Admission criteria
Profile for admission
There are two types of admission profiles:
- -Background in the field of Mechanical Engineering: Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Industrial Engineering, with a pre-intensification and a major in one of the Mechanical Engineering branches (Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, Construction), or a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UPV/EHU.
- - Bachelor's and master's degrees related to Mechanical Engineering and related to the Areas of Knowledge included in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UPV/EHU. In all cases, students must have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits or their certified equivalent, of which at least 60 ECTS credits must correspond to second-cycle or master's studies. The program's Academic Committee will decide, based on each student's admissions profile, whether or not he/she needs to acquire training through specific training supplements. This training will be acquired by completing between 6 and 15 ECTS credits of subjects from official master's degrees offered by the UPV/EHU in the field of Mechanical Engineering or other equivalent training. Students will enroll in these courses, advised by their tutors or thesis supervisors, once they have enrolled in the doctoral program.
Regardless of the profile, and in the case of curricular paths that allow for a high degree of customization, whether through optional courses, dual training programs, or any type of validation, the doctoral committee will analyze any training gaps that may arise. Where appropriate, and if the committee deems it feasible, those gaps will be compensated through specific training supplements.
In accordance with Article 6.- “Requirements and Criteria for Admission” of the Regulations for Managing Official Doctoral Studies at the University of the Basque Country of 25 April 2024, the submission of an endorsement by a researcher of the doctoral programme as a possible director of the doctoral thesis will be requested as a requirement for admission.
This program does not establish any specific supplementary training. However, bearing in mind that access is open to students with graduate's degrees or higher, with at least 300 ECTS credits, whose studies may not have included specific content in research training, the academic committee of the program will study the cases of each of the students admitted, depending on their entry profiles, to decide whether they need to acquire this research training. The training will be acquired by means of completing between 6 and 15 ECTS credits in subjects of official master's degrees offered by the UPV/EHU in the area of mechanical engineering or any equivalent training with regard to research skills, for which students will enrol, on the advice of their tutors or thesis directors, once they have enrolled on the doctoral program.
The assessment criteria for admission to the doctoral program will take into account the following aspects with their different values.When the number of pre-enrolments exceeds the established maximum number of students, the Academic Committee will select the candidates by applying the following criteria:- Qualifications (25%)- Academic record (35%)- Professional experience (15%)- Research experience (15%)- Other merits:* Languages: English, qualifications such as Cambridge FCE (B2 level), CAE (C1 level), etc. (5%)* Training stays at centres of excellence (5%)
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Procedure for assigning a faculty member as a doctoral thesis tutor and director
Once a student has been accepted onto the doctoral programme, the Academic Commission will assign them a tutor and at least one director from among the faculty at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) participating in the programme.
When a letter of endorsement is required from Doctoral Programme, director of the candidate will be the person indicated at the endorsement letter. No candidates will be accepted without endorsement letter, when it is required by doctoral programme.
Tutors are responsible for interactions between the doctoral candidate and the Academic Commission. They are also responsible for adapting training and research activities to the principles of the programmes and, where appropriate, the Doctoral School.
For more information, see the procedures and rules.