Doctoral program in Electronic Engineering

This doctoral programme is drawn from a previous programme called the official doctoral programme in Electronic Engineering, organised jointly by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), and recognised with the Pathway to Excellence Award (MEE2011 - 0690). On 6 June 2012, a new agreement was signed between the UPC and the UIB to organise and develop the programme together. This agreement took into account the regulatory changes resulting from Royal Decree 99/2011. In recent years, the programme has grown in volume. Currently, around 110 students are enrolled (105 at the UPC and 6 at the UIB, approximate figures [1]) and around 14 doctoral theses are defended each year.The research groups in the Physics Department of the UIB have a long tradition of collaborating with groups in the UPC Department of Electronic Engineering. Over the last twenty years, this has led to numerous joint publications and collaborations on shared projects and thematic networks. The geographic proximity and the proximity in research topics creates the ideal complementarity for doctoral students at both institutions, who can benefit from a broader, more complete framework. This justifies the suitability of offering a joint doctoral programme.ObjectivesThe objective of the programme is to provide training leading to a doctoral degree for Spanish and international students who hold a university qualification in electronics. Students can prepare their doctoral thesis in one of the following subject areas. benefiting from the complementary research experience of the research groups that work in these areas:Industrial and Power ElectronicsSemiconductor and Microsystem DevicesIntegrated Circuits and SystemsMeasuring Systems and Biomedical InstrumentationTherefore, the main objective of the doctoral programme in Electronic Engineering is to train specialists from Spain and abroad with competencies in their research areas at international level, who are capable of researching and developing new products and services in the areas of power electronics, devices and microsystems, circuits and integrated systems and instrumentation and measurement. The lecturers on the doctoral programme have proven research experience. Doctoral degree holders who graduate from the programme could contribute to scientific, technological and socioeconomic progress through their command of knowledge of electronic technology and its potential applications. They will have received training that helps them to find jobs in research centres, universities and research departments and in innovation development in companies with strong technological content.[1] Statistical information is available at: http://eel.postgrau.upc.edu/informacion-general/estadisticas-del-programa.University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)