PhD in Information and Communications Technology
PhD in Information and Communications Technology
Academic year 2019-20
| Branch of Knowledge | Engineering and Architecture |
|---|---|
| Certification coordinator | Dr. Alberto Ortiz Rodríguez |
| Type | Double PhD degree (See the technical details for more details) |
| Precio de la tutela por año académico | ¤210.00 (*) |
| Precio de la tutela y conceptos administrativos por año académico | ¤270.60 (*) |
| Places | 15 |
(*) Per academic year
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) PhD programme aims at training researchers in these technologies, endowing them with the necessary skills to:
- address and solve major problems, as well as produce original contributions to existing knowledge on some of the multiple areas covered by ICT;
- adopt more formal or applied approaches, using the most suitable techniques and methodologies typical of mathematics and/or engineering, depending on the nature of the problem to be tackled;
- research in multidisciplinary and international contexts, in line with the diversity and pervasiveness of ICT in today’s world.
Thanks to the increasing interest in new technologies, this type of professional is in ever more demand, not only in the research field at research centres and universities but also at the enterprise level, especially in technology-based companies, in regards both to the development of new products and to their integration into daily life through the availability of new services.
The programme places particular emphasis on the skills required for PhD holders to:
- communicate their scientific contributions to experts, as well as to the academic community and to society at large.
- promote aspects and/or advancements related to ICT in an academic, professional or social context, and, in particular, those from which society will benefit.
What will you learn?
To carry out a research project aimed at solving a complex problem, which entails the systematic analysis of such problem, as well as the design and execution of an appropriate strategy to propose one or various solutions, including the corresponding lab experimentation, if the problem so requires.
In particular, throughout the different stages of development of the doctoral thesis students will have to:
- assimilate existing knowledge of the problem;
- perform a critical analysis of related techniques and methods proposed by other researchers;
- propose one or various solutions to the problem by means of new ideas which have to be complex enough to expand the frontier of knowledge (always observing codes of ethics and good professional practice);
- depending on the theoretical or experimental nature of the problem at hand, analyse the properties of the solutions developed and/or properly evaluate the results obtained (in accordance with the standards of the field of knowledge).
- communicate aspects related to the research conducted to a wide range of interlocutors, both from the academic context and from society at large;
- develop or improve their ability to function as members of a team (most likely in multidisciplinary contexts), and interact with other research groups at the national and international levels.
What will you be able to do once you finish?
On attaining their doctorates, students will be highly qualified for joining the labour market, particularly in the area of knowledge around which their theses revolve, even though the competences acquired may be applied to other fields as well, especially those in which skills for creativity and innovation are a requirement. Among many other options, the doctorate will allow new doctors to:
- join the private sector as project supervisors or managers of R&D&i projects
- develop their own business projects and/or undertake consultancy work
- pursue a research career at research centres and universities, normally after a post-doctoral training period.
Composition of the Academic Committee
- Rafel Prohens Sastre
- Guillem Femenias Nadal
- Carlos Juíz García
- Xavier Varona Gómez
- Maria Jesús Álvarez Torres