The goal of doctoral training in the doctoral program "Bioautomation" in the Department "Automation of Continuous Processes" (ACP) at the Faculty "Automation" is aimed at:
a) improving the qualifications of the doctoral students;
b) forming them as highly qualified teachers for TU-Sofia;
c) developing them as competent, knowledgeable, and capable scientists, ready to meet the challenges of strategic modern industries and technologies.
Achieving the set goal is associated with the fulfillment of the following tasks:
a) compliance with legal requirements in the training of doctoral students;
b) the training and consulting of doctoral students shall be carried out by highly qualified habilitated teachers;
c) continuous improvement and modernization of the material base for studying world standards in the scientific field;
d) application of modern achievements in the field of information, communication and integrated control technologies for research and development, analysis and processing of information and data;
e) maintaining continuous contact, close interaction and responding to the growing interest of companies in the field in scientific and applied developments related to the topic of the doctoral program.
At the Faculty of Automation as a training unit there are three specialized laboratories in "Bioautomation", equipped with specific measuring equipment, specialized fermentation and control equipment, where doctoral students can be successfully trained in the doctoral program "Bioautomation" . The research of doctoral students is carried out in laboratories: "Fermentation Technologies and Automatic Control of Biotechnological Processes", "Bioautomation, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Systems", "The Human Factor in Control Systems".
Technical University - Sofia, Faculty of Automation (specifically Department of Automation of Continuous Processes) is the educational institution in Bulgaria that can provide training for doctoral students in the doctoral program Bioautomation , which should be in accordance with European requirements regarding the type of research:
● theoretical and experimental;
● with interdisciplinary engineering character.
The topics on which doctoral students are trained under this program are current and are determined by national priorities in the specific scientific research field, namely: development of methods and tools for research and management of bioprocess systems in accordance with modern standards.
