Specific and Cross-Curricular Training Activities

PhD in Computer Science

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	150
Specific	Participation in national and international conferences	30	100	Up to 15 hours per national conference and up to 25 hours per international conference, including attendance and presentation
	Research stays at national and international institutions	0	150	Up to 50 hours per month at an international institution and up to 25 hours per month at a national institution
	Publications in journals and conference proceedings	200	–	Scale: Q1/Q2 journals (200 hours), Q3 journals (150 hours), Q4 journals (100 hours). Conferences: CORE A*/Class 1 (200 hours), CORE A/Class 2 (150 hours), CORE B/Class 3 (100 hours)
	Participation in competitive R&D&I projects and research contracts	0	90	Up to 30 hours per year for international projects and up to 20 hours per year for national projects
	Participation in courses, seminars, tutorials, summer schools, etc.	0	50	Up to two equivalent hours for each hour of course duration

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Important points to bear in mind:

1. Total training requirement: To submit a PhD dissertation, students must have completed at least 600 equivalent hours of training activities.
2. Cross-curricular allocation: At least 10 percent of the total equivalent hours, with a minimum of 60 hours, must correspond to cross-curricular training.
3. Compulsory course: All newly admitted students must complete the course “PhD Programmes at UPV” (10 hours), which is held between November and December.
4. Publication criteria: For conferences, only full papers presented at the main conference shall be recognised; contributions to workshops, posters and short presentations are expressly excluded.
5. Assessment procedure (SENIA): Students must record their activities in the institutional repository SENIA. The Academic Committee shall subsequently determine the equivalent hours to be recognised on the basis of a report from the PhD supervisor or tutor.