Admission criteria
Profile for admission
This doctoral programme is designed for students who have studied at a master's degree level, with qualifications related to the fields of Information and Communications Technologies, such as Telecommunications Engineering, Advanced Electronic Systems, Telematic Systems, Signal Processing, Electronics associated with Energy Conversion, Biomedical Engineering, etc. They must have the capacity to design, calculate and engineer products, processes and installations in the fields of Telecommunications or Electronic Technology Engineering, and similar. They must also have the capacity to supervise works and installations of electronic or telecommunication systems, complying with existing regulations, ensuring a high-quality service, and the capacity to start up, supervise and manage the manufacturing processes of electronic and telecommunications equipment, with a safety guarantee for people and goods, high-quality end products and their endorsement.
This programme does not provide specific training supplements
The Academic Committee will conduct a personal interview with the doctoral students in which they will discuss their previous training courses, their interest for the PhD program and their motivation to carry out the work involved in the completion of a PhD thesis. A prerequisite to admission in the PhD programme will be having completed previous studies related to the programme research lines, at any institution of higher education within the European Higher Education Area, or within any other foreign country that permit access to its PhD programme.For the admission of candidates to the PhD programme, the academic committee will use the following criteria:- Bachelor academic record (30%).- Master academic record (20%).- Appropriateness of the student profile to the profile recommended by the PhD programme (20%).- Degree of motivation by a brief statement (maximum one page) in which they will detail the reasons to join the PhD programme, research topics of interest and career expectations (10%).- Previous research experience (10%).- English level (10%).
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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.