Specific and Cross-Curricular Training Activities

PhD in Health and Wellbeing Technologies

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	60
Specific	Presentation at an international conference	40	120	40 hours where the contribution is presented by the PhD candidate; 30 hours where it is presented by another author.
	Presentation at a national conference	0	60	20 hours where the contribution is presented by the PhD candidate; 15 hours where it is presented by another author.
	Article in a JCR- or SJR-indexed journal	150	400	200 hours for Q1; 150 hours for Q2; 125 hours for Q3 or Q4.
	Authorship or co-authorship of a book or book chapter with an ISBN, published by a national or international publisher	0	300	Book: 300 hours for an international publisher or 150 hours for a national publisher. Book chapter: 100 hours for an international publisher or 50 hours for a national publisher.
	Research stay at a research centre	0	360	60 hours per month.
	Participation in competitive R&D projects or research contracts with companies	0	300	100 hours per year for participation in a competitive project; 50 hours per year for participation in a contract with a company or institution.
	National patent	0	200	100 hours.
	Patent with international extension	0	400	200 hours.
	Article in a journal not indexed in JCR or SJR	0	120	40 hours.
	Additional credits – research project; Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA, former programme)	0	100	100 hours per DEA.
	Additional credits – other specific activities related to the PhD dissertation	0	50	Supervision of Bachelor’s or Master’s dissertations: 20 hours per supervised dissertation, up to a maximum of 50 hours; membership of journal editorial boards or conference scientific committees: up to 50 hours; intellectual property and software: up to 30 hours.
	Courses attended or taught in areas related to the PhD dissertation	0	100	One equivalent hour may be recognised for every two hours of training attended or delivered.

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Important points to bear in mind:

1. PhD dissertation requirement: To submit a PhD dissertation, students must have completed at least 600 equivalent hours of training activities.
2. Cross-curricular training: This must include the 10-hour course “PhD Training at UPV”.
3. Co-authorship criteria: For publications and patents, 100 percent of the equivalent hours shall be recognised where the PhD candidate is the sole trainee researcher and has made the principal contribution. Where several trainee researchers are involved, the hours shall be allocated proportionally in accordance with the co-authorship document approved by the PhD supervisor.
4. Languages: The programme and its activities are conducted in Spanish, Valencian and English.