Formative program

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: 4500

a.2 Detail and planning of the selected training activity.

• Modality: In-person/hybrid, mandatory.

• Typology:

  • Theoretical and scientific training
  • Methodological training
  • Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training

• Contents: To be defined for each doctoral student, according to the research line and the assigned thesis supervisor.

• Time Organization (Duration): During the 3 years of doctoral training for full-time students, or during 5 years for part-time students.

• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired):

  • All basic competencies (CB): CB11, CB12, CB13, CB14, CB15, CB16

  • The general competencies (G): G01, G02, G03

• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired):

  • CA01, CA02, CA03, CA04, CA05, CA06

Human and Material Resources

• Human resources for the development of the activity:

  • All students have a thesis supervisor, or more than one in the case of co-supervised theses or those under a co-tutelle regime with supervisors from other universities.

  • Personnel from the Departments and Research Groups involved in the doctoral program, as well as support, administration, and services staff belonging to the Graduate and Doctoral Schools of the Universities, also intervene in the student's overall training.

• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity:

  • The material and economic resources available for the development of the research training are those available in the laboratories of the different research groups participating in the doctoral program. Likewise, the participating Universities have general services available to the university community.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Evaluation and control procedures:

  • As regulated by Royal Decree (RD) 99/2011, the evaluation is carried out periodically and is compiled each year in a doctoral student evaluation report that focuses on the degree of development achieved in the acquisition of each of the competencies.

  • The detailed procedures for the doctoral student's monitoring are detailed in the section of Monitoring and supervision.

c. Mobility Actions

• Mobility actions are described in each of the program's specific activities, as well as in the cross-cutting training activity: TRAINING IN MOBILITY AND SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: 150

a.2 Detail and planning of the selected training activity.

• Modality: Hybrid(Semi-in-person), mandatory.

• Typology:

  • Theoretical and scientific training

  • Methodological training.

• Contents:Presentation of research results, either through oral or written presentation at a scientific conference, acceptance or publication of an article in a specialized journal (ISI or equivalent), book chapter, book, or other type of knowledge dissemination activity in accordance with the standards of each research line, or submission for patent registration related to the research topic.

• Time Organization (Duration): Throughout the entire training period necessary to obtain the doctoral degree, although preferably during the second and third year for full-time students, or starting from the second year for part-time students.

• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired):

  • All core competencies (CB), with special emphasis on CB13, CB14, CB15, CB16

  • The general competencies (G): G01, G02

• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired):

  • All capabilities and skills specified in the program, with special emphasis on CA04 and CA06

• Human resources for the development of the activity:

  • The development of this training activity does not require human resources other than the doctoral student and their supervisor, or other researchers who may have participated in the research developed in some way.

• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity:

  • Doctoral students have all the necessary material resources available through the doctoral program: laboratories, workshops, library, connectivity, instrumentation, etc.

  • Likewise, participation in calls for external funding offered by public administrations for this purpose will be promoted.

• Other clarifications or comments:

  • Except in situations involving confidentiality agreements, patent protection, and others that the Academic Commission may consider, all doctoral students in the program must disseminate their research results by accrediting at least the acceptance of a scientific article in a specialized publication in their field of knowledge, a book chapter, a book, or another type of knowledge dissemination activity in accordance with the standards of each research line.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures:

  • The monitoring and control of the acquisition of competencies, as well as the evolution of the resulting scientific output, will be evaluated by the thesis supervisor in their annual report, and will be incorporated into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Mobility actions are described in each of the program's specific activities, as well as in the cross-cutting training activity: TRAINING IN MOBILITY AND SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: Minimum 20 hours, 480 in the case of International Mention.

• Modality: In-person, mandatory.
• Typology: Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training.
• Contents: Mobility involves stays, preferably stays outside of Spain in higher education institutions, in prestigious research centers in the field of the discipline or with which consolidated exchange agreements exist, pursuing activities or carrying out research work. If the stay duration is 3 months or more and the host institution(s) are foreign, the doctoral student may opt for the International Mention on the Doctoral degree. Although specific mobility actions are established in the program depending on their research lines and/or disciplinary field, mobility implies, at a minimum, attendance at national or international conferences, seminars, workshops, or other activities that involve the student traveling and their integration or coexistence with other researchers in their scientific field. As this is a joint program, the four universities will propose these actions, seminars, workshops, and short stays, to favor the fulfillment of the action for the students.
• Time Organization (Duration): At any time during the training period necessary to obtain the doctoral degree, although preferably during the last year (i.e., during the third year for full-time students or during the fifth for part-time students).
• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired): Emphasis is placed on all basic competencies, with special focus on CB13, CB15, and CB16.
• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): All capabilities and skills specified in the program, with special emphasis on CA04 and CA06.

Human resources for the development of the activity: The development of this training activity does not require human resources specific to the doctoral program. In the case of stays in other research centers, supervision will be provided by a researcher from the host group.

Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: This activity may require mobility support resources from public administrations. The university will promote the application for aid announced by these organizations. For its part, the doctoral program will participate in calls for 'mention toward excellence' or other international, national, or regional calls that contemplate and facilitate the subsequent participation of doctoral students in mobility aid calls.

Other clarifications or comments: Mobility is a mandatory training activity for doctoral students. Each student, guided by their tutor and/or supervisor, will select and schedule the conference(s) they must attend according to their needs and availability. In the case of stays in institutions, field work, or documentary work in archives, each student will be guided by their supervisor to decide the area or archive where they will carry out the research as well as the best time to carry out their stay at the other institution. In this case, the objectives pursued with the receiving group will be established and agreed upon, and the work plan to be carried out will be defined.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: The stay and/or activities must be endorsed by the supervisor and authorized by the Academic Commission, and will be incorporated into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• This activity constitutes the minimum mobility action that the doctoral student must carry out during the period of preparation of their doctoral thesis. Based on the criteria and procedures described for carrying it out, the acquisition of competencies by all doctoral students is guaranteed.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: Up to 90 hours

• Modality: In-person, optional.
• Typology: (Depending on the chosen seminars and courses) Theoretical and scientific training / Methodological training / Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training.
• Contents: Short-duration seminars and courses specifically aimed at the program's students, usually organized by the Academic Commission (at the request of the researchers).
• Time Organization (Duration): Attendance at seminars and courses can take place throughout the three or five years, depending on whether the students are full-time or part-time, and it is recommended that the completion of this activity be more intensive in the early years of the doctorate. The activity is planned to be distributed over time with numerous short sessions. A session would be between 1 h and 8 h carried out in a single day, or at most, over two typically consecutive days.
• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired): The basic competencies CB11, CB14, and CB15.
• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): The capabilities and skills specified in the program, with special emphasis on CA01, CA02, CA05, and CA06.
• Human resources for the development of the activity: The Program's Academic Commission will determine the necessary human resources for carrying out this training activity. Although researchers participating in the program may teach the courses and seminars, the vast majority are expected to be taught by invited external expert researchers. If the activity requires it, the participation of technical staff from the research groups and even external technical experts might be necessary.
• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: In general, the financing of the courses and seminars will be borne by the program. Where possible, the activities will be co-financed with economic resources from the program's research groups, since the delivery of courses and seminars by an external researcher may coincide with the researcher's working visits/stays for which the collaborating research groups have specific funding.
• Other clarifications or comments: This activity is considered optional. The tutor/thesis supervisor will advise the student on the suitability of attending and/or participating in the different training activities.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: This activity will be evaluated and controlled through the certificate of attendance/completion that each student must present, for its incorporation into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Although no mobility actions are foreseen, students could be offered the possibility of participating in an activity of this type organized in another research center or laboratory.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: Up to 75 hours

a.2 Detail and planning of the selected training activity.

• Modality: In-person, optional.

• Typology: (Depending on the courses) Theoretical and scientific training / Methodological training / Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training.

• Contents: Courses on a specific topic whose duration exceeds one day.

• Time Organization (Duration): These courses last between one and five days, held in a summer course or workshop format, typically on consecutive days. Attendance at the courses can take place throughout the three or five years, depending on whether the students are full-time or part-time, and it is recommended that the completion of this activity be more intense in the early years of the doctorate. It has been estimated that the average duration of these events (three days) could be quantified at about 25 h, so it is proposed that a student attends a maximum of three monographic courses throughout their doctorate.

• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired): The basic competencies CB11, CB14, and CB15.

• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): The capabilities and skills specified in program, with special emphasis on CA01, CA02, CA05, and CA06.

• Human resources for the development of the activity: The Program's Academic Commission will determine the necessary human resources for carrying out this training activity. Typically, several speakers will participate in teaching the monographic course, the majority of whom will be invited external experts. If the activity requires it, the participation of technical staff from the research groups and even external technical experts might be necessary.

• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: In general, the financing of the courses and seminars will be borne by the program. Where possible, the activities will be co-financed with economic resources from the program's research groups, since the delivery of courses by several external researchers may coincide with working visits/stays of said researchers for which the collaborating research groups have specific funding.

• Other clarifications or comments: This activity is considered optional. The tutor/thesis supervisor will advise the student on the suitability of attending and/or participating in the different monographic courses.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: This activity will be evaluated and controlled through the certificate of attendance/completion that each student must present, for its incorporation into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Although no mobility actions are foreseen, students could be offered the possibility of participating in an activity of this type organized in another research center or laboratory.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: 75 hours

a.2 Detail and planning of the selected training activity.

• Modality: In-person, mandatory.
• Typology:
  • Theoretical and scientific training
  • Methodological training
• Contents: A conference-style activity where, in addition to plenary lectures by invited researchers, all doctoral students participate by presenting work on their recent research.
• Time Organization (Duration): This is an annual activity that takes place over two or three consecutive days. It has been estimated that the average duration of these events (2 days) could be quantified at about 25 h per year for full-time students. Part-time students should participate in three editions of the Meeting.
• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired): All basic competencies, with special emphasis on CB13, CB14, CB15, CB16. The general competencies G01.
• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): The capabilities and skills specified in the program, with special emphasis on CA04 and CA06.
• Human resources for the development of the activity: The Program's Academic Commission will determine the necessary human resources for carrying out this training activity. Typically, various speakers, most of whom will be invited external experts, will participate in the plenary sessions.
• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: The financing of the Workshop will be borne by the program. Where possible, the activities will be co-financed with economic resources from the program's research groups, since the delivery of courses by several external researchers may coincide with the working visits/stays of said researchers for which the collaborating research groups have specific funding.
• Other clarifications or comments: Except in exceptional cases where there is incompatibility of dates with other activities, participation in this annual activity is mandatory. Both first-year students and some second-year students with less advanced theses will present their contributions in poster format and must answer questions posed by attendees. Students with more advanced theses will give an oral presentation of about 20 minutes, after which they will be subjected to a question and answer session by an evaluation panel. Preferably, the members of the evaluation panel will be some of the invited speakers. The panel will also ask questions to the students in the poster session. The best papers will receive an award or mention.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: Control will be exercised through the certificate of attendance that each student must present, for its incorporation into the doctoral student's activity document. Students will also incorporate any awards/mentions received for their performance in this activity into their activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Mobility Actions: There are no specific mobility actions for this activity.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: Up to 75 hours

a.2 Detail and planning of the selected training activity.

• Modality: In-person, hybrid (semi-in-person), or distance learning; optional.

• Typology: (Depending on the chosen seminars and courses) Theoretical and scientific training / Methodological training / Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training.

• Contents: Specific training courses or seminars related to the Thesis topic.

• Time Organization (Duration): Attendance at the courses and seminars is primarily carried out in the first year. This is an individualized activity for each student. Part-time students will carry it out during the first two years.

• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired): All basic competencies (CB11, CB12, CB13, CB14, CB15, CB16). The general competencies G02, G03.

• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): All capabilities and skills specified in the program: CA01, CA02, CA03, CA04, CA05, CA06.

• Human resources for the development of the activity: No human resources other than those of the entity organizing the course/seminar are required for carrying out this training activity.

• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: Where possible, and considering that in many cases the training acquired by the doctoral student will be transmitted to members of some of the program's research groups (usually the thesis supervisor's group), the activities may be financed or co-financed with economic resources from those groups.

• Other clarifications or comments: This is an individualized optional activity. The tutor/thesis supervisor will advise the student on the suitability of attending and/or participating in the various specific courses/seminars.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: This activity will be evaluated and controlled through the certificate of attendance/completion that each student must present, for its incorporation into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Usually, the specific training courses and seminars will be offered by external entities, so if they are in-person or blended modality, the student will need to travel/stay to attend these courses.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: Up to 180 hours

a.2 Detail and planning of the selected training activity.

• Modality: In-person, optional.

• Typology:

  • Theoretical and scientific training.

  • Methodological training.

  • Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training.

• Contents: Participation in some of the tasks of R&D&i projects, both those funded by public and private funds. The doctoral student is part of the research team of the projects and also benefits from the possibilities of financing activities provided by their collaboration. The interaction with other members of the research team enhances the sharing and acquisition of knowledge, techniques, and skills.

• Time Organization (Duration): Collaboration is estimated to be up to 100 h per year for full-time students and up to 60 h for part-time students.

• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired):

  • All basic competencies (CB11, CB12, CB13, CB14, CB15, CB16).

  • The general competencies G01, G02, G03.

• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): All capabilities and skills specified in the program: CA01, CA02, CA03, CA04, CA05, CA06.

• Human resources for the development of the activity: Members of the research team of one or more R&D&I projects participate in this training activity.

• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: The material and economic resources will be those necessary for the execution of the project.

• Other clarifications or comments: The tutor/thesis supervisor will advise the student on the suitability of collaborating in the different projects; this is therefore an optional activity.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: The Principal Investigator of each project in which the doctoral student participates will write a report detailing their participation/performance for its incorporation into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Mobility Actions: Mobility actions will be those required by the doctoral student's collaboration in the project tasks: attendance at coordination meetings, participation in results presentations, etc.

a. Basic Data

a.1 Number of hours: Up to 180 hours

• Modality: In-person, optional.
• Typology:
  • Methodological training
  • Applied, practical, technological, and procedural training
• Contents: Participation in teaching tasks in accordance with the current regulations for Pre-doctoral Research Staff in Training (PIPF). This activity is not contemplated for part-time students.
• Time Organization (Duration): Collaboration is estimated to be up to 60 h per year.
• Justification of the activity (competencies to be acquired): The basic competencies CB15 and CB16.
• Learning outcomes (personal capabilities and skills to be acquired): The capabilities and skills specified in the program, with special emphasis on CA04 and CA06.
• Human resources for the development of the activity: Members of the teaching team involved in the subjects to be taught participate in this training activity.
• Material/Economic resources for the development of the activity: The material and economic resources will be those necessary for the teaching of the corresponding courses.
• Other clarifications or comments: The management of the involved Department, in agreement with the tutor/thesis supervisor if applicable, will advise the student on the suitability of carrying out the teaching collaborations.

b. Detail of the Control Procedure

• Monitoring and Control Procedures: The management of the Department involved in each course in which the doctoral student participates will prepare a report detailing their participation/performance for its incorporation into the doctoral student's activity document.

c. Mobility Actions

• Mobility Actions: None foreseen.