Admission Requirements Memoranda of Understanding

Students graduated in a field of engineering associated with Institutions

Electrical and Computer Engineering (including Electronics and University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (Austria)
Telecommunications) have the necessary profile to enroll in EEC ISEC - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (Portugal)
PhD. INESC P&D Brasil (Brazil)
Other profiles are likely to be accepted, especially in Computer Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosa'e (East Timor)
Science, Physics or Energy and Environment, if there is the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
existence of: (Georgia Tech, USA)
a) Development or participation in projects in the area of the UNIFESP- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Brazil) - Waiting MoU
EEC, at least 2; UTFPR- Federal University of Technology – Paraná (Brazil)
b) Periodical publications in the area of the EEC, at least 2;
University of Savoi Mont-Blanc (France) - Waiting MoU
c) Professional experience in the area of the EEC, at least 3
years. IFPI - Instituto Federal do Piauí (Brazil) - Waiting for the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
The admission of any candidate is subject to analysis and
approval by the Scientific Committee of the School of Science Companies

PhD Program
PT Inovação - Altice Labs
and Technology.
Siemens Portugal
Applications Globaltronic
Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Hospital)
https://www.campus.utad.pt/candidaturas/ INOVA RIA - Companies Association for an Innovation Network
contact the program secretariat ([email protected]) Quinta do Crasto
Wisdom Television (wTVision)
EnerIT Innovation Ltd. (Hungary)
Bosch Security Systems
Tuition Fees
ELECTRICAL
Continental Advanced Antenna
Ingeniarius, Lda.
The values of the EEC PhD tuition fees depend on the student Make It Pedagogical
status. For the 2023/2024 academic year the tuition fee will be Renault Cacia SA
SEKAL (Norway)
1500 Euros for students covered by international student status.
It will be 1250 Euros, for national students.
WEGeuro - Indústria Eléctrica, S.A
GeoDouro, Consultadoria e Topografia, Lda &
COMPUTER
Cork Supply
2BWEBCONNECT
ADAPTTECH
AURICLE (Denmark)
RAKwireless (China)
WEEZIE
SONAE - Waiting MoU Engineering
Contact
/company/phd-on-electrical-
and-computer-engineering/

/ECE.PhD.UTAD/
https://www.utad.pt/estudar/cursos/engenharia-eletrotecnica-e-de-computadores-3/
Douro Unesco Heritage Region, Vila Real, Portugal
PhD secretariat: [email protected]
PhD students: [email protected]
General Objectives Study Programme Thesis Submission
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Electrical and The Thesis must be submitted in English or Portuguese before
Computer Engineering is a research oriented degree program. Its 1st Year - 1st Semester the end of 3 years of frequency of the Program. A provisional
purpose is to advance the knowledge in the fields of Electrical version of the Thesis will be evaluated by a Committee upon a
Research Theory and Methodology* 6 ECTS
Engineering and enable students of exceptional ability to Option I 6 ECTS public defense, and ammendments may stipulated. The Diploma
undertake advanced study and original research. It prepares Option II 6 ECTS is only granted upon delivery of a corrected and final version of
students for a research and/or teaching career in industry, Thesis Planning and Scheduling I 12 ECTS the Thesis.
research institutions, universities, and government. It also must
instill in each student a proficiency for innovation manifesting a
1st Year - 2nd Semester Thesis Awards or Highlights
fundamental advancement of knowledge and enable graduates to
integrate their education and experience with the larger problems Thesis Planning and Scheduling II 24 ECTS 2019 Award “SUSTAINABILITY REN AWARD”, Tiago Pinto, “Decision
of the technological professions. The program has a focus on Seminar 6 ECTS Support for the Strategic Behaviour of Electricity Market Players”
state-of–art technology issues that cross boundaries of Computer 2014 Award “The Don Schroeder PSIG Scholarship” from Pipeline
Engineering, Robotics, Microelectronics, and Communications & Simulation Interest Group (PSIG), Sara Baltazar, “Gas network
Signal Processing. 2nd Year and 3th Year modelling to leakage detection and location”
The research environment is composed of UTAD’s Engineering Thesis Development I, II 120 ECTS
Department with researchers of the following research (60 ECTS / year)
Latest Submitted Thesis
institutes: Rolando Barradas, A MODEL TO STIMULATE COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
* This course is completed by completing the online course BY MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS,
INESCTEC
TECNOLOGIA E CIÊNCIA
Intelligent
Systems
Associate
Waiting for public defence (2024)
LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO Laboratory

ieeta Felipe Teixeira, MODEL FOR AN AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS OF

Options
Agro-Ambientais e Biológicas

SCHIZOPHRENIA USING SPEECH SIGNALS ,

Waiting for public defence (2024)
Advanced Process Control Sérgio Silva, AUGMENTED INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTED SENSING SYSTEM
®
MODEL FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS,
PhD Studentships in Industry Biological and Natural-Inspired Algorithms and Systems Waiting for public defence (2024).
Optimization and Classification Methods Daniel Silva, ForestMP: MULTIMODAL PERCEPTION SYSTEM FOR
Image Processing and Computer Vision ROBOTICS IN FORESTY APPLICATION,
Waiting for public defence (2024).
Duration Advanced Topics on Digital Signal Processing
Nuno Silva, STIMULATION AND SENSING OF THE INSTRUMENTED
Signal Processing on Analysis with Constraints ACTIVE BONE IMPLANT INTERFACE, July 2023
The course consists of two parts, the first with a duration of 2
Communications Networks and Technologies João Souza, ADAPTIVE GRASPING PLANNING: A NOVEL UNIFIED AND
semesters (1 year) and the other with a duration of 2 academic MODULAR GRASPING PIPELINE ARCHITECTURE, March 2023
years: Micro-sensors and Micro-actuators
a) A first part, which will be held during 2 semesters, will be done Microtechnologies and Advanced Electronic Topics André Aguiar, LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING BASED ON SEMANTICAND
MULTI-LAYER MAPS CONCEPTS, January 2023
usually through the submission of an article according
Electrical and Energy Systems Management
to the teacher responsible for the discipline. Thesis Luís Santos, ADVANCED 2.5D PATH PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURAL
Planning and Scheduling will be done at an event in July. ROBOTS, December 2022
b) The second part is intended to carry out research work leading European University Association Jorge Mendes, ADVANCED MONITORING TECHNIQUES IN PRECISION
to the preparation of a thesis, to be presented in the manner AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS, September 2022
defined by the applicable legislation and the doctoral regulation European Doctorate Ana Catarina Ribeiro, RATES ANS REMUNERATION OF VIRTUAL
at UTAD. ENERGY AGENTS IN THE ELECTRIC POWER MARKETS
The European Doctorate refers to a label attachable to the PhD degree
60 ECTS correspond to courses that the student must complete
conferred by European Universities. This PhD Program confers this label if Philipp Urbauer, CONCEPTUALIZATION AND EVALUATION OF
and 120 ECTS correspond to thesis work. INTEROPERABLE AND MODULAR IT-FRAMEWORK COMPONENTS FOR
the student requests it and if some conditions are fulfilled.
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