In the mainframe of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the doctorate programs are structured in Spain in two phases: first an initial lecture phase in a master program and second a research phase in which the student develops his or her PhD thesis.
In the case of the Electrical Engineering doctorate program, the lecturer phase is enclosed in the Engineering choosing the electrical intensification in Energy Master program.
In this intensification we can distinguish a subject about tools and resources for electric systems analysis and other subjects with more specific topics. This subjects are distributed in two areas:
• Elements for electric generation and electrical machines efficiency
• Systems for electrical energy transmission and distribution
Each student must select 25 credits of subjects from the intensification program and the rest of the credits can be chosen from the remaining subjects offered in the master program without limitations.
Each subject in the intensification is under the responsibility of a lecturer who is responsible for its planning and program. The topics and the lecturers of a concrete subjects may vary from one year to another without changing the name of the subject. The topics of a specific year and its responsible lecturer are available at the website of the program.
The Electrical Engineering is a technology of more than a century of age. Although this, nowadays it is experiencing a lot of changes, basically with the introduction of Electronic and Computer Science in all of the traditional areas of the Electrical Engineering technology.
The Electrical Engineering doctorate program aims to help to create Electrical Engineers who can accept these challenges with all the tools and acknowledge required for succeeding in such a job.
The doctorate program offers postgraduate training addressed to graduates in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, with the objective of training these engineers in the tasks of research, development, modeling and simulation of electromechanical devices, systems and processes. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the doctorate program, a wide variety of contents are offered which afford a complete vision of all of the technologies applied, which comprise both the analysis and design of complex electromechanical systems (such as control drives, devices and systems) and the modeling and simulation of these systems, on the basis of electrical and electronic systems.
When the advisor of the thesis considers that the work is finished and ready for presentation, he informs the Doctorate Commission of the Department and prepares a list of experts in the theme of the thesis. Simultaneously, the PhD student sends a copy of the thesis to the coordinator of the program. The Doctorate Commission of the Department reviews the thesis and the proposed list.
In case of agreement, the Doctorate Commission of the Department sends the thesis to two expert doctors not belonging to the Department. These experts must send, in a short time, a report about the convenience or not of the presentation of the thesis.
If this report of one of the experts is negative, the PhD student must modify the thesis and repeat the process. In this case, the second (and further) revision is realized, if possible, with the same experts. In the second (and further) revision the experts can suggest modifications only about the parts commented in the first revision.
If the reports of all the experts are positive, the PhD student can proceed with the presentation procedure.
Firstly, graduates in Industrial Engineering, Automatic Control and Industrial Electronics Engineering, and also any qualification equivalent with one of the above, whether national or foreign.
Secondly, graduates in Telecommunications Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineers are as well accepted to the program in a minor priority.
The direct access to the research phase is possible for those with the Electrical Intensification of the Engineering in Energy Master or any qualification equivalent with these, whether national or foreign.
The knowledge base necessary to follow this doctorate program is the one acquired in an electrical engineering degree.
More information: doctorat.ee@upc.edu