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The Doctoral Program in Science and Technology was created because of the fruitful relationship between the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Spanish National Scientific Research Council), with whom we have maintained an intense relationship regarding both MA and PhD programs.
The program's international component is guaranteed by the many scientific collaborations among the researchers in the various research groups. This international component can be testified by the following:
The list of 25 scientific contributions over the last 5 years from the research personnel participating in the program, the majority of whom are renound researchers who are not based in Spain but who collaborate regularly through CSIC.
The participation of the research teams on the program within the European Union framework.
Six are the fields of work to which the Doctoral Program in Science and Technology pays attention:
Global Change.
Biodiversity.
Crystallography.
Polymers.
Renewable Energies.
Biosciences.
Academic Year 2021/2022
Director of the Doctoral Program: Francisca García Caballero, CSIC
Academic Coordinator: Rebeca Hernández Velasco, CSIC
Vice-Rector of Postgraduate and Research UIMP: Mónica Álvarez de Buergo, UIMP
CSIC representatives: Carmen Simón Mateo, CSIC y Javier Diéguez Uribeondo, CSIC
Expert from the UIMP Commission for Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies: Vicente Larraga Rodríguez de Vera, CSIC
Spanish and English
Admission of candidates will be decided by the Academic Committee for the master's according to the conditions for access and specific requirements for admission to the program with the objective of not surpassing the 100 spaces established as the course maximum.
Of these 100 places, 80 will be reserved for full-time students and 20 for part-time students.
The Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) and the CSIC have jointly created, from an academic viewpoint, this Doctoral program in Science and Technology.
This program combines, as its name indicates, two vast areas of knowledge such as science and technology, and includes a team of renowned researchers, which is the best guarantee for excellence when leading the education of future students in this Doctoral program. The Doctoral program in Science and Technology contains 6 areas of study:
This area has been included in the objectives outlined by the UIMP, and are directed towards integration and alignment to European Higher Education.
Very few European universities of prestige include specialised MA programs in the field of gobal change due to the fact that it is very difficult to converge the different interdisciplinary skills needed to create a program with this objective.
The planet Earth is submerged in a process of Global Environmental Change nurtured by human activity. In 2006 the evidence gathered marked a point of inflexion in public and political conscience on the magnitude of the problem, which is considered the most serious threat to the future of humanity. Climate change, one of the components of Global Change, could generate losses of up to 20% of global GDP, causing armed conflicts, huge influxes of migration and food insufficiencies. Global Change, the effects of which will be especially intense in the Iberian Peninula, stands as a looming challenge for humanity. Its solution, based on the ability to predict future changes, identify their causes and consequences, and propose mitigation and adaptation strategies, must originate from the world of science.
The parallel growth in the human population and the use of resources per capita has meant a pressure on the planet Earth by human activity which conditions the basic processes of the biosphere.
Global Environmental Change refers to the effect of human activity on the basic processes which regulate the functioning of the biosphere. Global Change includes many change vectors, including climate change, the biodiversity crisis, change in biogeochemical cycles and water on the planet, the transformation of land and its desertification to a great extent, and to the introduction of anthropogenic chemical composites in the atmosphere.
Global Change is a transverse problem which goes beyond the thematic frontiers in which traditional educational programmes have appeared, and so the skills required to deal with this problem have surfaced in a spontaneous and unconnected way in different programmes. For this reason, this area of the Doctoral program in Science and Technology has been designed to achieve the following:
To educate researchers and highly qualified specialists in the area of Global Change, which will lead to gaining highly specialsed professionals in this field.
To gain professionals with solid knowledge regarding the basic processes within the process of Global Change, which will in turn allow for an effective plan of action using these professionals in their areas of expertise.
The training of experts who can improve quality of life and competitiveness in both Spanish and International societies in the context of uncertainty and risks which Global Change brings about, by producing strategic analyses, foresight and scientific research in order to overcome the challenges that Global Change creates.
Over the last few decades, Conservation Biology has taken up an increasingly relevant place in the field of applied sciences. Considered a 'crisis area', its objective is to integrate very different areas of research such as economics, legislation, education, species, zoology, taxonomy, genetics, ecology and biogeography, with the aim of finding strategies which will allow the long-term conservation of the biosphere, as well as promoting sustainable social development over time.
While this last aspect has been addressed in most countries thanks to international agreements, the particular characteristics of each of the different ecosystems and their state of conservation, a well as the economic resources available, have generated strategies, in some cases very different, and in others little adapted to the needs of each country.
Tropical areas house most of the biodiversity on the planet, yet there are very few postgraduate programmes explicitly focused on the study of biodiversity and the management of its use and conservation, while taking into account inexistent peculiarities in these areas in first world countries.
There are no doctoral programs in either Spain, or even internationally, which focus on the study of tropical biodiversity and its conservation, and as a result, there is an academic demand on an international level. A large number of the students currrently registered on the doctoral programme come from the UIMP-CSIC MA in Biodiversity in Tropical Areas and its Conservation, which is also a unique programme both nationally and internationally, which favours the programmes internationalisation.
The main CSIC centres involved in the program, the Royal Botanical Gardens and the National Museum of Natural Sciences, have been researching the topic of the programme for many years, which means that their involvement in the Research, Development and Innovation CSIC strategy is vital. A large majority of the current students are either being supervised by or members of the CSIC research teams.
Crystallography focuses on the progress in scientific knowledge of the processes of crystallisation and crystallography, a natural process of enormous economic repercussions, since a vast number of products, both natural and synthetic, go through processes of structuring of materials. Of particular relevance is the research into the fundamental aspects of nucleation and crystal growth, and their application in different existing crystallisation techniques, both on a mono-crystal and industrial crystallisation basis.
Research into the latest advances in X-Ray diffraction is noteworthy, as well as into problem-solving and refinement techniques for its industrial applications and use in other disciplines in the industrial, artistic and even culinary sectors.
The area of Polymers is one of the objectives of the UIMP, particularly in the area of integration with and alignment to education in European Higher Education. Through the doctoral program a wider offer of Doctoral programs related to emerging topics in the field of science and technology in polymer materials will be available, a field of both economic and social repercussion, and which is currently lacking development in BA and postgraduate degrees in Spanish universities. The aim of this Doctoral Program is to attract postraduate students from different university degree courses, and in particular in the areas of science and technology.
The plastic industry in Spain makes up approximately 40% of the national chemical industry and approximately 2.5% of the GDP. It is the same internationally both in the European Union, as well as in the areas of influence of the USA, the emerging región of Southeast Asia.
The enormous development and importance of this industry as well as the vital need for plastic materials in different strategic sectors and more specialised sectors such as the car, aeronautical, new technologies, sports, packaging and clean energies (wind turbines, desalting and gas separation membranes) industries, justifies the need for Doctors in these specialised fields.
Renewable energies in this Doctoral program is one of the objectives of the UIMP, orientated towards the area of integration with and alignment to education in European Higher Education.
Through this area of the program it will be possible to expand the offers of Doctoral programs in emerging areas of the science and technology of renewable energies, a sector of major repercussions, economically and socially speaking, which is currently gaining momentum in our country. The aim of this Doctoral Program is to attract postraduate students from different university degree courses, mainly those orientated towards science and technology.
The renewable energy industry in Spain is an important sector where the development and exportation of technology is concerned. Renewable energy produces a saving of 32,538 million euros in the Spanish electrical system due to the cost reduction which its entrance onto the daily market caused between 2005 and 2012. Also to be taken into consideration is the economic impact that this effect had on our energy balance, which rose to 15,368 million, and prevented CO2 emissions to the tune of 3,095 million. Therefore, in relative terms, renewable energy in Spain's Special Regime generated a joint saving in the Spanish energy system of 51,001 million euros in the said period. In 2012, the renewable energy sector brought about a saving of 6,756 million euros for the electrical sytem, as the data show in the "Study of the Macroeconomic Impact of Renewable Energy in Spain in 2012".
Within CSIC Bioscience belongs to the scientific-technical area of Biology and Biomedicine, which is made up of 20 Institutes located throughout the country. The work that is carried out in these institutes is made up of 4 areas:
Structural biology, biophysics and the regulation of gene expression.
Molecular medicine, microorganisms, immunology and biotechnology.
Neuroscience and biology of development.
Molecular physiopathology, cancer and new therapies.
Research groups from other scientific-technical areas such as chemistry and agriculture also collaborate.
The area of Bioscience within this doctoral programme has been designed based on the three main areas of research which are carried out in the Centre of Biological Research, one of the biggest and most prestigious Research Institutes within CSIC, characterised by being multidisciplinary. A large number of molecular and cellular biologists, physicists and scientists in the area of Chemical and Agricultural Science collaborate in many projects. In this doctoral programme Bioscience is made up of three areas of research:
Structural and molecular biology.
Cellular and molecular bases of physiopathology.
Biotechnology.
Menéndez Pelayo International University and its Collaborating Centers offer different educational activities provided for in RD 99/2011, which regulates official doctoral studies, aimed at doctoral students who want to acquire complementary training to the research activity they develop in the different doctoral programs.
You can consult in this link the offer of transversal and specific educational activities by academic year.
Duration: 30 hours.
Brief description: The aim of this seminar is to provide the students with expertise on how to write, lay out and edit research results, according to the standarised scientific norms.
Researchers repeatedly state that many students finish their first university degrees with no knowledge of how to give a presentation of their research findings in public, unaware of the appropriate guidelines necessary for writing and of how to edit their work if and when it is to be published in a prestigious international journal in the future. Nor are they aware, in many instances, of the technological resources available to them (bibliography agents, search engines, etc), or how to use them. This makes for a serious disadvantage compared to other foreign students who have received this type of training from the start of their university degrees.
The aim of this seminar is, therefore, to attempt to close this gap by providing those students who wish to do a postgraduate degree, both in fields of Humanities and Science, with the knowledge on how to write, lay out and edit the results of their research findings, according to the scientific standards.
Schedule: The seminar will take place during the first year of the doctoral program. Part-time students will have until the first term of the second year.
Language: Spanish and/or English.
Inspection procedures: Apart from supervision by the thesis supervisors, the lecturer or professor who teaches the seminar will monitor attendance and evaluate the students. Active participation and daily tasks in expository writing, practical cases in the classroom and group tutorials will also be taken into consideration.
Mobility: Visits to other institutions during the doctorate, as well as welcoming other doctorate students with similar research interests to the teachers and doctoral students is encouraged.
Duration: 30 hours. These activities make up 180 hours, 30 of which are compulsory.
Brief description: Seminars, conferences and specialisation workshops related to the topic of research. The doctoral student and their supervisor agree on how many need to be done.
The program is made up of fixed activities, such as a series of conferences and seminars, presentations and short advanced instrumental technique courses, which together provide the doctoral students with training that is only possible due to the vast experience the research groups have.
This Doctoral program boasts the collaboration of the ICTP (Institute of Polymer Science and Technology), Spanish universities and, in particular, different Madrid universities (UAM, UAH, UC3M, URJC y UCM), as well as foreign universities both inside and outside of the EU.
The contents of the seminars, conferences and workshops vary according to the research topic of the Doctoral student.
Schedule: These courses take place during the first year of the doctoral program. Part-time students will have until the first term of the second year.
Language: Spanish and/or English.
Inspection procedures: Apart from supervision by the thesis supervisors, the lecturer or professor who teaches the seminar will monitor attendance and will evaluate the students. The assessment may be the result of one or more of the following activites carried out by the student:
1) Active participation and daily tasks in expository writing, practical cases in the classroom and group tutorials will also be taken into consideration.
2) An examination based on the fundamental concepts acquired, which could be:
3) A personal project based on the state of art related to what has been taught according to the following criteria:
Mobility: Visits to other institutions during the doctorate, as well as welcoming other doctoral students with similar research interests to the teachers and doctoral students is encouraged.
Duration: 15 hours. These activities make up 150 hours, 15 of which are compulsory.
Brief description: Students are encouraged to participate in at least two scientific conferences while doing their thesis, but participation in one conference will be compulsory. The conference should be prestigious and within the field of research of the doctoral student. It may be either national or international. It is advisable that the student does an oral presentation or a panel discussion on a scientific topic. It is recommended that this activity be done as and from the 2nd year of research. Annual conferences of young researchers are also included in this activity.
A series of conferences and talks related to the research topic where the doctoral student can do the following activities is envisaged:
Schedule: This activity will be carried out on a continuous basis during the entire academic year and the students will give their presentations according to the progress of their research. The students must give at least one presentation during the year and this will take place in the last term. The three presentations will be distributed between the second and fifth years of the doctoral program for part-time students.
Language: Spanish and/or English.
Inspection procedures: Apart from supervision by the thesis supervisors, the lecturer or professor who teaches the seminar will monitor attendance and will evaluate the students. Active participation and daily tasks in expository writing, practical cases in the classroom and group tutorials will also be taken into consideration.
Mobility: Visits to other institutions during the doctorate, as well as welcoming other doctorate students with similar research interests to the teachers and doctoral students is encouraged.
Duration: 300/600 hours
Brief description: Students spend time in universities or research centres and this enhances their own research. They become members of existing groups in these organisations and establish collaboration ties which can be extremely useful to them in the future. A three-month stay is compulsory in order to achieve international recognition in their doctorate.
It is advisable that students become familiar with the work of researchers in other centres that are different from that in which they are carrying out their doctoral studies, particularly if they stay in universities where renowned researchers in their field of interest work.
Stays in foreign universities where students can complete their education are offered to all of the students on an optional basis.
The thesis supervisor will be responsible for organising the supervision of a teacher in a host university during the stay.
Stays for students who have been awarded an FPU (University Professor Training) or FPI (Research Personnel Training) grant are, generally speaking, financed by these organisms. Where that is not the case, other sources of funding should be sought (travel pools within the university, grants funded by private companies, etc). The collaborating centres will be responsible for seeking the necessary financing for these stays, which may be thanks to the cost being included in national or international research projects financed for the teachers, or through FPI grants, or grants for doctoral students which are awarded by means of external programs, normally through private institutions.
Schedule: The stays will be for at least three months and should take place preferably as and from the second year of the doctoral studies. The length of the stay is the same for part-time students but these should be done preferably in the third year of the doctoral studies.
Language: Spanish and/or English, depending on the country where the university is located.
Learning outcomes: The students benefit from the supervision of a renowned researcher in his/her area and can share his/her work with researchers and doctoral students from another university. They also get a chance to familiarize themselves with a foreign country.
Inspection procedures: Before the stay takes place, the thesis supervisor and the Academic Commission of the program, having consulted with the Scientific Commission, authorise the stay. During the stay, the student will work under the supervision of a teacher or researcher from the host centre, who will be responsable for writing the final report about the work carried out by the doctoral student and their general performance during the stay. Said report should reflect not only the research tasks, but also any other educational activity carried out during the stay (attendance at or the conducting of seminars, attendance at specialised courses, etc.),as well as any other information that could have a repercussion on the training of the student.
Duration: 20 hours. The 20 hours are compulsory.
Brief description: The aim of this activity is to provide the students with the necessary tools to prepare and write up their research findings, with a view to publication in scientific journals. The students will also learn about the whole process involved in the publication of an article of these characteristics (contacting editors and evaluators, answers and reports, overseeing proofreading, etc.).
Schedule: This activity will be carried out during the first year of the doctoral program. Part-time students will be given until the first term of the second year of the program..
Language: English.
Inspection procedures: Attendance will be monitored and an evaluation will be set by the teacher who teaches this activity as well as by the thesis supervisors. Active participation and daily tasks in expository writing, practical cases in the classroom and group tutorials will also be taken into consideration.
Mobility: Visits to other institutions during the doctorate, as well as welcoming other doctoral students with similar research interests to the teachers and doctoral students is encouraged.
The description of the research lines can be consulted at this link.
Line 1 - Drivers of the Biosphere
Line 2 - Consequences of Global Change
Line 3 - Impacts of Global Change
Line 4 - Global Change and Society
Pedro Jordano Barbudo, Research Professor, EBD-CSIC
Fernando Valladares Ros, Research Professor, MNCN-CSIC
Montserrat Vila Planella, Research Professor, EBD-CSIC
Antonio Delgado Huertas, Research Scientist, IACT (CSIC-UGR)
Juli García Pausas, Research Scientist, CIDE-CSIC
M.ª Pilar Martín Isabel, Research Scientist, CCHS-CSIC
Ana Moreno Caballud, Tenured Scientist, IPE-CSIC
Antonio Tovar Sánchez, Tenured Scientist, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB)
Ana Traveset Vilaginés, Research Professor, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB)
Blas Lorenzo Valero Garcés, Research Professor, IPE-CSIC
Line 5 - Biogeography
Line 6 - Conservation Biology
Line 7 - Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
Javier Diéguez Uribeondo, Tenured Scientist, RJB-CSIC
Jesús Muñoz Fuente, Research Scientist, RJB-CSIC
Isabel Sanmartín Bastida, Tenured Scientist, RJB–CSIC
Inés Álvarez Fernández, Tenured Scientist, RJB–CSIC
Luis María Carrascal de la Puente, Research Professor, MNCN-CSIC
Santos Cirujano Bracamonte, Tenured Scientist, RJB–CSIC
Ignacio J. de la Riva de la Viña, Research Scientist OPIS, MNCN-CSIC
Mario Díaz Esteban, Research Scientist OPIS, MNCN-CSIC
Ana Isabel Fernández Perdices, Tenured Scientist, MNCN-CSIC
Mario García París, Research Scientist OPIS, MNCN-CSIC
Antonio García Valdecasas-Huelín, Research Scientist, MNCN-CSIC
Carlos Lado Rodríguez, Research Scientist, RJB-CSIC
Annie Machordom Barbé, Research Scientist, MNCN-CSIC
Rafael Márquez Martínez de Orense, Research Scientist OPIS, MNCN-CSIC
Santiago Merino Rodríguez, Research Professor, MNCN-CSIC
Jorge Miguel Lobo, Research Professor, MNCN-CSIC
Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Research Professor, RJB-CSIC
José Luis Nieves Aldrey, Research Scientist, MNCN-CSIC
José Templado González, Tenured Scientist, MNCN-CSIC
Pablo Vargas Gómez, Research Professor, RJB-CSIC
Line 8 - Synthesis, structure and technological application of materials
Line 9 - Crystal growth
Line 10 - Synthesis and growth of porous material crystals (MOFs, Zeotypes, etc.)
Line 11 - Structural Glycobiology
Santiago García Granda, Professor, UNIOVI-CSIC
Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Research Professor, IACT (CSIC-UGR)
Marcelo E. Guerin, Research Professor, CSIC-UPV, Ikerbasque
José Rubén García-Menéndez, Professor, UNIOVI-CINN (CSIC)
José A. Gavira Gallardo, Tenured Scientist, IACT (CSIC-UGR)
Jaime Gómez Morales, Tenured Scientist, IACT (CSIC-UGR)
Enrique Gutiérrez Puebla, Research Professor, ICMM-CSIC
María de los Ángeles Monge Bravo, Research Professor, ICMM-CSIC
Fermín Otálora Muñoz, Research Scientist, IACT (CSIC-UGR)
Enrique Pérez Carreño, Senior Lecturer, UNIOVI-CINN (CSIC)
Camino Trobajo Fernández, Senior Lecturer, UNIOVI-CINN (CSIC)
Juan Francisco Javier Van der Maelen Uría, Senior Lecturer, UNIOVI-CINN (CSIC)
Line 12 - Physics of Polymers, Elastomers and Energy Applications
M.ª Ángeles Gómez-Fatou Rodríguez, Research Professor, CSIC
Gary James Ellis, Research Scientist, CSIC
Ángel Antonio Marcos Fernández, Tenured Scientist, CSIC
Carmen Del Río Bueno, Tenured Scientist, CSIC
Miren Nekane Guarrotxena Arlunduaga, Tenured Scientist, CSIC
Juan López Valentín, Tenured Scientist, CSIC
Enrique Morales Bergas, Research Scientist, CSIC
Horacio Javier Salavagione, Research, CSIC
Peter Samuel Shuttleworth, Research Fellow (Ramón y Cajal)
Line 13 - Polymeric Nanomaterials and Biomaterials
María Rosa Aguilar de Armas, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Miguel Ángel López Manchado, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Blanca Vázquez Lasa, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Javier Carretero-González, Doctor contratado (Ramón y Cajal)
Marianella Hernández Santana, Doctor contratado (Ramón y Cajal)
Rebeca Hernández Velasco, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Francisco Parra Ruiz, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Luis María Rodríguez Lorenzo, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Raquel Verdejo Márquez, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Line 14 - Physical Chemistry of Polymers
María Benavente Castro, Research Professor, ICTP-CSIC
Isabel Quijada Garrido, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Pilar Tiemblo Magro, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
M.ª Luisa Cerrada García, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Tiberio Ezquerra Sanz, Research Professor, ICTP-CSIC
Olga García Ballesteros, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Nuria García García, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Leoncio Garrido Fernández, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
José Manuel Gómez Elvira González, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
M.ª Nekane Guarrotxena Arlunduaga, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
María del Mar López González, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Aurora Nogales Ruiz, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Ernesto Pérez Tabernero, Research Professor, ICTP-CSIC
Line 15 - Applied Macromolecular Chemistry
Teresa Corrales Viscasillas, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Alberto Gallardo Ruiz, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Eva María Maya Hernández, Tenured Scientist, ICMM-CSIC
Cristina Álvarez Sancho, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Paula Bosch Sarobe, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Fernando Catalina Lapuente, Research Professor, ICTP-CSIC
Carlos Elvira Pujalte, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Ángel Emilio Lozano López, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Juan Rodríguez Hernández, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Helmut Wolfgang Reinecke, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Line 16 - Chemistry and Properties of Polymeric Materials
Marta Fernández García, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Daniel López García, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Alejandra Muñoz Bonilla, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Jesús María García Martínez, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Laura Peponi, Research Fellow (Ramón y Cajal)
Line 17 - Electro-materials
Eva Chinarro Martín, Tenured Scientist, ICV-CSIC
Jesús Tartaj Salvador, Tenured Scientist, ICV-CSIC
Glenn Mather, Tenured Scientist, ICV-CSIC
Juan Carlos Pérez Flores, Doctor, ICV-CSIC
Line 18 - Energy applications
Rufino Manuel Navarro Yerga, Research Scientist, ICP-CSIC
José María Rojo Martín, Research Scientist, ICMM-CSIC
María Carmen García-Alegre Sánchez, Tenured Scientist, CAR-CSIC
Domingo Guinea Díaz, Investigator "Ad Honorem", CAR-CSIC
Carmen del Río Bueno, Tenured Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Enrique Morales Bergas, Research Scientist, ICTP-CSIC
Line 19 - Structural and Molecular Biology
Line 20 - Cellular and Molecular Basis of Pathophysiology
Line 21 - Biotechnology
José Manuel Andreu Morales, Research Professor, CIB-CSIC
Rodrigo Bermejo Moreno, Tenured Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Susana Camarero Fernández, Tenured Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Ignacio Casal Álvarez, Research Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Fernando Díaz Pereira, Research Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Carlos Fernández Tornero, Research Scientisto, CIB-CSIC
Rafael Giraldo Suárez, Research Professor, CIB-CSIC
Paloma López García, Research Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Sonsoles Martín Santamaría, Tenured Scientist, CIB-CSIC
María Jesús Martínez Hernández, Research Professor, CIB-CSIC
María Auxiliadora Prieto Jiménez, Research Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Enrique de la Rosa Cano, Research Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Julio Salinas Muñoz, Research Professor, CIB-CSIC
Pilar Sánchez Testillano, Research Scientist, CIB-CSIC
Cristina Vega Fernández, Tenured Scientist, CIB-CSIC
CB11 - Systematic understanding of an area of study and mastering the research skills and methods related to said area.
CB12 - Ability to conceive, design and create, put into practice and take on a substantial research or creative process.
CB13 - Ability to contribute to the broadening of knowledge barriers through original research.
CB14 - Ability to carry out critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
CB15 - Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community, and with the public at large regarding their knowledge of standard registers and languages used in the international scientific community.
CB16 - Ability to foster scientific, technological, social, artistic and cultural progress within a society which is based on knowledge in both academic and professional contexts.
CA01 - To be able to manage in contexts where little specific information is available.
CA02 - To be able to identify key questions which need to be answered in order to solve complex problems.
CA03 - To be able to design, create, develop and launch original and innovative projects within their area of knowledge.
CA04 - To be able to work both as a member of a team as well as autonomously in an international or multidisciplinary context.
CA05 - To be able to integrate knowledge, tackle complex situations and draw conclusions with limited information.
CA06 - To be able to critique and defend intellectual solutions.
This program is specially directed towards students who have completed a Bachelor's degree related to each of the thematic areas of the program:
Global Change: Biological Sciences, Geological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Forestry Engineering, Natural Environment Engineering, Mine Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Agronomic Engineering.
Biodiversity: Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Forestry Engineering, Natural Environment Engineering, Agronomic Engineering.
Crystallography: Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering.
High Specialization in Plastics and Rubber: Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering.
Renewable Energies: Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Environmental Sciences And Biology, Engineering in its various specialties, Architecture, Construction.
Biosciences: Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Nursing, Nutrition, Agricultural Engineering, Forestry Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences and all degrees related to life sciences.
The ideal admission profile is the one presented by students who have completed a research-oriented Master's degree in these areas, such as:
Global Change: Master's Degree in Global Change or equivalent.
Biodiversity: Master's Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation in Tropical Regions or equivalent.
Crystallography: Master's Degree in Crystallography and Crystallization or equivalent.
High Specialization in Plastics and Rubber: High Specialization Master's Degree in Plastics and Rubber or equivalent.
Renewable Energies: Master's Degree en energías renovables, pilas de combustible e hidrógeno or equivalent.
Biosciences: Master's Degree in Molecular and Cellular Integrative Biology or equivalent.
Or any other equivalent master's degrees, which provide:
Basic knowledge of the most active fields in these areas.
Work experience, at the level of Master's Thesis, in professional or research groups.
Ability to obtain, process and communicate information.
Ability to join a research group.
Ability to start a Doctoral Thesis.
It is recommended to have a medium-high level of English (advanced or A2). It should be noted that most of the bibliography and information required throughout the doctoral program is in English. In addition, the attendance of doctoral students to international congresses as well as their mobility to research centers abroad will be encouraged.
The use of new information and communication technologies is essential in any of the lines of the program. It is recommended to have medium-advanced knowledge in computer science (word processor, presentations, advanced statistics programs, etc.).
In order to access an official doctoral program, the candidate, in general, should hold official Spanish Qualifications at both Graduate level, or equivalent, and University Master's level, or equivalent, provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been earnt in the course of both degree courses (Royal Decree 99/2011).
However those who come under one of the following categories can also apply:
Applicants holding an official Spanish University Degree, or from another member State of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which is sufficient for access to Master's Degree studies in accordance with the contents of art. 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, and who have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in the set of official university studies, of which at least 60 must be at Master's level.
Applicants holding an official Spanish Bachelor's Degree, the duration of which, according to European Union law, has to be equivalent at least to 300 ECTS credits. These degree holders must agree to undertake obligatory, additional training as decided by the PhD Academic Committee except in those cases that the study plan undertaken within the bachelor's degree includes research credits. These credits must be equivalent, in training credits, to those of a master's degree.
University graduates who having gained a training placement following the corresponding exam to access specialized health training placements, will have completed at least two years of training with positive evaluations in a program related to a recognised degree in one of the specialities of Health Sciences.
Applicants holding a a Degree Qualification obtained from education systems outside the EHEA, will be granted admission, without homologation being required, but only after verification that the Degree Qualification certifies a level of educational training equivalent to the corresponding Spanish Masters' Degree Qualifications, and which, in the country of issuance, entitles the holder to admission to Doctorate-level Studies. This admission will, in no case, imply the official equivalence of the aforementioned qualification held by the interested party nor its recognition for any other purposes than to gain access to Doctoral studies..
Applicants holding another Spanish Doctoral qualification awarded in accordance with previous university regulations.
Applicants holding the Diploma in Advanced Studies awarded in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 778/1998, of 30 April, or having achieved the Aptitude for Research Qualification as regulated by Royal Decree 185/85, of 23 January.
Applicants holding an official university qualification that has the equivalence at Level 3 of the Marco Español de Cualificaciones para la Educación Superior (MECES) [Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education], in accordance with the procedure established in Royal Decree 967/2014, of 21 November, establishing the requirements and the procedure for equivalence testing and the declaration of the equivalence of an official university qualification and academic level and for the convalidation of foreign Higher Education studies, and the procedure to determine the correspondence at levels of the official qualifications of Architect, Engineer, Licentiate, Technical Architect, Technical and Diplomate Engineer.
Each student is advised to consult the website of the corresponding Doctoral Program and make sure that he or she meets all the entry requirements, as well as the specific criteria for admission.
Once the candidate has passed the academic conditions linked to their previous training, both UIMP and CSIC will be given all necessary support based on specific educational needs derived from the student's disability.
This includes assigning a topic and a thesis project that are adjusted to the specific conditions of each doctoral student, since in this program there are teams that require, for the integration of the doctoral student, special physical conditions due to the need to function in environments and/or complex laboratories.
In this link you can consult the UIMP Protocol for the attention of students with specific educational needs.
The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Science and Technology will assess in the admission process:
This resume should reflect:
i) The candidate's academic record.
ii) Profile suitability for the Doctoral Program.
iii) Characteristics and Study Plan of the Master which grants access to the Program.
iv) Languages level, especially in English.
v) Other merits of interest.
The applicant may attach a maximum of two letters of reference from prestigious researchers.
Rating: up to 7 points.
A brief statement (maximum of one page) will be included in which the candidates must detail the reasons why they want to join the program, their expectations regarding it, the line or lines of research of interest and professional expectations.
Rating: up to 1 point.
Interview with a professor in the line of research of interest of the candidate, who will issue a report to the Academic Committee of the Program regarding the convenience of admitting the candidate.
Rating: up to 2 points.
To be admitted to the doctoral program, the applicant must meet the following conditions:
Enrollment in the program may be done part-time, with prior authorization from the Academic Committee of the program. The admission criteria will be the same as those indicated above. Any admitted student may change the modality under which the doctorate is taking by directing a reasoned request to the Academic Committee, which will be competent to accept or deny it.
Each applicant will indicate in which area they wish to carry out their doctoral thesis.