Transport Technology (by type)
9.275.00.00 Transport Technology (by type)
Qualification awarded: Doctor of Philosophy in Transport technologies (by type)
Entry year: 2022
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 4 years (educational component is 2 years)
Institute: Department of Doctoral and Post-graduate studies
Number of credits: Educational component – 43 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 8 (Third cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 8)
Field(s) of study: Transport services
Specific admission requirements: Are determined by the Procedure and Rules for Admission to the third (Doctor of Philosophy) level of higher education in each current year of admission
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: Provided that the previous level was obtained in another country, the nostrification that is conducted by Lviv Polytechnic National University is necessary
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: Academic curriculum and personal curriculum of scientific research of PhD student performance
Characteristics of the educational program: Aim of educational program:
To deepen theoretical knowledge and practical skills and abilities in the field of Transport by specialty Transport technologies (by type), to develop philosophical and linguistic competences, form universal skills of a researcher, sufficient for conducting and successfully completing scientific research and further professional and scientific activities.
Orientation of the educational-scientific programme:
The educational-scientific program is based on normative regulations and the results of modern scientific research on transport technologies, transport systems, systems of passenger and cargo transportation, peculiarities of traffic flow management, safety and directs the applicant to solving current problems and problems in the field of transport.
The main focus of the educational-scientific programme:
The educational-scientific program provides linguistic competences and universal skills of the researcher, as well as in-depth knowledge in the chosen specialty.
Програмні результати навчання: Knowledge (KN):
1. Possess knowledge about improving means, technologies, and conditions of goods and passengers tr-n, and methods of operational management of load-unload processes which will provide an opportunity to analyze the situation in tr-n critically;
2. Acquire knowledge to research and develop the complex of technical means of tr-t systems development, determine regularities of their impact and the environment;
3. Understand the instruments and strategies related to the organization and technology of technical service, diagnosing and repair of vehicles, problems of traffic safety and the impact of human factor on tr-t processes;
4. Knowledge and understanding of scientific principles which form the demand for tr-t services;
5. Knowledge of basis of national tr-t network formation, the interaction of it with tr-t systems of other countries;
6. In-depth knowledge of freight and passenger flow formation, organization of their control and the development of methods of tr-t processes organization based on the principles of logistics;
7. Knowledge and skills in the development and implementation of new systems of complex mechanization and automation of load-unload works on freight tr-t terminals and points;
8. Knowledge and understanding of methodologies of design and modernization of methods, technologies, and technical means of tr-n to organize the international, mixed, combined, intermodal tr-n due to requirements of current standards and specifications;
9. Knowledge of current achievements of innovative technologies in tr-t, TM and control;
10. Understand the impact of technical progress in public, economic, social and ecologic contexts;
11. Knowledge of basics of economics and PM on tr-t;
12. Acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding related to the specialty 275 Transport technologies (by types), which will be sufficient to successfully organize and conduct scientific research and publicly defend their results on scientific seminars and specialized scientific councils.
Skills (SC):
SC1. To use acquired knowledge and understanding for identification, formulation and solving the problems of development of transport complex with the use of modern scientific methods;
SC2. To use the knowledge for solving the tasks of analysis and synthesis in transport systems;
3. Systematically comprehend and use creativity to form principally new ideas in the field of transport;
SC4. To use the knowledge of technical characteristics, technological peculiarities of formation and sales of transport products;
SC5. To calculate, design, research the road network, traffic organization and regulation, transport processes of freight and passenger transportation, loading-unloading works, to carry out marketing analysis;
SC6. To carry out the search of information in different scientific-applied sources for solving the tasks in the field of transport;
SC7. To work effectively both individually and in a creative group;
SC8. To identify, classify and describe production activity in the field of transport;
SC9. To combine the theory and practice, and also to make decisions and develop a strategy of activity for solving scientific-applied tasks in the field of transport considering universal values, public, state and industrial interests;
SC10. To carry out current scientific research and use scientific skills in the field of transport;
SC11. To evaluate the obtained results of research critically and reasonably make and defend appropriate decisions;
SC12. To use in scientific-pedagogical practice the knowledge of transport technologies, apply the methodological tools of cognition, analyze obtained research results within existing theories, make reasonable conclusions.
Communication (COM):
COM1. Skills of communication, including oral and written communication in Ukrainian and foreign English language;
COM2. Ability to apply different methods, particularly current informational technologies, for effective communication on professional and social levels.
Autonomy and responsibility (AaR):
AaR1. Ability to adapt to new situations and make appropriate decisions;
AaR2. Ability to realize the need for learning during the whole life for deepening the acquired and acquisition of new knowledge;
AaR3. Ability to be responsible for the work performed, make decisions independently, achieve the goal in compliance with the requirements of professional ethics;
AaR4. Ability to demonstrate understanding of the leading environmental principles, labor protection and life safety, and their application.
Academic mobility: Opportunity to undergo studying and internship in Ukrainian and foreign institutions of higher education
Programme director: PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor at Transport Technologies department Yurii Royko
Other program features: According to the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 673 from 22.05.2020 (with changes introduced by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 392 from 05.04.2023), specialty 275 Transport technologies (by type) is included to the List of specialties obtaining a degree in which is necessary for access to professions for which additional regulation has been introduced