Bioengineering

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doutor

Coordinator

Manuel Luís Magalhães Nunes da Ponte

Opening date

http://www.mitportugal.org/index.php

Vacancies

25 vagas

Fees

http://www.mitportugal.org/index.php

Schedule

To be defined every year

Education objectives

The main objectives of this 3rd Cycle of Studies, leading to a PhD degree in Bioengineering, is to ensure that a holder of this degree is endowed with the following capabilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge of a branch of knowledge or a specialty of Bioengineering.
• Has acquired, through the components of the course work and PhD research developed for the preparation of their thesis, expertise, skills and research methods related to bioengineering, in its various aspects;
• Ability to design, deploy, adapt and carry out research respecting high standards of academic quality and integrity;
• Having performed a significant amount of original research that has contributed to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge, some of which deserve the international dissemination in publications with the selection committee;
• Being able to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesise new and complex ideas;
• Being able to communicate with their peers, the academic community and society at large over the area of specialization;
• Being able to, in a knowledge-based society, to promote the academic or professional, technological progress, social or cultural.

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 5 years
Credits: 300 ECTS
Mandatory Scientifc Areas

Area	Credits (ECTS)
Bioengineering	258
Biological Sciences	6
Transversal Skills	30
Materials in Engineering	6

 

Structure

1.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
8545	Computational Biosystems Science and Engineering	6.0
8546	Cell and Tissue Engineering	6.0
8547	Bioprocess Engineering	6.0

1.º Semester - Opção I
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
8733	Biomedical Equipment and Technologies	6.0
8734	Nanobiotechnology and Biomaterials	6.0
8551	Neuroscience	6.0
8732	Principles and Practice in Drug Development	6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.

1.º Semester - Opção II
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
8733	Biomedical Equipment and Technologies	6.0
8734	Nanobiotechnology and Biomaterials	6.0
8551	Neuroscience	6.0
8732	Principles and Practice in Drug Development	6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.

2.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
8553	Innovation in Bioengineering	6.0
8554	Laboratory Rotations I	9.0
8555	Laboratory Rotations II	9.0
8552	Seminars Bioengineering Systems	6.0

2.º Year
Code	Name	ECTS
8556	Thesis in Bioengineering	180.0

3.º Year
Code	Name	ECTS