Specific and Cross-curricular Training Activities

PhD in Design, Manufacture and Management of Industrial Projects

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.

BlockMin.Max.Hours per activity (max.)
Cross-curricular
SpecificStays in research centers or in R&D departments of companies outside the UPV.0International 100 h/month,
national 60 h/month, in the Com. Valenciana and part-time 30h/month
Participation in National or International Congresses100h/oral lecture Cong. Intern. (with proceedings)
75h/oral lecture National Cong. National (with proceedings)
25h/poster or oral communication without proceedings
Publications corresponding to his doctoral thesis200h/article indexed journal (JCR, SCOPUS or equivalent)
125 h/article periodical journal indexed in other databases of interest in the area (MIAR, Google Scholar, Dialnet, …).
50h/article non-indexed journal
200h/research book
50h/book chapter
Active participation in competitive R&D projects or with companies related to the doctoral thesis.0100h/year
Attendance at courses, seminars, tutorials and other equivalent activities of interest at the discretion of the program’s doctoral committee.0Courses and seminars (according to training hours), participation in scientific committee (5 h)
Development of designs or prototypes and other original products registered in national or international intellectual and industrial property offices.0300h/internal patent.
200h/national patent
50h/intellectual property registration