Graduate School and Ph.D. Studies at WUT

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Graduate School and Ph.D. Studies at WUT

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WUT GRADUATE SCHOOL

• Ph.D. training is conducted in 10 Graduate
  Schools affiliated with 12 departments granting
  Ph.D and D.Sc. degrees.
• Admission process, general graduate courses
  and evaluation of the progress of graduate
  studies lasting 4 years is coordinated by the
  Graduate School office managed by Vicerector for
  education, according to the regulations
  constituted by University Senate.
• Departments provide financial resources,
  teaching staff and Ph.D. thesis supervisors,
  lecture halls and research facilities.

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WUT Graduate School

• Each departmental Graduate School is
  managed by the Director elected by Faculty
  Council together with corresponding committee
  responsible for implementation of study program.
  
• Every graduate student has own individual
  curriculum formulated with thesis supervisor
  which is periodically monitored by
  departmental committee.
• Registration to about 100 Ph.D courses
  offered in every semester is managed via Web
  portal containing detailed description of
  courses and other informations vital to graduate
  students http//www.pwr.wroc.pl/doktoranci/

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Structure of WUT Graduate School
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WUT GRADUATE SCHOOL

• Wroclaw University of Technology (12 Depts)
• (1002 graduate students, 419 supervisors)
• Opole University (Dept. Math. Phys Chem.)
• (3 graduate students, 7 supervisors)

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WUT FACULTIES

• Architecture
• Civil Engineering
• Chemistry
• Electronics
• Electrical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science and Management
• Mechanical and Power Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Fundamental Problems of Technology
• Microsystem Electronics and Photonics.

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WUT Graduate School students
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Schedule

• Duration 4 years (8 weeks of Summer vacation)
• (1 year of possible extension)
• Progress evaluated every semester(report,seminar)
• Opening of Ph.D. procedure 2 or 3 sem.
• Closing of Ph.D procedure written thesis
  accepted by supervisor and scientific council,
  final examinations, positive opinions of two
  referees, oral Ph.D. Thesis defence, scientific
  council acceptance

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OBLIGATORY COURSES

• basic sciences (mathematics, physics and/or
  chemistry) total 90 hours
• foreign language total 150 hours
• humanities or management courses total 60
  hours
• interdisciplinary seminars- 60 hours
• specialized monographic courses not less than
  90 hours

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Selected Graduate school courses offered in
English language (Spring 2005)

• Surfaces and Interfaces Physics and Chemistry
  
  prof. dr hab. Stanislaw Kucharski
• Principles of managerial accounting
  dr hab. Dorota Kuchta
• Process and chains management
  dr hab. Dorota Kuchta
• Physics and technology of lasers prof. dr
  hab. Krzysztof Abramski
• Frontiers of biological science
  dr hab.inz. Marek Langner
• Modeling of physical phenomena and processes
• using computer algebraic methods
  dr hab. Antoni Mitus
• Physics Seminar
  dr hab. Antoni Mitus
  
• Blueprints of Emerging Treatment Technologies
  for
• Environment
  Prof. dr Danuta Leszczynska
• Distance learning and hybrid course Prof. dr
  Danuta Leszczynska

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Selected Graduate school courses offered in
English language (Autumn 2004)

• Physics literature seminar
  dr hab. A. Mitus
• Minining literature seminar
  Prof. J. Drzymala
  
• Application of optimalization algorithms
  Dr hab. D. Kuchta
• Application of computer software in mathematical
  analysis
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  Dr P. Kajetanowicz
  
• Applications of fractals
  Dr hab. M. Rybaczuk
• Nanomaterials
  Prof. K. Maruszewski
  
• Retrieval of scientific and technical information
  Prof. W. A. Sokalski
• See more courses at http//www.pwr.wroc.pl/wm/kur
  sy.php

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Achievements of graduate students

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Former WUT graduate students

• Dr. Iwona Turlik received her M.S. degree in
  Electrical Engineering and her Ph.D. degree in
  Technical Science from the Technical University
  of Wroclaw, Poland. She joined Motorola in 1994
  as Vice President and Director of Corporate
  Manufacturing Research Center and currently is
  Corporate Vice President and Director of Motorola
  Physical Realization Research Center located in
  Schaumburg IL, Tianjin, China, and Taunusstein,
  Germany. published more than 100 professional
  papers, authored several book chapters, edited
  two books and holds 13 patents. She was named one
  of the 10 most influential people in the PCB
  Industry in the year 2000 and 2001 by PC FAB
  Magazine and ATOMIC
• corporate vice president for Motorola and
  Director of the company's Physical Realization
  Research (Innovation through nanotechnology)

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Former WUT graduate students
Krzysztof Palczewski full professor at
Washington Univ., Seattle, USA
CEN Most important discovery in 2000 -
structure of rhodopsin
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Former WUT graduate students frequently cited
papers (according to ISI SCI)

• Wojs A, Hawrylak P, Fafard S, et al.
• Electronic structure and magneto-optics of
  self-assembled quantum dotsPHYS REV B 54 (8)
  5604-5608 AUG 15 1996 CITED 146
  TIMES
• Raymond S, Fafard S, Poole PJ, et al.
• State filling and time-resolved photoluminescence
  of excited states in InxGa1-xAs/GaAs
  self-assembled quantum dotsPHYS REV B 54 (16)
  11548-11554 OCT 15 1996 CITED 115 TIMES
• WOJS A, HAWRYLAK P
• NEGATIVELY CHARGED MAGNETOEXCITONS IN QUANTUM
  DOTSPHYS REV B 51 (16) 10880-10885 APR 15 1995
  CITED 99 TIMES
• Wojs A, Hawrylak P
• Charging and infrared spectroscopy of
  self-assembled quantum dots in a magnetic
  fieldPHYS REV B 53 (16)
  CITED 87 TIMES

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Former WUT graduate students papers in the most
renowned journals
G. Sek et al., Nature, 432(7014), 197 (2004)
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Nationally awarded former WUT graduate students
papers and citations

• 
  papers
  citations of
• 
  the
  best paper
• 2005 M. Drag (organic chemistry)
  15 13
• S. Szotek (biocybernetics)
  
• 2004 R. Kudrawiec (physics)
  49 4
• P. Pohl (analytical chemistry)
  13 28
• 2003 K. Janus (material science)
  9 7
• K. Matczyszyn (material science)
  8 11
• P. Mlynarz (organic chemistry)
  20 17
• A. Ulatowska-Jarza (biocybernetics)
  13 5
• 2002 R. Góra (chemia kwantowa)
  18 21
• P. Kedzierski (molecular modeling)
  9 6
• M. Korkusinski (physics)
  1 8
• 2001 E. Gawin (biomechanics)
• S. Mercik (physics)
  11 19
• G. Sek (physics)
  49 14

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Nationally awarded former WUT graduate students
papers and citations

• 2000 J. Kita (electronics)
  8 14
• T. Kulczycki (mathematics)
  3 3
• P. Machnikowski (physics)
  20 13
• C. Pezowicz (mechanics)
  1
• T. Zaleskiewicz (psychology)
  1 2
• 1999 W. Barkowiak (quantum chemistry)
  24 25
• K. Scigala (biomechanics)
• R. Weron (mathematics and economy)
  20 18
• D. Wysoczanski (physics)
  5 4
• T. Kozlecki (chemistry)
  9 8
• L. Nieradko (microelectronics)
  2 1
• T. Przylibski (geology)
  13 8
• P. Gotszalk (electronics)
  31 28
• A. Wójs(physics)
  64 146
• 1996 P. Jakiel (mechanics)
• A. Polak (electronics)
  3 2
• P. Sitko (physics)
  18 25
• 1994 P. Lubicki (electrotechnics)
  3 13
• 1993 B. Kasztenny (automatics)
  13 9

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Dissertation abstract entries

• POLAND
  837
• Wroclaw University of Technology 817
• M. Curie-Sklodowska Univ 17
• http//wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/search