The doctorate degree study programme (3rd degree)
is focused on the acquirement of knowledge based on the actual state of scientific knowledge and mostly on the individual contribution of the student to this knowledge, which is a result of a scientific research and individual creative activity in the field of science or technique. The standard length of the doctorate studies is 3 years in full time form and 5 years in external form. The graduates are granted the academic title "philosophiae doctor" ("PhD." in abbreviation).