Admission
Access and admission to doctoral program in Applied Engineering is verified at agreement in accordance with the provisions of articles 6 and 7 of RD 99/2011.
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Students, Spanish or foreign, who accredit the legal access requirements foreseen in article 6 of RD 99/2011, preferably with training previous in Engineering and Architecture, Sciences or Health Sciences. Both the suitability of the Degree as well as the suitability of the previous Master's Degree program taken by the candidate to the PD will be assessed. Preferably the candidates will come from Master's Degree universities in the field of engineering, architecture or sciences or with a training of at least 60 ECTS credit in subjects at the level of Master's Degree related to the PD. It will be valued that the training program includes cross-cutting subjects in the field of scientific communication and intellectual protection, as well as aspects related to the training for the teaching university.
The following personal and academic characteristics will be taken into account in the selection of candidates:
They should be students with intellectual restlessness that pushes them to the development of the necessary skills and wish to deepen in the area of knowledge where they will carry out their doctoral thesis .
Candidates should be able to make a critical assessment of the relevant bibliography in this area and have skill to apply critical, logical and creative thinking to their work.
The student must have initiative and motivation to seek quality and excellence in its work, respect for professional ethics and intellectual integrity.
The student must also have advanced knowledge of English, equivalent to a C1. If you do not have the appropriate level at the time of admission, you must acquire it throughout the program.
The candidate should submit the admissionapplication in the offices of the School of Engineering Engineers, which will proceed to its registration and subsequent submission to the Academic Committee of the program.
This Commission will issue its report after the preceptive interview with the candidate and will designate its director of thesis .
board The application with its approval will be sent to the School of doctorate, which will verify compliance with the requirements access requirements for admission by the Office of the Executive Council.
To be admitted to the program the candidate must accredit a grade average minimum of 7 points (on a scale of 0 to 10 points) in the programs of study of Master's Degree University that the candidate presents to access the program. Students coming from University Master's Degrees from area of knowledge of Engineering and Architecture, will be required a grade average minimum of 6 points. In the case of assessment of the ranking position, the best 40% is established as reference letter, except in the case of those coming from area of knowledge of Engineering and Architecture, which will be the best 50%. Exceptions will be considered always linked to the complete academic trajectory in previous degrees, Degrees and masters.
procedure and requirements for admission
Access to doctoral program shall be governed by the provisions of article 6 of Royal Decree 99/2011 of January 28.
It will also be a requirement to have the acceptance of the Application Center where the candidate will carry out its research. Once the above criteria have been met, the set of requirements will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
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transcript academic: 50%
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report project from programs of study / Interview staff: 30%
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Curriculum vitae: 20%.
