Specific and Cross-curricular Training Activities

PhD. in Statistics and Optimization

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 foreign research centers or companies040h/week in foreign centers
Stays in research centers or national companies020h/week in foreign centers
Publications indexed in the JCR (in journals or conference proceedings) corresponding to your doctoral thesis.0200h/publication
Publications in journals not indexed in the JCR of recognized prestige, at the discretion of the Joint Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program, corresponding to their doctoral thesis.0100h/publication
Publications in books (complete or chapters) with ISBN, corresponding to your doctoral thesis.0100h/chapter
Contributions to conferences, corresponding to his doctoral thesis.050h/International Congress
30h/National Congress
Active participation in competitive R&D projects or research contracts with companies, in the development of their doctoral thesis.030h TP/non-competitive project
50h TC/non-competitive project
60h TP/competitive project
100h TC/competitive project
Attendance at courses (research-related topics)0Number of course hours
Other merits related to research (Review of research articles, …)010h/revised article