Biotechnology
Cycle
Terceiro ciclo
Degree
Doutor
Coordinator
Pedro Miguel Ribeiro Viana Baptista
Opening date
October
Fees
2750,00 Euros/year for all students.
Schedule
It depends on the working method of each training course. The working time for the classes will be agreed with each PhD student, or when there are more than 10 students in each year, it will be agreed with all students of the programme.
Education objectives
The Doctoral Program in Biotechnology was conceived to confer the following skills:
- Ability to systematically approach topics in the field of Biotechnology;
- Ability to conceive, design, perform, high quality research in Biotechnology, with academic integrity;
- Ability to do a significant amount of research work contributing to the advancement of knowledge, of which at least a part meets the standards of peer-reviewed scientific journals;
- Ability to critically analyze, assess and summarize new and complex ideas;
- Ability to communicate project outcomes and rationales to peers, to the academic community in general and to non-specialists;
- Ability to foster technological, social and cultural progress in a knowledge-based society, within an academic or a professional community.
Access conditions
Application requirements:
- Holder of a master degree in any area pertaining to the Exact Sciences or Engineering, or recognized equivalent;
- Holder of a master degree from a foreign institution;
- Holder of a higher education degree from a foreign institution in any one of the aforementioned areas, considered by the Scientific Council of the School of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon to satisfy the prerequisites for an undergraduate degree;
- Holder of academic, scientific or professional qualifications considered by the Scientific Council of the School of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon duly to attest to the candidate´s ability to undertake a corresponding cycle of studies.
Criteria for the ranking of candidates:
- Overall grade-point average of undergraduate course
- Scientific and professional qualifications (curriculum vitae)
- Successful interview, when required
Structure
| 1.º Year | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 9610 | Thesis Project in Biotechnology | 30.0 |
| 1.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 1.º Semester - Opções Livres | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 12406 | Advanced Biotechnology Option I | 6.0 |
| 12407 | Advanced Biotechnology Option II | 6.0 |
| 12408 | Advanced Biotechnology Option III | 6.0 |
| 12409 | Advanced Biotechnology Option IV | 6.0 |
| 12410 | Advanced Biotechnology Option V | 3.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 27.0 créditos nesta opção. |
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| 2.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 2.º Year | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 3.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 9611 | Entrepreneurship and Commercialization | 3.0 |
| 3.º Year | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 4.º Year | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 9615 | Thesis | 180.0 |