PhD. in Biotechnology
According to the applicable regulations, doctoral training shall include, in addition to the completion of the doctoral thesis, the performance by the doctoral student of specific and cross-curricular training activities.
Each training activity has a valuation in equivalent hours. The doctoral student will have to obtain a minimum of 600 equivalent hours in the development of the different training activities in order to present the thesis, of which at least 10 percent (60 hours) will correspond to cross-curricular training courses.
The evaluation in equivalent hours of each type of activity, as well as the maximum recognized evaluation, have been established by the Academic Committee of this Doctoral Program for its students, taking into consideration whether their dedication is full-time or part-time.
When the activity has been done in collaboration with other researchers (co-authorship), the student must fill out the corresponding form stating the % of participation for each one:
| Block | Min. | Max. | Max. hours per activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transversal | 60 | 100 | ||
| Specific | Original publication in a scientific journal indexed in the Science Citation Index with the PhD student as first author | 300 | – | The CAPD will award a percentage of a maximum of 300 hours per published article, according to the number of authors and editorial quality. The PDF of the publication and a co-authorship certificate must be attached. |
| Original publication in a scientific journal indexed in the Science Citation Index with the PhD student in a position other than first | 0 | 0 | The CAPD will award a percentage of a maximum of 300 hours per published article, according to position, number of authors and editorial quality. The PDF of the publication and a co-authorship certificate must be attached. | |
| Review articles in journals indexed in the Science Citation Index | 0 | 100 | 100 h if the PhD student is first author, 75 h second, 50 h third or fourth, and 25 h from the fifth position onwards. The PDF of the publication and a co-authorship certificate must be attached. | |
| Book or book chapter with ISBN published by a competitive publisher | 0 | 150 | The CAPD will award a percentage of a maximum of 100 hours per book or chapter, according to position and editorial quality. Contributions to conferences published as full papers (proceedings with ISBN) may be included in the book chapter section: maximum 10 hours/national, 20 hours/international. | |
| Participation in national and international research conferences | 0 | 150 | National: – Poster presented: maximum 15 hours – Oral presentation: maximum 30 hours International: – Poster presented: maximum 35 hours – Oral presentation: maximum 70 hours The PDF of the contribution, certificate of attendance and a co-authorship certificate must be attached. | |
| Obtaining patents or plant variety titles | 0 | – | In exploitation: 300 hours Only approved: 100 hours Invention disclosure: 50 h Registration of varieties/strains: 50 h Supporting documentation and co-authorship document. In the case of an industrial PhD, this activity may replace the first-author article requirement if the PhD student is the main inventor. | |
| Co-supervision of Bachelor’s Final Projects | 0 | 60 | Co-supervision of BFPs: 25 h Experimental supervision of MFP: 30 h Justification: Internal: registered in riunet External: co-supervision certificate | |
| Research stays at research centers | 0 | 300 | International: 100 h/month National: 75 h/month Prior authorization must be requested from the CAPDB in the thesis management application. Acceptance certificate from the host group, medical insurance, and a supervisor’s report on the work plan are required. | |
| Other merits | 0 | 20 | Official outreach activities. An official certificate must be attached. 10 hours, up to a maximum of 20. |
Important aspects to take into account:
- It is reminded that, in general, in all co-authored activities, the following co-authorship document must be uploaded to the application (together with a copy of the publication, conference communication, certificate of attendance, etc.) signed by all co-authors-in-training (IF) of the UPV and at least one senior researcher (IS), if possible the thesis supervisor.
- The degree of co-authorship 1, 2 or 3 (according to the attached co-authorship document) will be used to weight the maximum score for each activity (100%, 50% or less than 50%).
- The information on each activity will be uploaded to the Thesis Management application, Specific Activities section. Apart from the required documentation, a report from the director is required, valuing in hours each activity of your doctorate and justifying the assigned hours. This report can be written directly in the observations section enabled in the Thesis Management application (Specific Activities section) and in the case of SCI publications must include the quartile in which the journal is located and its impact index. The evaluation of the director will be based on the scores indicated in each case in the table on this page.
Further details for the valuation of specific activities can be found in the following guide.