Specific and Cross-curricular Training Activities

PhD in Mathematics

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 companies, related to your doctoral thesis.0150 / 30040h/week for stays in foreign centers, max. 300h
20h/week for stays at national centers, max 150h
Indexed publications (in journals or conference proceedings) corresponding to your doctoral thesis (journals classified by the UPV Library in the rankings R1 to R5).200h/magazine publication
Publications in journals of recognized prestige in a given field, at the discretion of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program (journals classified by the UPV Library in the R6 ranking).0100h/per publication
Publications in books (complete or chapters) with ISBN, corresponding to your doctoral thesis.0100h/per publication
Contributions to congresses (posters, talks, etc. presented by the doctoral student), corresponding to his/her doctoral thesis.60h/Congress
Exemptible for part-time students
Active participation in competitive R&D projects or research contracts with companies, in the development of their doctoral thesis.030h TP/proy. non-competitive
50h TC/proy. non-competitive
60h TP/proy. Competitive
100h TC/proy. competitive
Attendance to courses (conferences, seminars, tutorials, congresses, summer schools,…), of interest for their training, at the discretion of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program.0Number of active hours of the activity related to the dissertation
Creation of products related to the thesis (patents, copyrights, …)0100h/product