BACHELOR PROGRAMMES (Bc.)
Technical Materials
The graduate of this major will have deep knowledge of basic kinds, properties and utilisation of technical materials. S/he will gain the knowledge on production and processing technologies such as welding, forming, machining, casting, heat-hardening and surface-finishing, along wit the knowledge of work organisation and safety, informatics and management of industrial plant. The graduate will be able to identify and evaluate mechanical and technological properties of materials, and also operate the devices used in defectoscopic tests. S/he will successfully perform in industrial plants, particularly in the field of materials production and processing, as well as the fields of servicing, maintenance, purchase, sale and quality control.
Non-Metallic Materials
The graduate will understand production, testing, processing, selection, exploitation and degradation of non-metallic materials such as plastics, ceramics, glass and rubber, as well as relationships between the structure and properties of non-metallic materials. He will gain knowledge of machine technology disciplines, information and automation systems. He will be able to specify, design and implement the methods and devices used in mechanic and defectoscopic tests of materials.
The graduate will successfully operate traditional and modern technologies (essential for the production and processing on non-metallic materials) in the field of material's quality control, purchase, sales and servicing, and also maintenance in the industrial plat oriented on the non-metallic materials' production and processing.
MASTER PROGRAMMES (MSc., Eng.)
Technical Materials
The graduate will have deep knowledge of kinds, properties and utilisation of a wide spectrum of conventional and advanced technical materials. He will master experimental study methods of evaluating materials structure and properties, and understand relations between chemical composition, production technology and structure, as well as technological and utility properties of materials. With the knowledge of production, processing technology, testing, operational diagnostics, and degradation and recycling of materials, he will be qualified to assess the impact the type and parameters of processing technology on mechanical, technological and utility properties of semi-products and products. He will be able to design material solutions for various sectors for engineering practice. The graduate will successfully operate in industrial plants, particularly in the field of materials production and processing to semi-products and products, or the field of materials research and development.
Non-Metallic Materials
The graduate will gain complete bachelor degree education in the field of non-metallic materials such as primary plastics, ceramics and glass. He will understand production, technological process, examination, exploitation and degradation of non-metallic materials such as plastics, ceramics, glass, rubber and some special kinds of materials, relation between the structure and properties of the abovementioned materials, as well as the inspection of their quality and operational diagnostics. He will have knowledge of production, processing, quality control, application, recycling and secondary processing of the abovementioned materials, methods, techniques and means of properties analysis, selection and application of non-metallic materials.
He will work as a team leader or team member in the field of materials engineering (research, development, production or implementation of non-metallic materials), project leader, entrepreneur or a manager in related fields of industrial production.
Powder Metallurgy
The graduate will gain complete engineering education in the field of production of metal powder materials and technologies of their processing to compact parts, technological procedures, computer simulation of sintering processes, construction of tools for powder metallurgy technologies, chemical and thermal treatment of such parts for various fields of application and diagnostics of their defects. He will understand the basic principles of production of metal powder materials and technologies of their further processing enabling the utilisation of the whole scale of progressive solutions based on the latest scientific achievements. He will have developed computer literacy and deep theoretical and practical knowledge of interdisciplinary metallurgy He will be capable of finding and presenting his own solutions to the tasks of engineering practice and research.
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES (PhD.)
Technical Materials
The graduate has mastered research methods, process-solving procedures in the field of technical materials as well as the principles of individual and team research. He will grasp the philosophy of material research-development-production-utilisation-recycling, and legal and environmental aspects of new material products. He will be prepared build his own research career, or enter the job market immediately as a researcher in research institutes, universities and large industrial plants in the sector of materials manufacturing and technologies.