Doctorate in Biology
The Doctoral Program in Biology at Universidade de Aveiro has a duration of 4 years, corresponding to a total of 240 ECTS.
Duration
4 years
Starting Date
October
Tuition Fee
€2,750 per year
Location
Aveiro, Portugal
About the programme
The first year of the Doctoral Program in Biology at Universidade de Aveiro includes a curricular component (60 ECTS) structured in courses of advanced training modules in various thematic areas of the scientific field of biology, tutorial classes, training in management option in any scientific area and the beginning of the thesis component (10 ECTS). At the end of this first year PhD student will have to submit and publicly defend his doctoral plan, with the continuation of their dependent upon a positive evaluation studies of this presentation. Here is a second year with a tutorial component smaller than the 1st year (only 10 ECTS) and a research leading to the submission of a thesis (50 ECTS), which extends the 3rd and 4th years, with a weight of 60 ECTS each year, therefore, the argument corresponding to 3 years working full-time (180 ETCS).
Thus, the three years that follow the 1st year are devoted to the development of research work, preparation of publications, thesis writing and defense of this evidence in public. The thesis must relate to original research in the field of Biology at the choice of the student, within one of the subject areas offered under the Advanced Courses: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management; Ecotoxicology and Biology environmental, Marine Biology, Ecology and Tropical Biology; Cynegetic and Aquaculture Resources, Communication, Reporting and Biological Illustration, Biology and Applied Biosciences.
Courses Included
- Advanced Course in Cell Biology
- Advanced Course in Biology and Applied Biosciences
- Advanced Course in Biology and Tropical Ecology
- Advanced Course in Marine Biology
- Advanced Course in Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Advanced Course in Communication, Distribution and Biological
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