Program access information

The body responsible for the admission of students will be the Doctoral Coordination Commission (CCD), in which representatives of the Universitat de València and the Universitat Politécnica de València participate.

For admission to the Doctoral Program “Experimental Techniques in Chemistry” it is recommended to have previously completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, or other degrees such as Pharmacy, Food Science and Technology, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Biochemistry, Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Agri-Food Engineering, Chemical Technology, Biotechnology or degrees corresponding to other experimental sciences and related technologies, according to the criteria of the CCD.

In addition, students must meet the requirements for access to doctoral studies, having completed their training period through any of the routes contemplated in current legislation.

For students who do not yet have the Access Requirements, the following master’s degrees are recommended as a training period:

1. UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

Master in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry by the Universitat de València (60 ECTS)

The basic objective of the Master in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry (TEQ) is: to provide students with a comprehensive training in the knowledge and use of experimental techniques in Chemistry, necessary for the analysis and characterization of substances, which will allow them: the exercise of their professional work in a general field and with the skills provided by the studies of the Master TEQ, and the necessary training to start a research work. The subjects that make up the Master provide graduates with competences related to knowledge, aptitudes and skills that will allow them to carry out their professional work and/or to start their research work, such as: the selection and use of instrumentation in a chemical laboratory, data processing, resource management, project development, practical problem solving, preparation of reports and/or work reports, and public presentations. The Master has mainly a professional orientation, provided by its own experimental contents that allow an immediate application to the business world, enhanced by an Internship module, which facilitates the student the practical application of the competences acquired during the Master, within a business environment. At the same time, the Master provides an initiation to research, both for its subsequent application in the university environment and in private companies or official organizations in which research work is carried out. This initiation is done through the Master’s Thesis module, which is carried out in one of the lines of research offered by the research groups that participate in the Master and whose prestige is recognized nationally and internationally. This official master’s degree has been offered since the 2009-2010 academic year with the participation of the Department of Analytical Chemistry and the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the Universitat de València.

2. POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

Master’s Degree in Sensors for Industrial Applications by the Universitat Politécnica de València (75 ECTS)

This degree is aimed at training highly qualified professionals capable of developing and implementing integrated solutions to industrial, health, food, etc. problems through the use of physical, chemical and biological sensor systems.

The master’s degree is aimed at graduates in engineering (industrial, telecommunications, electronics, etc.) and bachelor’s degrees (mainly chemistry, physics, biology and biotechnology). The program is organized around two main blocks. One comprises physical and engineering knowledge with subjects in electronics, mathematics, materials, etc., and the other block deals with aspects of chemistry, biochemistry, characterization, etc.

The master’s degree offers extensive training in the study of sensors and biosensors. It also deepens in the knowledge of electronic systems for capturing and processing physical and chemical signals. Thus, at the end of the master’s degree, the student should be able to design and evaluate the behavior of physical and chemical sensors with an advanced knowledge of their construction and application. Finally, the program is completed with specialization subjects where the advances in sensors in different fields such as environmental, clinical, agri-food and industrial, mainly, are addressed.

According to what is described in the Admission Criteria, the Academic Committee of the program, having studied the curriculum of the doctoral student and his/her training, will define the list of complementary training that he/she must take. These complements will be acquired through the postgraduate academic offer of the universities, in particular the masters associated with the program and other masters that may present affinity, considering the specific training required by the doctoral student for the proper development of his or her research work.

For those students who do not have training related to the program, the CCD will establish, at the suggestion of the Director and/or the Thesis Tutor, the complementary training deemed necessary to develop the activity in the Program.

Thus, at the proposal of the thesis director/tutor and with the approval of the academic committee, the student will be proposed a reinforcement in his or her training according to his or her background, which can be specified as follows:

• Those students who present 60 credits of a Master’s degree related to the program will not require complementary training.
• Those students who have taken a related Master’s degree but do not reach 60 credits, must complete the minimum of 60 credits.
• Those students who have taken a non-related Master’s degree, with at least 50% of subjects related to the Program, will have a complementary training of up to 30 credits.
• Those students who have taken a non-related Master’s Degree, with less than 50% of subjects related to the Program, will have a 60-credit training complement.

Basics

• Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to that field.
• Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
• Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
• Ability to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesize new and complex ideas.
• Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
• Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.

Personal skills and abilities

• To develop in contexts where there is little specific information.
• Find the key questions to be answered to solve a complex problem.
• Design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
• Work both in a team and autonomously in an international or multidisciplinary context.
• Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
• Intellectual criticism and defense of solutions.