Key facts
- Each doctoral student who aims to acquire doctoral degree has to complete doctoral studies (study workload is 30 credits), to conduct original scientific research in the scientific field of Informatics Engineering and to develop new scientific knowledge, to present his/her scientific research findings in national and international scientific conferences and scientific journals, to write and to orally defend his/her doctoral dissertation.
- The programme provides doctoral students with vast possibilities to complete at least one study module at the academic institution abroad, to participate in the PhD Summer / Winter Schools, and to actively take part in the most advanced scientific research at the state-of-the-art KTU Santaka Valley laboratories.
- The objective of the programme is to train world-class scientists of the Informatics Engineering field of science.
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Accreditation
Right to doctoral studies acquired in cooperation with Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Right to doctoral studies approved by the order No. V-1019 of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania of 8 June 2011.
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Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Methods of Information Technologies;
- Large Scale Machine Learning Academic;
- Intelligent Business Process Modelling and Simulation;
- Artifical Intelligence in Information Systems;
- Cloud Computing Technologies;
- Conceptual Modelling and Knowledge Representation;
- Deep Learning Engineering;
- Hybrid Systems for Control and Optimisation;
- Information Security Technologies;
- Machine Learning and Neural Networks;
- Methods of Information Visualization;
- Methods of Multimedia Systems;
- Models of Information Requirements Specification;
- Process Modelling and Identification;
- Systems Analysis Technologies;
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Admission requirements
Academic requirements
Mathematics Requirements
Online Mathematics Placement Test (OMPT) - applies to: students without alternative proof
- OMPT-D Minimum score of 75%
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 75
TOEFL iBT is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30.
OR IELTS: 5.5
The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading).
Other requirements
General requirements
- This programme accepts OMPT as a mathematics admission test. Depending on your academic background, you may be required to take an OMPT assessment as part of the admission process.
- One of the submitted recommendations by scientists has to be written by the supervisor of the topic, including the supervisor’s written agreement to supervise the applicant if the applicant is invited to study.
- The applicants must have at least one scientific publication published or admitted for publication, and a copy of the publication(s) has to be submitted; otherwise, the application is not considered.
- Research proposal on the selected topic.
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Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
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Living costs
Kaunas, Lithuania
697-1,206 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
