| The admission and training of PhD students, as well as the thesis defense under the Mechanisation of Mines doctoral programme at the Department of Mining Mechanisation at the Faculty of Mining Electromechanics, UMG “St. Ivan Rilski ”, is carried out in strict compliance with the legal framework (Higher Education Act, Development of Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria Act and Regulations on the Implementation of the Development of Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria Act), as well as the Regulations for the training of PhD students.
The training of PhD students at the Department of Mining Mechanisation is compliant with the mission and objectives of the University for the creation and development of Bulgaria’s intellectual potential, intended to ensure raw materials and energy independence of the country, provide engineering qualifications for production systems in the exploration, mining, processing, transport, storage and use of minerals and apply research in the field of mining industry.
The training of PhD students is conducted by a habilitated lecturer with the necessary expertise and proven qualification in the field of the doctoral programme “Mechanisation of Mines”, vocational field 5.8.
The main goal is to improve the qualification and professional development of PhD students as researchers, lecturers at universities and highly qualified specialists in various research and applied aspects of the vocational field.
The programme includes experiments, practical seminars, business trips and other activities necessary for the thesis development. A link between the research and the PhD training is established within the national and institutional context.
The programme defines the intellectual qualities and practical skills to be acquired during the training which are presented in the individual curricula and the reports of the PhD students.
The highly qualified PhD graduates in “Mechanisation of Mines” can find occupational fulfilment the following areas:
- exploration, design and engineering activities in the field of mining engineering;
- production, technological and operational activities in the mining and processing industries;
- teaching and research activities related to existing or creating new mining equipment;
- management activity in machine-building and mining enterprises;
- specialists and consultants in software companies for specialised products;
- experts in the state administration.
By 2020, as a result of many years of successful training, the Department had 56 lecturers and experts who successfully defended their PhD theses in Mechanisation of Mines, and 5 prominent professors with a Doctor of Science degree. |
