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Training Programme

Purpose of the PhD-programme

The purpose of the PhD-programme of the JM Burgerscentrum is the development of PhD-students into independent researchers in the field of fluid mechanics. To reach this goal a thorough and fundamental knowledge of fluid-mechanics phenomena and their mathematical and numerical modelling is required, as well as the ability to further develop this knowledge and to apply it to solve scientific and technical problems. An important part of the PhD-programme consists of the execution of a scientific research project under the supervision of an expert of the JMBC. A smaller part, of the order of half a year, consists of the participation in courses. This part, the training programme, is described below.

Structure of the training programme

The training programme gives a framework, in which individual training schemes can be developed. It contains the following three components:

MSc-degree courses
PhD-degree courses
Workshops, summer schools, seminars.

The different components are meant for broadening or deepening of knowledge, and also for specialisation in certain areas of fluid mechanics. Individual training programmes are composed from elements of the three components. In the next paragraphs the three components are discussed.

Master-degree courses

The MSc-degree courses are meant for PhD-students (or other interested persons), who have no earlier formal training in fluid mechanics. The courses will bring those PhD-students to the same level of knowledge in fluid mechanics as PhD-students who did receive their MSc-degree in fluid mechanics. The courses are usually selected from the advanced courses of the study programme for the MSc-degree. The number of ECTS points for the MSc-degree courses to be included in an individual training programme depends on the MSc-study programme of the individual. Usually it is about 10 to 15 ECTS points.

JMBC-PhD courses

For a PhD-student it is essential to deepen his knowledge in fluid mechanics to a level significantly higher than that of person with a MSc-degree in fluid mechanics. The PhD-degree courses of the JM Burgerscentrum fulfil this purpose. The deepening of knowledge is not restricted to the area of fluid mechanics, to which the research project of a PhD-student belongs. The idea of the PhD-degree courses is to continue the formal training of the PhD-student in a number of areas in the field of fluid mechanics, but on a post-graduate level. After the PhD-degree the PhD-student must be able to quickly acquaint him (her) self with a new area of fluid mechanics and solve problems in that area. In consultation with the supervisor a PhD-student can decide to follow more courses. The number of ECTS points connected to the PhD-degree courses must at least be 9. The content of the courses is composed in such a way, that the courses can be followed by all PhD-students (independent of their knowledge from their MSc-degree programme). The different PhD-degree courses of the JM Burgerscentrum are usually given once every two years, dependent on the number of participants. The courses are concentrated in time, usually during one week. The courses are given by the senior staff members of the JM Burgerscentrum, but also by (internationally well-known) guest lecturers. They determine the number of ECTS points for their course. The courses can contain several elements: theoretical training, own work, demonstrations, etc. An active role of the participants is stimulated.

Workshops, summer schools, seminars or courses of other organisations

Besides MSc-degree courses and PhD-degree courses there is also a less-structural part of the training programme of the JM Burgerscentrum, consisting of workshops, summer schools and seminars. They can be very valuable for the education of the PhD-student, and will usually be in the area of fluid mechanics to which the research project of the PhD-student belongs. It is, in particular, recommended that a PhD-student participate in summer schools. Another component can be courses, not organised by the JM Burgerscentrum but by another organisation (courses from the Von Karman institute, ERCOFTAC, EUROMECH, etc.). The number of ECTS points of this part of the training programme will on average be 9.

Course Programme

Each year the JM Burgerscentrum issues a course programme with the details of the training programme for the coming year. An overview is also given on