The study programme Engineering Technologies and Materials deepens and expands theoretical knowledge from technological disciplines in the field of metallurgy, progressive technologies of metal chip / chip-less processing, automation of technological processes and the possibilities of their applications in engineering companies, taking into account qualitative, technical-economic and environmental aspects. Graduates of the Doctoral studies will find employment in research and development departments of manufacture companies, top management positions, management of production departments with sophisticated production technologies, institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Technical universities and colleges, as well as in the area of consulting firms and organizations with a necessity for higher level of technical education.