Admission criteria
Profile for admission
This doctoral programme aims to be the main route whereby students of the Master's degree in Control Engineering, Automation and Robotics and students of the Master's degree in Industrial Engineering at the UPV/EHU can complete their doctoral studies. However, in general, other graduates from the fields of Automation, Computing, Electronics and Industrial Engineering coming from other master's degrees at this or other universities, and who are interested in Control, Automation and Robotics, can apply for a place in this programme, providing they have the backing of a teacher from the Doctoral Programme.
There are no specific complementary training modules for the course. However, considering graduates with either Bachelor¿s or higher degrees may choose to study the course (all of whom must have at least 300 ECTS credits, but whose studies may not have included specific training in research) students applying may or may not be required to pursue training in research competence, based on their entry profile.
This training will entail between a minimum of 4.5 and a maximum of 9 ECTS credits in subject modules from the official Master¿s courses offered by UPV/EHU in the field of Systems Engineering and Automation, or other equivalent training in research skills. Students are required (with support from their thesis supervisor) to enrol on one/some of the following subject modules:
- Automation of industrial processes
- Control of industrial processes
- Automatic control
- Modelling and simulation
- Research methods
- Industrial robotics
Details of which can be found at the following link:
https://www.ehu.eus/es/web/master/master-ingenieria-control-automatizacion-robotica
The following areas will be taken into account when assessing applications for the doctoral programme.If the number of pre-enrolments is greater than the maximum number of students allowed on the programme, the Academic Committee will make their selections based on the following criteria:- Degree (25%)- Academic transcript (35%)- Professional experience (15%)- Research experience (15%)- Other merits:* Languages: English language competence will be assessed following the CEFR framework (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2) for example the University of Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) qualification (level B2), CAE (level C1), etc. (5%)* Training placements at other centres (5%)
Spanish
Basque
English
French
Procedure for assigning a faculty member as a doctoral thesis tutor and director
Once a student has been accepted onto the doctoral programme, the Academic Commission will assign them a tutor from among the faculty at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) participating in the programme, who will then be responsible for ensuring good interaction with the Academic Commission and adapting the training and research activities to the principles established by the programme and the Doctorate School.
Within three months of enrolment, the Academic Commission will assign each student a thesis director from among the faculty participating in the programme. The director may or may or not be the same person as the tutor, and will be responsible for guiding and ensuring the consistency of the training and research tasks, and guaranteeing that the topic of the thesis have an impact and make a novel contribution to the field. They are also responsible for guiding the thesis plan and adapting it, if required, to other projects and activities in which the PhD student is involved.
If the director is not a member of the faculty at the UPV/EHU, the tutor will act as a liaison.
Doctoral theses may also be co-directed, and the second co-director may or may not be a member of the DP. New tutors or directors may be assigned at any moment during the thesis.
For more information, see the procedures and rules.