EIT Manufacturing
Doctoral School
EIT Manufacturing Doctoral School
Thanks to its membership in the EIT Manufacturing consortium, CTU in Prague participates in the EITM Doctoral School. This is a two-year parallel programme in innovation and entrepreneurship that CTU PhD candidates can take alongside their doctoral studies.
The EIT Manufacturing Doctoral School goes beyond traditional PhD training and offers a two-year international education focused on manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship. The learning experience includes five months of mobility, giving students exposure to both academic and non-academic environments.
Completion of the Doctoral School is recognised with an EIT labelled certificate, which can be a strong career accelerator—even if you aim to join R&D in an established company.
Turn Your Dissertation into a Start-up
If you are a CTU PhD candidate with the drive and ambition to build a venture on your research results and technical expertise, this is a great opportunity. Under the guidance of experienced mentors you will learn the basics of entrepreneurship, promoting your business, communicating with investors, and more. Beyond knowledge, the course is a chance to network with like-minded peers from across Europe.
For CTU Prague students, the programme is FREE of charge.
How It Works
- In year one, the course deepens knowledge of specific manufacturing aspects such as sustainable production, robotics, and manufacturing systems. In parallel, students develop a marketable solution linked to their PhD topic using design-thinking methodologies.
- In year two, the focus shifts further toward entrepreneurship as participants develop their own innovations. Students work on defining and potentially launching an innovative start-up, with possible support from additional EIT Manufacturing initiatives.
The Doctoral School runs annually from April to December and combines on-site and online activities.
Specific dates are published on the EIT Manufacturing Doctoral School.
Details of the content and schedule are available on the Summer School and Winter School.
For 2024, the Doctoral School prepared innovation webinars on topical manufacturing themes—digital, ethical, and sustainable production—providing insights for a deeper understanding of these areas, an essential step toward innovative, modern, and sustainable manufacturing techniques. The webinars are delivered by experts from EIT Manufacturing partner universities: the University of Tartu, Mondragon University, and Czech Technical University in Prague.
2024 Webinar Topics and Dates:
- 30–31 May 2024 Manufacturing and Industrial Trends and Tendencies
- 20–21 June 2024 Supply Chain Challenges in Manufacturing
- 16–17 September 2024 Technology as a Driver for Solution Design
- 16–17 October 2024 Challenges and Developments in Digital Manufacturing
- 24–25 October 2024 Sustainable, Social, and Ethical Manufacturing
- 12–13 December 2024 Limits of Prototype Design and Industrial Feasibility
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