EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
8D07170 – TRANSPORT FACILITIES (Doctor of Industry)
- What is this educational program?
- What positions can you work in?
- How is the education organized?
- What subjects are taught?
- Material and technical resources
- International opportunities, career development, and entrepreneurship
- Student housing
This program is designed to train highly qualified scientific-pedagogical and industrial professionals with advanced professional and research competencies in the field of highways and transport infrastructure.
Doctoral students acquire the ability to perform surveys, design, construction, operation, reconstruction, and maintenance of transport facilities using innovative technologies.
Graduates of the program can hold the following positions:
- Head of scientific research projects
- Chief engineer / lead engineer in design organizations
- Head of departments in road-construction companies
- Expert in transport infrastructure
- Research engineer, design engineer, technology engineer
- Head of laboratories for road quality control and diagnostics
- Consultant in transport construction
- Lecturer or researcher at universities and scientific institutions
Employment opportunities:
research institutes, design organizations, transport and communication enterprises, government agencies in the road sector, and transport consulting companies.
The learning process is based on the following principles:
- scientific research and experimental work
- project-based learning and engineering case studies
- participation in real infrastructure projects
- internships at industrial enterprises and research centers
Instruction is provided in Kazakh, Russian, and English.
Doctoral students gain knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- Surveying and design of transport structures
- Construction materials and innovative technologies
- Technology and organization of transport infrastructure construction
- Operation and reconstruction of highways
- Quality control and diagnostics of road construction
- Intelligent transport systems, digital modeling (BIM/CAD/GIS)
- Environmental safety of road and airfield construction
- Engineering geology and soil mechanics
- Reliability, strength, and durability of transport structures
Doctoral students have access to:
- scientific laboratories and testing grounds
- modern computer labs and specialized software (BIM/CAD/GIS)
- virtual simulators for engineering processes
- access to international scientific databases and digital libraries
The program offers:
- international academic mobility (Erasmus+ and others)
- internships in foreign research centers
- support for preparing publications in Scopus and Web of Science journals
- opportunities to develop start-ups and technological entrepreneurship through ALT University’s StartupHub
Doctoral students are provided with comfortable dormitory facilities, including:
- high-speed Wi-Fi
- dedicated study spaces for individual and group work
- library and coworking areas
- kitchen, recreation, and sports spaces
