PhD in Environmental and Biomedical Microbiology
Academic year 2024-25
You may also check this information for the 2023-24 academic year.
| Branch of Knowledge | Sciences |
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| Certification UIB coordinator | Dr. Rafael Bosch Zaragoza |
| Tuition and admin fees per academic year | ¤275.60 (*) |
| Spots for new students | 20 |
| Teaching language |
Catalan and/or Spanish and/or English, although the PhD thesis may be written in other languages which are widely used within the scientific community.
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This PhD programme trains researchers in microbiology and, especially, professionals who are able to:
- Contribute to future scientific progress and extend the threshold of knowledge in the field of microbiology
- Communicate their scientific contributions to microbiology experts, the rest of the academic community and society in general
- Promote aspects and advances in microbiology within an academic, professional or social setting, and specifically those areas that offer progress for society.
What skills will you acquire?
How undertake and develop a research project aimed at resolving a complex problem. This involves a systematic analysis and comprehension of the problem, and designing and implementing an original research project.
Critical analysis and assessment of project results, including a contribution of new complex ideas that push knowledge forward in line with professional codes of ethics and good practice.
To communicate issues linked to current research and knowledge to a wide range of stakeholders, both in academe and in society at large.
To develop skills for multidisciplinary teamwork and to interact with other national or international research groups.
What career opportunities will you have?
The graduate profile is a professional specialist in the fields of environmental microbiology or biomedicine. Graduates are able to manage and develop rigorous projects with a critical approach, provide independent decision-making and performance, and work as part of a team. Career opportunities include:
- Working as researchers at a university, research centre or company R&D department. Initial postdoctoral training will eventually lead to a career as a full-time researcher at a research institute, university or business. Postdoctoral training can win funding through competitive programmes (regional, national, international or from private foundations) or by being hired directly
- Working in the public or private sector as a project lead or manager, or as a research specialist
- Developing your own entrepreneurial project
- Providing consulting services
- Undertaking a career as a secondary school teacher in the public or private sector.
Travel and Learn
Please see 'Useful information > Grants, awards and general aid' for information on available grants, and 'Management of doctoral students > Procedures > Mobility and exchange' for information on how to apply for a stay.
Stays undertaken on the PhD programme by doctoral students
| Year | Place | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bremen, Germany | 7 days |
| 2019 | Bremen, Germany | 1 month |
| 2019 | Madrid, Spain | 12 days |
| 2019 | Madrid, Spain | 12 days |
| 2018 | Bremen, Germany | 5 days |
| 2018 | Umeå, Sweden | 3 months |
| 2017 | Greifswald, Germany | 3 days |
| 2017 | Valparaíso, Chile | 22 days |
| 2016 | Denmark | |
| 2016 | Atlanta (Georgia), United States of America | 4 months |
| 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | 3 months and 7 days |
| 2016 | Bremen, Germany | 1 month |
| 2016 | Bremen, Germany | 3 months |
| 2016 | Coventry, United Kingdom | 3 months |
| 2016 | Madrid, Spain | 3 months |
| 2015 | United States of America | 4 months |
| 2014 | Spain | 3 months |
| 2014 | Göteborg, Sweden | 6 months |
| 2014 | Madrid, Spain | 20 days |
High-quality official study
Legislation requires that official Spanish degree programmes receive a positive assessment from the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA, by its Spanish acronym). This process is known as verification, and it serves to ensure that education programmes are properly designed to provide the competencies and reach the learning goals around which the programmes are built.
The European Higher Education Area requires that there be a system in place to ensure the quality of degree programmes.
The doctorate programme is subject to constant assessment and improvement processes that guarantee that it maintains a certain level of prestige and renown in Europe. You can see the results of the assessment processes in the results section.
Composition of the Academic Committee
- Sebastián Albertí Serrano
- Antonio Doménech Sánchez
- Balbina Nogales Fernández