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Doctor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics and Modelling
Department of Science and Technology
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This PhD aims to enhance the area of applied mathematics and modelling, which is fundamental for services and industry at a high technological level. It aims to train professionals who can: scientifically strengthen R&D departments in companies; integrate academic departments, research centres and associated laboratories; enhance academic/company collaboration; promote recognition of the importance of mathematics and statistics for the scientific description of reality.

Entry Requirements: Individuals in the following categories can apply for the program:

  • those having a Master degree, or its legal equivalent, in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering or similar;
  • those having a Licenciatura undergraduate degree, or its legal equivalent, in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering or similar, and a academic, professional, or scientific curriculum that is recognized by the competent governing body of the Universidade Aberta as adequate for the PhD
  • or, exceptionally, those having an oustanding academic, professional, and scientific curriculum that is recognized by the competent governing body of the Universidade Aberta as adequate for the PhD.

It is a distance learning teaching programme  taught in a virtual class using an e-learning platform and adopting the Universidade Aberta pedagogic model.

Maior
Year Semester Curricular Unit ECTS Scientific area
2 A 0

Mathematics or Statistics
Maior
Year Semester Curricular Unit ECTS Scientific area
3 A 0

Mathematics or Statistics
Curricular estructure:

This PhD course is divided into a first part corresponding to the course curriculum for postgraduate studies in Applied Mathematics and Modelling, and a second part, dedicated to preparing, performing and presenting and defending of a thesis. The course curriculum correspond to 60 credits, corresponding to 6 curricular units from the available ones at each edition and has one year duration. The research work and the writing of the thesis have a three year duration and corresponds to 180 credits.