PhD in Communication and Cultural Industries
As established by the applicable regulations, PhD training shall include, in addition to the completion of the doctoral thesis, the completion by the PhD candidate of specific and cross-disciplinary training activities.
Each training activity is assigned a number of equivalent hours. PhD students must complete a minimum of 600 equivalent hours through a range of training activities before submitting their doctoral thesis. At least 10% (60 hours) of these must correspond to cross-disciplinary training activities.
The equivalent number of hours assigned to each type of activity, together with the maximum number of hours that may be recognised, has 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-disciplinary training | 60 | 100 | ||
| Specific | Publications in indexed journals (JCR, Scopus, etc.) | – | 350 | Indexed journals (<5 authors): Q1: 350 h; Q2: 300 h; Q3: 250 h; Q4: 200 h. (>5 authors): Q1: 300 h; Q2: 250 h; Q3: 200 h; Q4: 150 h. Other databases (ESCI, Dialnet): From 50 h to 250 h depending on quartile and number of authors. |
| Publications in non-indexed journals | 0 | 100 | <5 authors: 100 hours. >5 authors: 50 hours. | |
| Publications in conference proceedings | 0 | 250 | International: <5 authors: 250 h; >5 authors: 200 h. National: <5 authors: 150 h; >5 authors: 100 h. | |
| Conference presentations, seminars and talks | 0 | 100 | International conference: 100 hours. National conference: 50 hours. | |
| Book chapters | 0 | 250 | Publisher with a recognised quality label: <5 authors: 250 h; >5 authors: 200 h. Without a quality label: <5 authors: 200 h; >5 authors: 150 h. | |
| Monographs | 0 | 350 | Publisher with a recognised quality label: <5 authors: 350 h; >5 authors: 300 h. Without a quality label: <5 authors: 250 h; >5 authors: 200 h. | |
| Publication of catalogues and sheet music | 0 | 300 | 150 hours per publication. | |
| Supervision of Final Degree Projects (TFG/TFM) | 0 | 100 | Supervision of Final Degree Projects (TFG/TFM). | |
| Research stays | 0 | 300 | International institutions: 100 hours/month. National institutions: 75 hours/month. | |
| Participation in R&D projects | 0 | 300 | International: 150 hours/year. National: 100 hours/year. Regional: 75 hours/year. Institutional: 50 hours/year. | |
| Participation in R&D&I training courses | 0 | 50 | Each hour attended is recognised as one hour. | |
| Teaching activities | 0 | 50 | Each hour taught is recognised as two hours. | |
| Curation and organisation of performance-based activities | 0 | 300 | International competitive events: 200 h. Other events: 100 h. | |
| Production and participation in performance-based activities | 0 | 200 | Individual: International: 200 hours; National: 100 hours; Other: 50 hours. Group: 100 hours / 50 hours / 25 hours. | |
| Other performance-related activities (restoration, audiovisual works, patents) | 0 | 200 | 100 hours per activity. |
Important points to keep in mind:
- Before submitting the doctoral thesis, PhD students must have completed at least 600 recognised hours of training activities.
- At least 10% (60 hours) of the total must correspond to cross-disciplinary training activities.
- New PhD students are required to complete the course Doctoral Training at UPV (10 hours), which forms part of the cross-disciplinary training block.
- The Academic Committee of the PhD Programme (CAPD) evaluates the recognised hours once the activities have been recorded in the SENIA/Thesis Management platform.