Industrial PhD path provides a PhD student the opportunity to work on a research project of Skoltech and Industrial PhD partner during doctoral program study.  The fundamental difference from traditional Skoltech PhD programs is that they share their time between their employment and the Skoltech PhD program, and leverage their industrial projects and know-how for their PhD research project. Such cooperation ensures the exchange of knowledge and experience between the institute and industry, providing the industrial partner access to Skoltech's infrastructure and human capital. The industrial path enables the transfer of the institute's research and development findings to the real sector of the economy.