Energetics and Power Engineering

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  • University/Institute Name Kaunas University of Technology
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration4 years
  • Position Funding Type PhD Research Funding
  • Application deadlineJun 2026

Position Details (PhD Program)

The Energetics and Power Engineering course from Kaunas University of Technology is the only joint doctoral studies in the scientific field of Energetics and Power Engineering in Lithuania, provided by Kaunas University of Technology (as a coordinating institution)  and Lithuanian Energy Institute.

The aim of the Energetics and Power Engineering Energetics and Power Engineering programme at Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas University of Technology is to prepare the highly qualified scientists of energetics and power engineering for industry and education institutions.

Key facts

  • Sustainable energy – the effective usage of fossil fuel and primary renewable energy sources in the energy generation systems and technologies, reduction of environmental impact;
  • Fundamental and applied research of transfer processes in thermal technologies; 
  • The simulation and investigation of the smart grid technologies and regimes of the sustainable electric power systems.
  • Prepared dissertations reflect the peculiarities of the areas of Thermal energetics, Nuclear energetics and Electrical energetics.

Right to doctoral studies acquired in cooperation with the Lithuanian Energy Institute. Right to doctoral studies approved by the order No. V-1124 of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania of 21 June 2011.

Courses include:

  • Power Systems Reliability Models
  • Sustainable Energy and Environment
  • Thermodynamics
  • Combine transfer processes in fluid flows
  • Dynamics and Stability of Power Systems
  • Simulation of Accidental Thermal-Hydraulic Processes
  • Electromagnetic Processes in Electrical Power Systems
  • Power System Planning and Control
  • Thermal Hydromechanics of Single-Phase Flow

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

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