PhD Program

Mathematics and Mechanics / 2020-2024

Key information

Program starts
October 2020

Modes and duration
Full time: 4 years

Tuition fees
No tuition fee for the applicants who pass the selection process

Language of instruction
English

English language requirements
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency

Application dates
Admission open: October 1, 2019
Close: August 2, 2020

PhD First Selection Round:
May 25 – 27, 2020
The dead-line for the applications submission for the First Selection Round: April 19, 2020
Invitation – May 11

PhD Second Selection Round:
September 7 – 9, 2020
The dead-line for the applications submission for the Second Selection Round: August 2
Invitation – August 21

Program Committee

Chair – Igor Krichever, Professor
Co-Chair – Iskander Akhatov, Professor

Mikhail Bershtein, Associate Professor
Evgeny Feigin, Professor
Mikhail Finkelberg, Professor
Alexander Gaifullin, Professor
Andrei Marshakov, Professor
Grigory Olshanski, Professor

Robert Nigmatulin, Professor
Aslan Kasimov, Associate Professor
AIgor Shishkovsky, Associate Professor

Supervisors

Mikhail Bershtein, Associate Professor
Evgeny Feigin, Professor
Mikhail Finkelberg, Professor
Alexander Gaifullin, Professor
Pavlo Gavrylenko, Assistant Professor
Maxim Kazaryan, Professor
Igor Krichever, Professor
Sergei Lando, Professor
Andrei Marshakov, Professor
Grigory Olshanski, Professor
Alexey Rosly, Professor
Semen Shlosman, Professor
Anton Zabrodin, Professor
Andrei Okounkov, Professor
Stanislav Smirnov, Professor

Iskander Akhatov, Professor

Minimum Degree Requirements

Each doctoral program comprises 240 credits::

30 ECTS credits of coursework, including: /
- 12 ECTS credits of coursework for advanced major-field courses /
  Advanced major-field courses represent the advanced subject matter in a particular academic field that PhD students or established faculty members would typically be expected to have mastered
- 18 ECTS credits for general doctoral courses – to be taken by all Skoltech PhD students /
  General doctoral courses represent methodological subject matter, pedagogy, philosophical inquiry or general academic or professional learning about research or subject matter related to research, teaching or innovation that are applicable across most or all academic fields
  
  Pedagogy of Higher Education
  
  Research Methodology
  
  Philosophy of Science, Technology and Innovation
  
  Innovation Study course
  
  Optional Courses from Course Catalog / minimum 0 ECTS credits, up to 60 ECTS credits
210 ECTS credits of research, professional experience, thesis preparation, and thesis defense
- 6 ECTS of Thesis Proposal Defense /
  A compulsory component of the program, whereby a student defends his or her thesis as a pre-condition for proceeding to the next stage – carrying out the research project formulated in the thesis proposal
- 192 ECTS credits for thesis project research, writing and revision /
  A PhD student is expected to start his or her thesis research at Skoltech immediately after admission
- 3 ECTS of Pedagogical Experience /
  This is a compulsory component of the program, which leads to the development of the student’s professional pedagogical skills
- 3 ECTS credits of Qualifying Exam /
  The goal of the qualifying examination is to assess a student’s ability and inclination to conduct research according to top-tier institution standards; it also provides a learning experience in which students may both strengthen their field-specific knowledge and scientific methods for conducting scholarly research
- 6 ECTS credits of Thesis Defense
PhD students are expected to produce an original PhD thesis, publish the results of their independent research in peer-reviewed academic journals (2 papers in WoS indexed journals), and present them at reputable international conferences (2 presentations at reputable conferences).