Program access information

Recommended entry profile

Students in this doctoral program must have advanced knowledge of Statistics and/or Operations Research and Optimization. To this end, it is considered advisable that they have completed a degree, bachelor’s degree or engineering degree with a high content in these subjects, such as a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering or related subjects, and in addition to the above criteria on degrees and bachelor’s degrees of origin, it is considered appropriate that the student has completed a master’s degree with a high content in these subjects.

As examples of suitable content we refer to the following master’s degrees:

• Master’s Degree in Planning and Management of Business Processes from the University of Valencia.
• Master’s Degree in Data Analysis Engineering, Process Improvement and Decision Making by the Universitat Politècnica de València.
• Master’s Degree in Biostatistics from the University of Valencia.
• Interuniversity Master’s Degree in Quality Management (Specialization in Production) by the Universitat de València and the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón.

In addition, it is recommended to have knowledge of English at a level equivalent to B1.

The body responsible for the admission of students will be the Joint Academic Committee of the Program, composed of members of the two participating universities as regulated in the collaboration agreement signed between them.

The committee is currently composed of the following members:

Chairman: Rafael Martí Cunquero. University of Valencia.
Secretary: Alberto J. Ferrer Riquelme, Universitat Politècnica de València
Members: Francisco J. Santonja Gómez, Universitat de València
Andrés Carrión García, Universitat Politècnica de València
Ana Corberán Vallet, Universitat de València

Specific Requirements

To have previously passed any of the four masters of the program in its training phase.

Proof of the completion of a research work of at least 6 credits in subjects related to those of the associated master’s degree.

The Joint Academic Committee will analyze the applications of those students who wish to access the doctorate from other official master’s degrees of a related nature or from degrees obtained under educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area, without the need for homologation, after verifying that the degree accredits a level of training equivalent to the corresponding Spanish degrees and that it qualifies in the issuing country for access to doctoral studies.

Students who hold the Diploma of Advanced Studies, obtained in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 778/1998 of April 30, 1998, or who have achieved the research sufficiency regulated by Royal Decree 185/1985 of January 23, 1985, in doctoral programs in the field of Statistics and Operations Research, will have direct access upon application for admission and justification of the suitability of the profile requested.

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.