Ph.D.Smart Cities

The new doctoral study programme in Smart Cities responds to a significant urbanization trend - an increase in the number of inhabitants living in cities, which requires new management methods for further sustainable urban development, both as a whole (holistic approach) and individual subsystems such as transport systems, urbanism, logistics systems, architecture, security systems, energy systems and more. From the point of view of systems science, it is an alliance of sub-systems that contributes to the formation and resulting behaviour of the city, which must be in accordance with the established sustainable and resilient development strategy of the city. The aim of the study is to prepare students for solving complex analytical, decision-making and implementation processes in the field of transport and urbanism both at the current level of knowledge and the prospects for development. This topic is interdisciplinary and therefore experts from the Faculty of Transportation Sciences and from the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University will take part in the teaching activities. The orientation of the study program aims to deepen the student's theoretical knowledge for specific scientific work in solving scientific research tasks under the guidance of a supervisor. The study program is focused on scientific research and independent creative activity of doctoral students

The graduate of the doctoral program Smart Cities will gain knowledge (according to a choice of compulsory elective courses) in mobility, urban planning, systems science or logistics. By means of their approach, graduates will be the initiators of research and development projects for the continuous improvement of the city's organization and for the increasing quality of life of its inhabitants.

Graduates of the Smart Cities doctoral study program will be capable to work in the following areas, for example:

in the academic sphere and in other institutions dealing with science, research, development and innovation, in the Czech Republic and abroad (in higher education, in the institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, etc),
in the development centres of large multinational companies in the field of transport, urban planning and architecture,
in managerial, methodological and other positions in specialized companies and laboratories dealing with research and development in the field of Smart Cities,
in public administration and private companies focused on "smart" concepts and solutions.

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