Specific and Cross-Curricular Training Activities

PhD in Transport Infrastructure and Land Use

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	Participation in national or international conferences	0	255	International oral presentation: 90 hours; national oral presentation: 60 hours; international poster presentation: 45 hours; national poster presentation: 30 hours
	Research stays at institutions, universities or companies	0	240	60 hours for each month of the stay
	Publications in indexed scientific journals	0	450	First-decile journal: 175 hours; Q1: 165 hours; Q2: 150 hours; Q3: 125 hours; Q4: 100 hours
	Publications of full books or book chapters with an ISBN	0	180	International publisher: 100 hours; national publisher: 60 hours
	Publications in non-indexed journals or conference proceedings	0	180	60 hours for each publication
	Product development (patents, utility models and registrations)	0	60	Patent or intellectual property registration: 60 hours
	Specialised courses, seminars, tutorials or summer schools	0	120	10 equivalent hours for every 10 hours of training
	Supervision or co-supervision of Bachelor’s dissertations (TFG) or Master’s dissertations (TFM)	0	100	50 hours/n, where n is the number of supervisors

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Important points to bear in mind:

1. To submit a PhD dissertation, students must have completed at least 600 equivalent hours of training activities.
2. Of the total equivalent hours, at least 10 percent (60 hours) must correspond to cross-curricular training courses.
3. For journal articles with five or more authors, the number of hours assigned shall be reduced in accordance with the UPV model, unless the PhD candidate is the first author or corresponding author.
4. All activities must be related to the subject of the PhD dissertation and must receive prior approval from the PhD supervisor in order to be recognised by the Academic Committee.