Students are encouraged to think independently about problems relating to their field of study and to use creative activity. In addition to theoretical study and reading relevant scholarly texts in foreign languages, their knowledge is based on discussions with colleagues in the field, internal postgraduate students, domestic and foreign experts they meet during lectures organised at their home institution or at conferences they attend. The core of this activity lies in cooperation with the supervisor, responsible teachers, senior colleagues, but also regular seminars organized by the Department which host domestic but also foreign renowned scientists; all this contributes to graduates’ understanding of texts and ideas presented in foreign languages. For the purposes of language and theoretical training, students can borrow contemporary paper and electronic texts from the University Library; the Department Library also purchases the latest works and offers them to students.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Roman Bulánek, Ph.D.

Graduates from the Physical Chemistry doctoral degree programme are fully qualified in physical chemistry, mainly in solid surface chemistry, adsorption and catalysis, material research, and chemical kinetics. Given that physical chemistry forms the theoretical basis of all chemical science disciplines with a strong interdisciplinary overlap and that students are encouraged to adopt the ability to analyse, find and answer questions to submitted problems during their studies, graduates are also able to easily adapt to solve problems relating to other fields or interdisciplinary issues.

Graduates from the Physical Chemistry doctoral degree programme are independent workers capable of working with modern information technology, critically processing information from professional databases, performing teamwork, passing on experience, critically assessing the results of scientific work and discussing them in the mother tongue and English in both written and oral form. Job opportunities of Physical Chemistry graduates are in all forms of basic and applied research in universities and public and private scientific institutes, but also in all fields and activities where profound knowledge of physical and chemical methods is required, specifically in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industry, development and commercial laboratories, environmental protection, etc.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Petra Šulcová, Ph.D.

Graduates from of the programme are fully qualified for leading positions in design, development and optimization of inorganic productions, as well as management of chemical operations, distribution and application of chemical products on the market. They are able to assess environmental and health impacts of these activities. They are also prepared and qualified for independent research and development activities in the field of inorganic chemical production, using both a broad theoretical basis and their own experience in the acquisition of experimental and theoretical data, its critical assessment and processing, and drawing conclusions of a general nature.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Radim Hrdina, CSc.

Graduates are highly qualified experts who are capable of developing new products and launching their production in chemical-technology practice. Graduates will also, after acquiring relevant experience, find job opportunities in leading positions in research institutes, chemical enterprises, and relevant public administration departments.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Petr Mošner, Dr.

Graduates from the Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials doctoral degree programme are qualified experts in the field of chemistry whose knowledge covers a broad range of materials chemistry. Graduates are able to evaluate and discuss current information from various sources using critical thinking, are able to share information with other members of the worldwide professional community, develop new inorganic materials, and introduce new materials in industrial production.

The study programme places great emphasis on understanding the relations between the chemical composition of materials, their structure and physicochemical properties. Upon completion of the study programme, graduates can find positions in research laboratories focused on materials chemistry, in both theoretical and applied research areas, or they can work as experts in scientific teams in industrial development centres or in relevant state administration departments.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Ing. Petr Kalenda. CSc.

The doctoral degree programme of Surface Engineering can be understood as an interdisciplinary branch of study that covers the chemistry and technology of both materislas and surfaces, together with applied coatings and layers. A graduate froem doctoral study programme is higly educated expert who skilled in the surface treatment of various materials, coatings and the thin films based on macromolecular, organic, inorganic substances and composites.

Based on their knowledges and skills, the graduate will be able to introduce the results of research and develompment of polymer and composite materials, advanced inorganic and organic compounds for organic coatings, polymers and thin films into technical practise. They will also be able to work with rapidly developing applications and the introductions of these new materials into production technologies.

Guarantor of the study program: doc. Ing. Robert Matyáš, Ph.D.

Graduates from the Engineering of Energetic Materials programme are highly qualified experts in the field of energy materials, with a wide range of knowledge, skills and competence in line with the graduate framework profile pursuant to Government Regulation No. 275/2016 Coll. on Fields of Education in Higher Education (Part 13, Chemistry). This offers a wide range of opportunities in both academia and industry.

Graduates are familiar with the different types of energy materials, explosion theory and safety in the chemical industry, and relevant experimental and practical aspects. In this way, graduates are qualified for work in the area of preparation, technological production, and processing of energy materials, description of sensitive and explosive parameters of these materials, and description of explosive events and their effect on the environment.

Graduates are also capable of inventing creative solutions to problems associated with the prevention of loss in industry and development of business security documentation in accordance with legislation applicable in the Czech Republic and the European Union. Graduates will have job opportunities in chemical and explosive research institutes, businesses focusing on explosives, chemicals and defence, Czech armed forces, police, government (mining authorities, etc.), special services of the Czech Republic and NATO authorities.

Guarantor of the study program: prof. Mgr. Roman Kanďár, Ph.D.

Graduates from the Biochemistry doctoral degree programme are highly qualified experts who have advanced theoretical and practical experience in biochemical analysis, biological material processing, and methods of validation and accreditation of biochemical laboratories. Graduates from this doctoral degree programme are able to develop and manage a research project, present the results of scientific work in the form of posters and oral communication at national and international conferences, and publish original scientific work in impacted journals.

Guarantor of the study program: doc. Ing. Liběna Tetřevová, Ph.D.

The aim of the doctoral study programme Economics and Management of Businesses with Process Manufacturing Operations is to prepare universally and comprehensibly prepared graduates, scientific research workers, who will be able to work professionally on the level of international standards in their field of specialisation, and highly qualified experts, ready to take on management positions in businesses with process manufacturing operations, in particular businesses in the chemical industry and other related fields of industry.

We understand process manufacturing operations to mean such chemical and biochemical processes which, as opposed to mechanical manufacturing operations, create resulting products from input materials and components through application of chemical and biochemical technologies, which have a different chemical structure and also new end-use properties. Process manufacturing operations figure to a greater or lesser extent not only in fields of the chemical industry, but also in technologically related fields such as the food industry, pharmaceutics, photochemistry, the paper industry, the plastic and rubber industry, etc.

The doctoral study programme builds on knowledge, skills and competences of students gained in the follow-up master's study programme and its aim is to further develop these in terms of development of thinking, knowledge and skills, both in the field of theory and modern new methods and procedures in economic management disciplines, and also in the field of chemical technology, biological and biochemical production, as well as methodology of scientific work. During the study programme, emphasis is placed on the role of socially sensitive businesses with process manufacturing operations in the knowledge society of today and their contribution towards sustainable development.

Graduates of the given study programme will be able to expediently link knowledge and skills from the field economic management disciplines and chemical technology disciplines, will be able to create effective interaction between theory and practice on the desired level of education, both during their scientific research activities and also while managing businesses. Implementation of the study programme in question will contribute towards formation of new scientific research workers and development of scientific research work, including the grant and publication activities of various scientific research institutions.