Specific and Cross-Curricular Training Activities

PhD in Engineering and Industrial Production

As established by the applicable regulations, PhD training shall include, in addition to the completion of the PhD dissertation, the PhD candidate’s completion of specific and cross-curricular training activities.

Each training activity is assigned an equivalent number of hours. PhD students must complete a minimum of 600 equivalent hours through various training activities in order to submit their PhD dissertation; of these, at least 10 percent (60 hours) must correspond to cross-curricular training courses.

The equivalent hours assigned to each type of activity, as well as the maximum number of hours that may be recognised, have been established by the Academic Committee of this PhD programme for its students.

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Recognition of Training Activities

	Block	Min.	Max.	Hours per activity (max.)
	Cross-Curricular	60	120
Specific	Publications in indexed journals related to the PhD dissertation	200	480	T1 journal: 300 hours × Cr; T2 journal: 250 hours × Cr; T3 journal: 200 hours × Cr.
	Participation in national and international conferences	0	360	International oral presentation with ISBN: 180 hours × Cr; international poster presentation with ISBN: 160 hours × Cr; international conference proceedings with ISBN, not presented: 120 hours × Cr; national oral presentation with ISBN: 130 hours × Cr; national poster presentation with ISBN: 110 hours × Cr; national conference proceedings with ISBN, not presented: 90 hours × Cr. Activities without an ISBN: between 20 and 60 hours, depending on the type of contribution.
	Research stays at research centres or companies	0	300	Minimum duration: 30 days. For every 30 days: foreign university, 100 hours; national university, 90 hours; foreign technology centre, 80 hours; national technology centre, 70 hours; foreign company, 60 hours; national company, 50 hours.
	Active participation in competitive R&D projects or research contracts	0	120	European project: 60 hours per year; competitive R&D project: 50 hours per year; research contract: 30 hours per year.
	Participation in courses, seminars, tutorials, summer schools and similar activities	0	60	10 equivalent hours for every 10 hours of successfully completed training; 8 equivalent hours for every 10 hours of attendance.
	Intellectual property related to the PhD dissertation (patents, copyright, etc.)	0	120	Licensed patent: international, 120 hours; national, 100 hours. Patent application filed: international, 80 hours; national, 60 hours.
	Book publications (full books or chapters) with an ISBN	0	120	Full book or monograph: 120 hours × Cr; book chapter: 60 hours × Cr.
	Publications in non-indexed journals of recognised standing	0	120	Full book or monograph: 120 hours × Cr; book chapter: 60 hours × Cr.

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  Co-authorship assessment

Important points to bear in mind:

1. Co-authorship and supporting documentation: As a general rule, for all co-authored activities, the corresponding co-authorship document, signed by all participants, must be uploaded to the application together with a copy of the publication, conference paper, attendance certificate or other supporting documentation. The reduction coefficient (Cr) shall be used to weight the maximum number of hours assigned to each activity: a value of 1, equivalent to 100 percent of the hours, shall apply to activities involving up to four participants, while a value of 4/N shall apply where there are five or more participants.
2. Recording activities in the applications: Information on each activity must be uploaded to Thesis Management under Specific Activities. Research contributions, including articles, conference papers and patents, must first be recorded in the institutional repository SENIA.
3. PhD supervisor’s report: In addition to the required supporting documentation, a report from the PhD supervisor must estimate the number of equivalent hours corresponding to each activity within the PhD programme and justify the number of hours proposed. This report may be entered directly in the Comments section of the Thesis Management application under “Specific Activities”.
4. Indexed publications: For publications in indexed journals, the report must indicate the journal’s tertile (T1, T2 or T3) in order to justify the number of equivalent hours requested.
5. Assessment criteria: The PhD supervisor’s final assessment and the subsequent decision of the Academic Committee shall be based strictly on the scores and criteria set out in the training activities table on this page.