Program objectives and structure

Important Dates

Legislation

Application form and requirements

Fees and sources of funding

Information about life at Porto

Additional information 

Objetivos

Program objectives and structure

The main objective of the Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (PRODEIG) is to provide students with set of competencies, skills and research methods, along with the developmentof skills to conceive, design, adapt and produce an intensive research, having in mind quality, requirements and integrity standards inherent to the academic activity, so that they can develop innovative research work in the field of Industrial Engineering and Management.

More specifically, this doctoral program aims at providing the students with the necessary skills in order for them to:

• Develop new approach methods and techniques for decision-making processes, which answer to the present and the future needs of the organisations.
• Adapting existing methods and techniques of Industrial Engineering and Management to solve new problems in new organisational environments.
• Making comparative studies of methods or techniques of Industrial Engineering and Management, which allow measuring their impact on the organisations.

The program comprises a doctoral course (no degree granted) corresponding to 60 ECTS that prepares students, methodologically and scientifically, for a scientific thesis, corresponding to 120 ECTS and that grants the degree.

The first two semesters include an annual mandatory course intended for the preparation and defence of the thesis theme and project, supervised by a teacher tutor that is assigned to the student when he/she is admitted into the programme. There are also 2 mandatory courses meant to provide the students with the basic competencies and skills necessary to develop research work. The remaining courses ate optional and chosen by the student together with the tutor, aiming at complementing and deepening specific knowledge within the program’s area where the student will develop his/her research work and doctoral thesis. Students are encouraged to defend their thesis theme/project, which concludes the curricular part of the program, between 1 year and 1 and half years after enrolment. At that moment, the supervisor is formally assigned and the remaining 120 ECTS (2 years) are integrally spent with the research work that will lead to the thesis’ writing and defence.

The research strategy adopted by PRODEIG is clearly one of using theoretical study applied to real and challenging enterprise’s problems. The research results should be of the appropriate quality for publication in internationally refereed journals and for presentation in international research oriented conferences.

Desirably, the research projects will be associated with host institutions, namely industrial and service enterprises, to which the issues under research are considered important, in terms of innovation.

Áreas de Especialização

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Important Dates

Application to PRODEIG:

• 1st Phase (to start on 15 September 2014)
  

• Submissions of applications: 7 February 2014 to 26 March 2014
• Results published: 28 April 2014
• Registration: 30 April 2014 to 6 May 2014

  2nd Phase (to start on 15 September 2014)

• Submissions of applications: 27 March 2014 to 8 August 2014
• Results published: 8 September 2014
• Registration: 11 September 2014 to 17 September 2014

  3rd Phase (to start on 16 February 2015)

• Submission of applications: 3 November 2014 to 12 December 2014
• Results published: 8 January 2015
• Registration: 12 January 2015 to 16 January 2015

   

  Note: Candidates may manifest their intention of applying at any time by sending an email to prodeig@fe.up.pt, but the formal application and the starting date of the research project will have to be adjusted to the above calendar.

Numerus Clausus: 20 students.

Legislation

• Regulamento do Programa Doutoral (PT)(in Portuguese)
• Regulation of the PhD Program (EN)(in English)
  

Application form and requirements

Potential candidates are strongly encouraged to contact, before the formal application, the Program Director, through the email prodeig@fe.up.pt. Please, provide (1) a CV, with your academic track-record and, if applicable, professional experience; (2) a motivation letter; (3) optional: a scientific research report, including copies of research papers delivered, presented, published or accepted for presentation in scientific journals, conferences or similar events; (4) optional: reference letters.

A master degree or legally equivalent is required to enroll in the program. Exceptionally, a candidate without a master degree may be accepted, if presents an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognized by the program's scientific committee as an evidence of capacity of the candidate to complete the program.

Fluency in English, spoken and written, is required.

Formal applications are mandatory submitted through the web application (the pre-application does not replace the formal application through the web system as soon as an application period opens).

Informações

Fees

Fees: 3.000 ¤ / Academic Year.

Sources of funding: Applications for financial support, on a very competitive basis, may be made for studentships from the following organizations or programs:

• FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: Bolsas de Doutoramento (for any candidate) or Bolsas de Doutoramento em Empresas (for candidates that are, or will be, working in companies in Portugal), Bolsas FCT.

• Erasmus Mundus program.

 

Information about life at Porto (accommodation, cost of living, etc.)

Information about life at the city Porto and in its University, including:

• What to do before and after the arrival
• Cost of Living
• Banking Services
• Student Unions
• Cultural Activities

is available at the University of Porto site and at the Faculty of Engineering candidate web portal.

 

PRODEIG Secretary
Isabel Ribeiro, Soledade Medeiros
Tel: (351) 22 508 1639
Fax: (351) 22 508 1538
Email: prodeig@fe.up.pt

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