PhD in Mechanical Engineering

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PhD in Mechanical Engineering

The program of PhD in Mechanical Engineering (DEM) was first offered in the academic year 2008/2009 and awards the degree of Doctor of Engineering Mechanics with the approval of the doctoral thesis. The typical duration is 3 years at full time (180 ECTS), with only 3 ECTS of the curricular component.

Objectives

The PhD Programme in Mechanical Engineering has adopted the guiding principles and objectives underlying the integration into the European Higher Education Area. The aim is thus to train doctors in Mechanical Engineering that may show:

  • Knowledge of science in Mechanical Engineering;
  • Competencies, skills and research methods associated with these fields of science;
  • Ability to design, deploy, adapt and carry out significant research in compliance with requirements imposed by the 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 disclosure national or international publications with the selection committee;
  • Be able to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesise new and complex ideas;
  • Being able to communicate with their peers, academic community and society at large over the area of specialization;
  • Being able, in a knowledge-based society, to promote the academic or professional qualification, technological progress, social or cultural.

Structure

Curriculum

Schedule

Day and tutorial system

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 11th march to 5th april 2024

2nd phase: 3rd to 28th june 2024

3rd phase: 19th August to 6th September 2024

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2024/2025 academic year

Vacancies for 2024/2025:

10

Admission rules:

To be admitted in the doctoral program, the candidate must meet the conditions established by national legislation, by UNL’s and NOVA FCT’s regulation, and meet at least one of the following conditions:

a) Hold a master's degree, or legal equivalent, obtained at a national or foreign institution in the field of Engineering or in an area recognized as suitable by the Scientific Committee of the program. The candidate should have a minimum final grade of fourteen values ​​(or equivalent in ECTS scale) in these study cycles;

b) Have an undergraduate degree and hold a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized as such by NOVA FCT’s Scientific Council thus attesting the capacity to accomplish this study cycle;

c) Hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by NOVA FCT’s Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to accomplish the PhD.

2. Recognition referred to in subparagraphs b) and c) of paragraph 1 of this Article:

a) Will be based on recommendations issued by two professors or PhD researchers, considered experts in the concerned scientific field and appointed by the Scientific Committee of this doctoral program;

b) Does not grant its holder the equivalence to the bachelor's degree or master or his recognition.

3. The entry in this PhD program is conditional and depends on the approval by NOVA FCT’s Scientific Council of the proposal to accept the application, submitted by the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering.

Ranking:

Application Process Documentation:

Qualifications certificate listing the obtained grades

Curriculum Vitae

Statement of Intent (Letter of Intent) in which the candidate explains why he/she is interested in doing this PhD program; 

Curriculum vitae assessment, taking particular account of the academic component in the specific area of the course, the recommendations and the eventual interview.

Course coordinator:

Professor Telmo Jorge Gomes dos Santos

pdem.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 02/09/2021

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2020

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3074/2011/AL01 on 12/02/2016

About the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DEMI) is a permanent organic unit of Nova School of Science and Technology, dedicated to teaching, to fundamental and applied scientific research and to the provision of services in the fields of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

DEMI counts, currently, with 5 employees and 44 teachers who are committed to offering the best teaching experience and the best knowledge to their students, helping them develop their skills and achieve their personal and professional goals.

DEMI teachers also collaborate, at different levels, with diverse public and private institutions, particularly in the development of research projects in scientific and technological areas of relevance to Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, which aim to respond to the needs of the society.

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