Doctoral School / UAM

DOCTORATES WITH THE COMPANY and INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE MENTION

The UAM promotes Doctorates with Business, in which doctoral students carry out research work in whole or in part through a collaboration with a public or private company or a public administration, within a Doctoral Program of the UAM. University.

Through this instrument, it is intended to train researchers capable of developing R&D tasks and promoting R&D&I activities in a business environment, and at the same time improve the relationship of the University with companies, thus intensifying the social impact of the Ph.D.

The Research Plan must address a project of business interest but which at the same time can generate sufficient knowledge to lead to innovative research. In general, the project presented can be classified as:

a) Business research projects: projects aimed at planned research or critical studies aimed at acquiring knowledge that may be useful for developing new products, processes or services or that allow existing ones to be considerably improved. They involve creating components of complex systems and may include building prototypes in a lab environment or with simulated interfaces to existing systems. They can also develop pilot lines when necessary for business or industrial research and, in particular, for the validation of generic technology.

b) Experimental development projects: projects aimed at the acquisition, combination, configuration and use of existing knowledge and techniques, of a scientific, technological, business or other nature, with a view to developing new or new products, processes or services. improved. It can also include, for example, activities of conceptual definition, planning and documentation of new products, processes or services. Experimental development may include prototyping, demonstration, development of pilot projects, testing and validation of new or improved products, processes or services, in environments representative of real operating conditions, provided that the main objective is to provide new technical improvements to products, processes or services that are not substantially established. Experimental development does not include customary or periodic modifications made to products, production lines, manufacturing processes, existing services, and other ongoing operations, even though those modifications may represent improvements.

In the event that the project is carried out in collaboration between the University and the company or public administration in which the doctoral student works, a framework collaboration agreement will be signed between the parties. This agreement will indicate the obligations of the University and the obligations of the company or public administration, as well as the selection procedure for doctoral students.

The doctoral student, apart from the thesis Tutor designated by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program, will have a person in charge designated by the company or public administration, who may be, where appropriate, thesis Director in accordance with the regulations of the Program Doctorate.

Industrial Doctorate Mention

In order to request the mention of "Industrial Doctorate" in the PhD title, the following circumstances must be present:

a) The existence of a labor or commercial contract with the doctoral student, either by a company in the public or private sector, as well as by a public administration, except the University. The duration of this contract must be at least one year long, which must be included within the period of preparation of the thesis.

b) The doctoral candidate must have participated in an industrial research or experimental development project of the company or public administration in which the service is provided. The industrial research or experimental development project in which the doctoral student participates must be directly related to the thesis being carried out. This direct relationship will be accredited by means of a report that will have to be endorsed by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program. Said report must prove both the business interest and the generation of sufficient knowledge to be considered innovative research. The doctoral student, apart from the thesis Tutor designated by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program, will have a person in charge designated by the company or public administration, who may be, where appropriate, thesis Director in accordance with the regulations of the Program Doctorate. The data of the responsible person in the company or public administration must be communicated to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program and included in the report. The report of the industrial research project endorsed by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program

To request the "Industrial Doctorate" mention, the doctoral student must submit, at the time of submitting their doctoral thesis, the corresponding application to the Doctoral School (see application in the download area), which must be accompanied by a copy of the employment contract. or business of the doctoral candidate, as well as the favorable report of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program (Memory of the industrial research project endorsed by the Coordinator on behalf of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program).

In the event that the project is carried out in collaboration between the University and the company or public administration in which the doctoral student works, a framework collaboration agreement will be signed between the parties. This agreement will indicate the obligations of the University and the obligations of the company or public administration, as well as the selection procedure for doctoral students.