Study programme
Basic information
Study programme in national registry:Guaranted by: Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling
Study field: Mechanical Engineering
Level of degree: 1
Form of study: present
Degree: Bc.
Length of study in years: 3
Professionally oriented: No
Joint study programme: No
Languages of delivery: english language, slovak language
Graduate profile
DescriptionThe study program will enable the graduate to gain knowledge in a specialized area dedicated to technical materials, including knowledge of the connection between the fundamentals of their chemical composition, structure and properties. He will know the principles of technologies to produce structural and functional materials and will understand the essence of the main metallurgical and mechanical technologies for their processing. The graduate will gain the ability to choose appropriate materials and technologies to produce products, to solve their design using modern procedures for applications in various fields of mechanical engineering, or in other areas of industry and technics. He will know the principles, methodologies and management of practical assessment of the materials quality consisting in assessing the structure of materials, testing their properties and defects control and assessing their degradation using suitable and appropriate technical, research and development procedures.
Learning objectives
The education will provide the graduate the necessary knowledge in the field of Mechanical Engineering based on the necessary natural theoretical basis and professional disciplines from key areas of mechanical engineering with a focus mainly on materials and their application at a level corresponding to the current state of knowledge, including information technologies. The graduate will have and will understand the broad knowledge in the specialized area dedicated to technical materials and their design, which is conditioned by knowledge about the connection between the chemical composition of materials, their structure and properties. The graduate will know the principles of technologies to produce structural materials and will understand the fundamentals of the main metallurgical and mechanical technologies for their processing. He will acquire the ability to choose appropriate materials and technologies for the production and application of products in various fields of mechanical engineering, or in other modern areas of industry and technics. He will know the principles, methodology and management of practical assessment of the quality of materials trough the analysis of the materials structure, testing their properties and defects control and assessing their degradation using appropriate, adequate and modern technical and research procedures. He will be able to actively obtain information and use it for innovative solutions of materials processing using common and modern technologies of casting, forming, machining, welding, heat treatment and surface treatment. He will be able to solve professional tasks and manage partial activities related to the preparation of production and processing of material products, solving common technological problems, as well as compliance and quality control of products. He will be able to independently acquire new knowledge and actively expand their knowledge in the field of Mechanical Engineering and related fields with a focus on structural and functional materials, their processing and applications, and will be able to interpret them. He will be able to work effectively in a team of workers, to propose solutions of the problems and to manage the team at the appropriate level of management.
Main learning outcomes
The graduate has a basic knowledge of natural sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry) and can use it to explain the basic physical and chemical processes taking place in the production and processing of technical materials. He understands the basic relationships between the chemical composition, internal structure, microstructure and properties of metallic, non-metallic and composite technical materials and knows the causes of their mechanical and physical and chemical degradation. The graduate knows and identifies the basic principles of metallurgical technologies for the production of structural materials and mechanical technologies for their processing. He knows the basic parts of engineering structural units, modern techniques for their display, description and definition of the mutual relationships of their parts in technical documentation and understands them. He is able to design a suitable chemical concept, structure and properties of the material, or a combination of materials, for specific products and their applications, and also to choose suitable classical or progressive technologies for their production and processing (casting, forming, machining, welding and heat treatment), or their combinations. The graduate is able to perform and manage the quality control of materials and their products by real metallographic analysis of their structure, quantification of their basic mechanical properties, extent of defects and degradation of materials using appropriate diagnostic and analytical methods. He actively obtains information about new trends in the field of Mechanical Engineering with a focus on structural and functional materials, analyses them and uses them in solving professional tasks and innovative projects. The graduate is able to solve technical problems in the selection, design, production, processing of materials and their quality control as a team and manage an adequate team of workers.
Professions
Professions for which the graduate is prepared at the time of completion.
Employability
Evaluation of the study programme graduates employabilityThis is a new study program that has no graduates.
Evaluation of the study programme quality by employers
On the basis of the submitted materials for the study program, two authorities from practice, who are members of the Joint Board of Study Programs Materials, expressed a favorable opinion on the presented characteristics of the study program: 1. STATEMENT ON THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE STUDY PLAN: The composition and content of the subjects and the way they are provided and evaluated correspond to the set outcomes and goals of education, and the compiled recommended study plans allow students to choose appropriate paths (trajectories) in their studies. 2. STATEMENT ON THE PROFILE OF THE GRADUATE OF THE STUDY PROGRAM (ON THE OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES OF THE EDUCATION): The stated profile of the graduate with the subsequent objectives and outcomes of the education corresponds to the listed qualifications and occupations. 3. STATEMENT ON THE APPLICATION OF GRADUATES IN THE OCCUPATIONS AND ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED BY THE GRADUATES: Graduates of the study program are successfully employed in the listed occupations, where they use the acquired qualifications and there is/will be prospective interest in the graduates of this study program on the labor market. 4. STATEMENT ON THE STAFFING OF THE STUDY PROGRAM: Persons responsible for the study program, teachers and other staffing of the study program make it possible to achieve the set goals and outcomes of education. 5. STATEMENT ON SPATIAL, MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL SECURITY OF THE STUDY PROGRAM AND SUPPORT: Assigned resources in terms of spatial, material and technical provision of the study program guarantee the achievement of the set goals and educational outcomes. 6. STATEMENT ON ENSURING THE SYSTEM OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE STUDY PROGRAM: The system of monitoring and evaluation of the study program includes the processes of obtaining feedback and provides sufficient information on the progress and outcomes of the education so that adequate measures can be taken to maintain and improve the quality of the study program. 7. OVERALL COMMENT: The study program fulfills sector-specific expectations, requirements of practice and the labor market.
Structure and content of the study programme
Suggested study plan in the MIAS portalCurrent academic year plan and current schedule
Current academic year planCurrent schedule: MAIS portal
Persons responsible for the study programme
Person responsible for thequality of the study programme: doc. Ing. Martin Fujda, PhD.List of persons responsible for the profile courses:
- doc. Ing. Martin Fujda, PhD.
- doc. Ing. Karel Saksl, DrSc.
- prof. Ing. Oksana Velgosová, PhD.
- doc. Ing. Jana Bidulská, PhD.
- doc. Ing. Mária Mihaliková, PhD.
Student representatives: Benjamín Rácz
Study department
Spatial, material, and technical provision of the study programme and support
List and characteristics of the study programme classroomsTo ensure the educational outcomes in the study program, classrooms and laboratories are available on the grounds of the Technical University in Košice (FMMR, IMAT), which have both classical and special technology, devices and instruments, intended for teaching and research, especially in the field of material sciences. For the provision of lectures, computational exercises and seminars, or laboratory exercises, classrooms for a larger number of students are available in the premises of the Institute of Materials (PK11, PK10, PK19). The specialized laboratories of the Institute of Materials will be used for practical teaching and the implementation of experimental subject programs and students' final theses, the list and equipment of which can be found on the IMAT website: https://imat.fmmr.tuke.sk/imat-laboratoria.html. For the teaching of other subjects of other specializations, classrooms and specialized laboratories of other FMMR institutes are also available, the list and equipment of which can be found on the websites: https://imtech.fmmr.tuke.sk/imtech-laboratoria.html; https://iret.fmmr.tuke.sk/iret-laboratoria.html. Within the scope of excursions and teaching of selected topics in material science subjects, in cooperation with SAV institutes, IMR SAV laboratories are also used, the list and equipment of which can be found on the websites: https://websrv.saske.sk/imr/vedecke-divizie/divizia-kovovych-systemov/vyskumne-oblasti; https://websrv.saske.sk/imr/vedecke-divizie/divizia-keramickych-a-nekovovych-systemov/vyskumne-oblasti; https://websrv.saske.sk/imr/vedecke-divizie/divizia-funkcnych-a-hybridnych-systemov/vyskumne-oblasti.
Characteristics of the information provision
Access to study literature is provided by the University Library of the Technical University. The University Library (UK) is a central library-information and educational workplace, the main mission of which is the information security of scientific research and the pedagogical process at TU in Košice. The library acquires, preserves and makes available literature and information resources in both traditional and electronic form. The university library has a built-in information system of a digital library of TU staff publications, which is expanded to include electronic final theses of TU students. The aim is to present the academic production and scientific research potential of TU on the Internet. Information about the library, information resources and services can be found on the UK website www.lib.tuke.sk. The UK has disabled access in all public reading areas. UK study rooms are open 55 hours a week, the literature rental room is open 25 hours a week. Students have at their disposal a computer study room with computers connected to the Internet, PCs set aside as electronic catalogs within the TU intranet and a training room with computers connected to the Internet. As part of the teaching, the teachers providing and teaching the given subjects provide basic study literature according to informational subjects in electronic form (e.g. on the moodle.tuke portal), or in printed form. Within the campus of the TU in Košice and through remote access (VPN), students also have access to information and publication databases of UK TUKE and special databases Scopus and Web of Science, or ScienceDirect, Springerlink, etc.
E-learning
For the possibility of e-learning education of study program subjects, the necessary of study materials, study literature, or sample tests for verifying and testing students knowledge on the portal https://moodle.tuke.sk/moodle/ and through the accesses of the TUKE University Library. The "moodle" portal enables distance learning of students in the case of subjects that allow this type of education within the course curriculum. The necessary experimental tasks of the subjects and the solution of the experimental program of the final theses are carried out by face-to-face teaching, or experimental work in specialized laboratories of FMMR TUKE, or cooperating SAS institutes and industrial companies.
Institution partners
FMMR TUKE's partners in providing educational activities in the study program are industrial enterprises, educational and research institutions in Slovakia. Industrial enterprises, which are mainly devoted to metallurgical and mechanical production, will be helpful in providing excursions for students, which contribute to linking and improving the process of education of specialized subjects. They also will provide specialized professional lectures for students of the study program, participate in entering and solving the topics of the final theses of the study program, and personally participate in commissions for state final exams, or in special commissions for evaluation of works and presentation of students at student scientific-professional conferences. These are mainly industrial companies such as USS Košice s.r.o., ŽP, a.s., ŽP VVC s.r.o., Slovalco a.s., Žiar nad Hronom, Nemak Slovakia s.r.o., Žiar nad Hronom, SPP Distribúcia s.r.o., Bratislava, Magna PT s.r.o., Košice, SPINEA s.r.o., Prešov, Volvo Cars Košice and others. Institutes of SAS also participate in education in DaQM study program, namely the Institute of Materials Research SAS in Košice, the Institute of Experimental Physics SAS in Košice and the Institute of Geotechnics SAV in Košice. The employees of these institutes will be also involved in providing specialized excursions, lectures and exercises for students as part of the education of specialized subjects. They will participate in solving the topics of the final theses of the study program and in the commissions for state final exams and for the evaluation of theses and the presentation of students at student scientific-professional conferencess.
Admission procedures
Required abilities and necessary admission requirementAdmission procedures
Results of the admission process over the last period