Multiuniversitary Graduate Program on "Mathematics and Statistics"

Partner Universities

• Universidad de La Laguna
• Universidad de Oviedo
• Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Univertsitate
• Universidad Pública de Navarra
• Universidad de Zaragoza (coordinating institution)

Administrative Coordination

Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Matemáticas y Aplicaciones de la Universidad de Zaragoza (IUMA)

Coordinator

José Ignacio Cogolludo (jicogo[at]unizar[dot]es)

Academic Commitee

The Academic Commitee of the program on Mathematics and statistics is responsible for designing, organizing and coordinating the PhD program. It consists of two representatives from each participating university.

• Tomás Alcalá (UZ)
• Pedro Alonso (UO)
• Antonio Bonilla (ULL)
• José Ignacio Cogolludo  (UZ) coordinador
• Javier Gutierrez (UPV/EHU)
• David Iglesias (ULL)
• José Luis López (UPNA)
• Susana Montes (UO)
• Maria Dolores Ugarte (UPNA)
• Luis Vega (UPV/EHU)

Research lines

• 01. Algebra, Algebraic methods in Coding, cryptography and Graph Theory, Didactics of Mathematics
• 02. Geomety and Topology
• 03. Mathematical Analysis
• 04. Differential Equations
• 05. Numerical Analysis
• 06. Dynamical Systems
• 07. Control Theory and Applications
• 08. Statictics and operation Research
• 09. Scientific computation

Admission

According to the Real decreto 99/2011, de 28 de enero, that rules the official doctorate studies, to access the doctorate program it is mandatory to be in possession of an official Spanish degree (or something equivalent) and a universitary master. Nevertheless, it is also possible to access to the doctorate program those people that fit some of the following situations:

1. Being in possession of a Spanish, or another member country of the EEES, official university degree that enables access to master studies in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29 October on the organization of official university studies, and having completed a minimum of 300 ECTS in all the official university studies, of which at least 60 must correspond to master courses.
2. Being in possession of an official Spanish graduate degree, whose duration, according to the rules of Community law, is at least 300 ECTS. These graduates are required to take mandatory training supplements, unless the coursed degree include research training credits, equivalent in value to educational research credits from master studies.
3. Being in possession of a degree from foreign educational systems, preflight University that it accredits a level equivalent to that of the Spanish official university master's degree training and empowering the country issuing the qualification for admission to doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the recognition of the previous title in the possession of the person concerned or his recognition for purposes other than the access to doctoral studies.
4. Being in possession of another Spanish title of doctor obtained according to previous laws.
5. It may be admitted to doctoral studies, Licensed, Architects and engineers who were in possession of the Diploma of Advanced Studies obtained in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 778/98 of 30 April or had reached sufficient research regulated by RD 185/1985, of 23 January.

Some studies that allow the access to this doctorate follow:

• Licenciatura en Matemáticas
• Licenciatura en Física
• Ingenierías
• Licenciatura en Informática
• Licenciatura en Estadística
• Máster interuniversitario de Iniciación a la Investigación en Matemáticas
• Máster interuniversitario en Modelización Matemática, Estadística y Computación
• Máster interuniversitario en Modelización e Investigación Matemática, Estadística y Computación.

It may also be admitted to the doctoral program students who have completed master's degrees in other fields related to mathematics in the UZ, UO, UPV, ULL, UPNA or other universities. This admission may be accompanied by appropriate additional training, as appropriate, which will consist of between 12 and 30 credits of the offered master, fixed by the academic committee. For additional information about administrative processes related to the Doctorate in the Universidad de Zaragoza click here

Human resources

Activities

Transversal training

Description: Skills for the dissemination and communication of the research

Duration: 20 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of a work of dissemination of research (paper, talk, etc.). Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Skills for a employability quality.

Duration: 20 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of a work at the end of the course. This activity will be taken along the second or the third year of the formative period. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Employment guidance.

Duration: 20 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of a work at the end of the course. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Academic English

Duration: 20 hours

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of a work about dissemination of research in english language.  Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Scientific commitment and profesional responsability of the researcher.

Duration: 15 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of the presentation of summaries of the seminars the student has attended. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Informational skills for PhD students.

Duration: 25 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by a detailed bibliography about a topic related to the Phd of the student. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Specific training

Description: Mobility

Duration: 320   hours.

Control procedures Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Research seminars.

Duration: 15 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of the presentation of summaries of the seminars the student has attended. In addition, each student will give at least a talk at some of the seminars. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Seminars

Duration: 6 hours.

Control procedures This activity will be evaluated by means of the presentation of summaries of the seminars the student has attended. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Description: Workshops

Duration: 30 hours

Control procedures The ones stablished at the activity. Registered in the Documento de Actividades del Doctorado.

Quality

This program uses several mechanisms to ensure quality:

• Dynamic control and fully customized and updated situation of Phd. students; constant and continuous treatment with them.
• Regular meetings (twice a year) with the Chairman of the departments that take part of the program and an annual meeting ot the students with all teachers to discuss the progress in the PhD program.
• Encuestas to obtain feedback from students:Objective criteria for the admissibility of a doctoral thesis
  1. The first one is done to the students of the Máster en Modelización Matemática, Estadística y Computación to inform us about their tastes, preferences in order to approach them to the adequate teacher and research line, according to their preferences and qualities.
  2. The second one is held annually to students with active Doctorate to collect their opinion in order to modify, or not, some aspects of the process of the realization of the thesis.
  3. The third and final survey, is done to students who have just completed their doctoral thesis in order to define and implement improvement actions throughout the process they have followed.
• There are information leaflets that are distributed throughout the Faculty and provide general program information.

Contact

In order to get information about the administrative processes related to the Interuniversitary Doctorate Program in Mathematics and Statistics, contact any of the doctorate offices of the participant universities.

At the Universidad de Zaragoza (coordinator):

• Address: Edificio Interfacultades. Pedro Cerbuna 12 - 50009 Zaragoza (Spain)
• Telephon: +34 876 553 040
• E-mail: docto@unizar.es

In order to get information about the academic aspects of the Interuniversitary Doctorate Program in Mathematics and Statistics, contact any of the coordinators of the participant universities:

• Para obtener información sobre los aspectos académicos del programa de doctorado puede contactarse con cualquiera de los coordinadores de cada universidad participante:

  • José Ignacio Cogolludo Agustín  (Universidad de Zaragoza, UZ), Coordinador del Programa, Email: jicogo[at]unizar[dot]es
  • Javier Gutierrez Garcia  (Universidad del País Vasco, UPV/EHU), Email: javier[dot]gutierrezgarcia[at]ehu[dot]eus
  • Antonio Bonilla Ramírez  (Universidad de La laguna, ULL), Email: abonilla[at]ull[dot]es
  • Pedro Alonso Velázquez (Universidad de Oviedo, UO), Email: palonso[at]uniovi[dot]es
  • Dolores Ugarte Martínez  (Universidad Pública de Navarra, UPNA), Email: lola[at]unavarra[dot]es

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