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Curriculum – doctoral studies, 2025 – 2029 cohort
Doctoral school: Doctoral School of Automotive Engineering
Doctoral field of study: Automotive Engineering
Study cycle / qualification level: Doctorate / EQF level 8
Form of study: full-time
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Credits: 240 ECTS
Language of instruction: Romanian
Location: Pitești
Academic year: 2025 – 2026
| 1. The curriculum – full document |
The official curriculum for the 2025 – 2029 cohort can be downloaded here: Curriculum, 2025 – 2029 cohort (PDF, in Romanian). It contains: the mission and objectives of the programme; the professional (CP 1 – CP 10) and transversal (CT 1 – CT 10) competences; the learning outcomes (knowledge, skills, responsibility and autonomy); the list of courses with codes, credits, hours and assessment form; the correlation between competences and learning outcomes; and, in the annexes, the list of specialisation courses and the list of scientific progress reports 1 – 7.
| 2. Structure of the doctoral programme |
The doctoral programme has two components: the training programme based on advanced university studies, in Year I, Semester I, and the individual scientific research programme, in Semesters II – VIII, which ends with the preparation and public defence of the doctoral thesis.
| Programme component |
Semesters |
Activities |
ECTS |
| Training programme based on advanced university studies |
I |
3 compulsory complementary courses and 2 specialisation courses |
30 |
| Individual scientific research programme |
II – VIII |
6 semester progress reports (180 ECTS); final report and thesis defence (30 ECTS) |
210 |
| Total |
I – VIII |
|
240 |
| 3. Year I – Semester I: training programme based on advanced university studies |
In Semester I, doctoral students take three compulsory complementary courses, common to the doctoral schools, and two specialisation courses of the Automotive Engineering field. All courses have 2 lecture hours per week and end with continuous assessment. The course titles in the table open the corresponding syllabus (PDF).
| 4. Semesters II – VIII: individual scientific research programme |
From Semester II, the doctoral student works in the individual scientific research programme, supervised by the doctoral supervisor and the guidance committee. In each of Semesters II – VII the doctoral student presents a semester progress report (30 ECTS / semester); in Semester VIII the student presents the final report and defends the doctoral thesis (30 ECTS). The reports are assessed by continuous assessment.
| No. |
Course code |
Activity |
Category |
ECTS |
Sem. II |
Sem. III |
Sem. IV |
Sem. V |
Sem. VI |
Sem. VII |
Sem. VIII |
Total hours |
Assessment |
| Compulsory courses (Ob) |
| 1 |
P.D.15.IA.1.II.Ob.01, P.D.15.IA.2.I.Ob.01, P.D.15.IA.2.II.Ob.01, P.D.15.IA.3.I.Ob.01, P.D.15.IA.3.II.Ob.01, P.D.15.IA.4.I.Ob.01 |
Semester Progress Report (Raport de progres semestrial) |
S |
180 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
4500 |
V |
| 2 |
P.D.15.IA.4.II.Ob.01 |
Final Report and Thesis Defence (Raport final și susținerea tezei) |
S |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
750 |
V |
| Total Semesters II – VIII |
210 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
5250 |
|
| 5. Course descriptions and assessment |
The course descriptions (syllabi) for all courses in the curriculum, with the curriculum codes, are published on the Course descriptions page.
The results of Specialisation Courses 1 and 2 are recorded for each doctoral student in the Record sheet of compulsory specialisation courses (template, PDF, in Romanian): course, assessment committee, date and grade (S – satisfactory, B – good, FB – very good). The overall assessment of the training programme based on advanced university studies (PASSED / NOT PASSED) is established from the record sheet of compulsory complementary courses and the record sheet of compulsory specialisation courses, and is signed by the director of the doctoral school.
Legend: C – lecture; S – seminar; L – laboratory; P – project (hours/week). Category: C – complementary course; S – specialisation course. Assessment: V – verification (continuous assessment). Teaching hours = hours/week × 14 weeks; 1 ECTS = 25 hours of work.
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