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Program objectives and structure

Legislation

Application form and requirements

Important Dates

Fees and sources of funding

Information about life at Porto

Additional information

Program objectives and structure

The main objective of the Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (PRODEIG) is to provide and develop in the students the necessary skills to allow them:

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

The programme is structured in two cycles. The first one (corresponding to the first academic year) includes 60 ECTS units. Twelve credits are allocated to the design of the research project and the remaining ECTS units are related to doctoral research training and complementary education in advanced Industrial Management topics. At the end of the first cycle the research project is submitted for approval to the scientific committee of the programme that assigns a formal supervisor to each student.

The second and third year of the programme (second cycle) largely involve research and supervision with further formal training where appropriate.

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.

Legislation

Regulamento do Programa Doutoral (PT) (in Portuguese)

Regulation of the PhD Program (EN) (in English)

Application form and requirements

Please download the following document:

PRODEIG – Application form and requirements

and, if an application period is currently open, use the web application to submit it, otherwise make a pre-application by sending the application form to prodeig@fe.up.pt together with the requested additional documents (this pre-application does not replace the formal application through the web system as soon as an application period opens).

Important Dates

Application to PRODEIG:

1st Phase
• Submission of applications: 20 April 2012 to 15 May 2012
• Results published: 04 June 2012
• Registration: 9 July 2012 to 12 July 2012

  2nd Phase

• Submission of applications: 16 June 2012 to 12 August 2012
• Results published: 06 September 2012
• Registration: 10 September 2012 to 13 September 2012

  3rd Phase

• Submission of applications: 06 December 2012 to 19 December 2012
• Results published: 28 December 2012
• Registration: 07 January 2013 to 11 January 2013

  Beginning of Academic Year: 17 September 2012

  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: 30 students.

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.

• FEUP - Bolsas para início de Doutoramento (for candidates from Brazil and Latin America) Programa Mobile Doutorado.

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.

Information

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

General information

Study Plan

Certificates

Predominant Scientific Areas

Previous Courses/Cycles of Study