Doctoral School of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

Programme Description

Electrical and information engineering includes the fields of automation, energy technology, information and communication technology, microelectronics, and electrical engineering and business. As an interdisciplinary specialist field, biomedical engineering applies engineering and scientific principles to the field of medicine and biology.

The subject matter of the doctoral programme comprises problems from the scientific and engineering subjects of electrical engineering and biomedical engineering and from fields such as biology and medicine. Training takes place parallel with research and according to the requirements of international competitiveness.

The aim of the Engineering Sciences doctoral program at Graz University of Technology
is, beyond the pre-professional education and training, to acquire the ability to do
consolidated, independent scientific work in the technical fields of competence of Graz
University of Technology. Students who accomplish this objective are awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr. techn.).

Qualification Profile:

A Doctor of Engineering Sciences of Graz University of Technology has consolidated and
perfected the ability to formulate engineering and scientific questions abstractly and to
develop research-based analyses and problem-solving approaches, and is capable of doing independent scientific work on a high level.

She/he is capable of carrying out team work in the field of engineering and scientific research in both the university and industrial sectors, as well as to assume a coordinating and leading function.

She/he has a broad basis as well as a consolidated specialisation and can thus broaden and innovatively apply scientific knowledge in different fields of application.