Mathematical Engineering
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Director
Prof. Rodolfo Cuerno Rejado
About the program
The Ph.D. Program in Mathematical Engineering seeks to provide training in flexible and interdisciplinary research, providing students with the necessary tools to face technological/scientific problems through:
- A precise mathematical / physical / statistical foundation
- A formulation of models in mathematical terms
- A theoretical and/or numerical solution of mathematical models
- The interpretation of the solutions and their verification in scientific or technological terms
- Program regulated by RD 99/2011, January 2018
Departments
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Student profile
These skills require the use of mathematical tools that help physical phenomenon modeling and statistical tools to enable the formulation of empirical models from observation. Some experience is also required in managing mathematical computer programs (like, Mathematica, MatLab, or R).
The languages used in the training process will be Spanish and/or English, so it is necessary to have a good knowledge of these languages.
Admission requirements
According to art. 6 of the PhD studies regulation (RD 99/2011), in order to access the Program it is required to have a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and a Master's degree (or equivalent), provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been passed in these two cycles as a whole, or the equivalent degree qualifies for level 3 of MECES (Marco Español de Cualificaciones para la Educación Superior, Spanish Framework for Higher Education Qualifications).
Likewise, access is available to candidates in possession of foreign degrees from countries integrated into the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) when the degree can be accredited as level 7 in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), as long as the aforementioned degree allows access to PhD level studies in the country of expedition; and candidates with a degree which is equivalent to a Spanish Master's degree, obtained in foreign education systems outside the EHEA, as long as the aforementioned degree allows access to PhD level studies in the country of expedition.
The program’s admission requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and Master’s Degree with quantitative training in the area of Mathematical Engineering.
Students trained in other areas may be admitted with the requirement of an additional specific training up to 30 ECTS credits.
Admission criteria
Admission is determined according to the criteria set by the Academic Committee listed below. These are implemented by the coordinator of the program, who reports to the Committee on a regular basis.
Admission is based on merit and capacity of the candidates, for which the following aspects are considered:
- Academic record of previous studies
- Curriculum Vitae
- Endorsement letters from professors of the university or from other institutions or organizations, with direct knowledge of the capacity and competence of the candidate
- Thesis project proposal, provided by the candidate
- Connection of the project with the lines of research of the Ph.D. Program. The thesis project can be endorsed by a professor from the program
- A personal interview can be conducted if deemed necessary, with at least one member of the Academic Committee being present
Besides the thesis project proposal, the updated CV and the copies of academic certificates must also be provided by the candidate.
Endorsement letters must be submitted by the professors to admisiondoctorado@uc3m.es (indicating full name of the candidate-Ph.D. in Mathematical Engineering-uc3m).
The Academic Committee will determine the convenience of a personal interview and the weight of each criteria listed above: academic background and training of the candidate (minimum 50%); interest and suitability of the project for the lines of research of the program (minimum 30%).The admission criteria and procedures are equal for part-time and full-time candidates.
Resolutions of admission to the program may require up to 30 ECTS credits of complementary training. The Academic Committee will determine the specific subjects and research work of the complementary training, with input from the tutor and thesis advisor. Full-time students will take these credits during the first year on the program. Part-time students will take these credits during their first two years.
Seats available for the academic year: 17
- FACULTY
- Academic Committee
Prof. Rodolfo Cuerno Rejado. Director of the Program
Department of StatisticsProf. María Luz Durbán Reguera
Department of StatisticsProf. José Antonio Cuesta Ruiz
Department of MathematicsProf. Francisco Javier Nogales Martín
Department of StatisticsProf. José Manuel Rodríguez García
Department of Mathematics - Faculty
- Abella García, Mónica
Department of Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Alonso Fernández, Andrés Modesto
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Álvarez Caudevilla, Pablo
Cajal Teaching/Research Staff - Arvesú Carballo, Jorge
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Balbas de la Corte, Alejandro
Department of Business Economics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Carretero Cerrajero, Manuel
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Cascos Fernández, Ignacio
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Colorado Heras, Eduardo
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Cuerno Rejado, Rodolfo
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Cuesta Ruiz, José Antonio
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - D'Auria, Bernardo
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Delgado Gómez, David
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Desco Menéndez, Manuel
Department of Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Durbán Reguera, María Luz
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Fernández Anta, Antonio
IMDEA Networks - Galeano San Miguel, Pedro
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - García García, Antonio
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Ibort Latre, Luis Alberto
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Kindelan, Manuel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Lillo Rodríguez, Rosa Elvira
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Lledó Macau, Fernando
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Lopes Moreira da Veiga, Maria Helena
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - López Bonilla, Luis Francisco
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - López Lagomasino, Guillermo
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Marcellán Español, Francisco José
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Martínez Dopico, Froilán César
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Martínez Ratón, Yuri
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Molera Molera, Juan Manuel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Molina Ferragut, Elisenda
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Molina Meyer, Marcela
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Moro Carreño, Julio
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Moro Egido, Esteban
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Moscoso Castro, Miguel Ángel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Muñoz Barrutia, María Arrate
Department of Bioengineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Muñoz García, Javier Manuel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Muñoz García, Alberto
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Nogales Martín, Francisco Javier
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - de Pablo Martínez, Arturo
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Peña Sánchez de Rivera, Daniel
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Pérez Pardo, Juan Manuel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Pestana Galván, Domingo de Guzmán
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Pijeira Cabrera, Héctor Esteban
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Piñar González, Miguel Ángel
Universidad de Granada - Prieto Fernández, Francisco Javier
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Rodríguez García, José Manuel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Romera Ayllón, María Rosario
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Romo Urroz, Juan
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Ruiz Mora, Carlos
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Sánchez Rodríguez-Morcillo, Ismael
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Sánchez Sánchez, Ángel
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Sánchez Villaseñor, Eduardo Jesús
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - de Terán Vergara, Fernando
Department of Mathematics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Wiper, Michael Peter
Department of Statistics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Abella García, Mónica
- Academic Committee
- TRAINING
In addition to the elaboration of the doctoral thesis, students must take some training aimed at improving their research skills and the scientific quality of their research work. This is structured in the following types of training.
Specific training
- Seminars and specialized courses by visiting experts on the latest advanced techniques in the different areas of specialization.
Research skills training
Research skills training is focused on abilities common to all disciplines for the development of scientific and educational skills and the improvement of the professional career. This training consists of different activities (short courses, seminars, etc.), which can be recommended by the Academic Committee of the program.
Further information:
Scientific and technical resources
To carry out the research, the doctoral student will have, upon request, a workspace equipped with a computer and Internet and will have access to the resources provided by the departments and the university (printer, access to scientific publications, ...)
- Seminars and specialized courses by visiting experts on the latest advanced techniques in the different areas of specialization.
- RESEARCH
- Lines of research
Applied Mathematics for control, systems and signals
- D’Auria, Bernardo
- Ibort Latre, Alberto
- Lledó Macau, Fernando
- Martínez Dopico, Froilán César
- Pérez Pardo, Juan Manuel
Complex systems
Partial differential equations
- Álvarez Caudevilla, Pablo
- Colorado Heras, Eduardo
- Molina Meyer, Marcela
- de Pablo Martínez, Arturo
- Pérez Pardo, Juan Manuel
Numerical analysis of partial differential equations
Evolution and theoretical ecology, dynamics of socioeconomic systems and game theory
Statistical mechanics and nonlinear dynamics, materials science and nanostructures, microfluidics and fluid absorption of structured substrates
Social networks
- Cuesta Ruiz, José Antonio
- Lillo Rodríguez, Rosa Elvira
- Molina Ferragut, Elisenda
- Muñoz García, Alberto
- Romo Urroz, Juan José
- Sánchez Sánchez, Ángel
Numerical Linear Algebra
Applied Harmonic Analysis, Applied functional analysis
Mathematics for quantum mechanics, Quantum information
Non-linear load and spin transport in nano-structures. NEMS systems: nano-electro-mechanical. Two-dimensional materials. Active matter. Vasculature growth. Biological systems
Dynamic multivariate modeling in business and industry
- Alonso Fernández, Andrés Modesto
- Lillo Rodríguez, Rosa Elvira
- Lopes Moreira da Veiga, Maria Helena
- Nogales Martín, Francisco Javier
- Romo Urroz, Juan
Parametric and non-parametric statistics for complex data
- Alonso Fernández, Andrés Modesto
- Cascos Fernández, Ignacio
- Delgado Gómez, David
- Durbán Reguera, María Luz
- Galeano, Pedro
- Lillo Rodríguez, Rosa Elvira
- Muñoz García, Alberto
- Nogales Martín, Francisco Javier
- Prieto Fernández, Francisco Javier
- Romo Urroz, Juan
Decision-making problems and data analysis in high dimension
- Alonso Fernández, Andrés Modesto
- Cascos Fernández, Ignacio
- Delgado Gómez, David
- Galeano, Pedro
- Lillo Rodríguez, Rosa Elvira
- Lopes Moreira da Veiga, Maria Helena
- Muñoz García, Alberto
- Nogales Martín, Francisco Javier
- Sánchez Sánchez, Ángel
- Prieto Fernández, Francisco Javier
- Romo Urroz, Juan
- Ruiz Mora, Carlos
Statistical methods of decision through data analysis (not high dimension)
Approximation Theory
- Arvesú Carballo, Jorge
- López Lagomasino, Guillermo
- Marcellán Español, Francisco
- Pestana Galván, Domingo
- Pijeira Cabrera, Héctor
- Rodríguez García, José Manuel
Geometric Function Theory
Graph Theory
Biomedical image processing and image formation, Modeling and numerical simulation, Inverse problems
Optimization
Markovian decision models
Mathematical physics: field theory and statistical physics
- Scientific results
This is a sample of relevant publications derived from doctoral thesis work over the last five years:
- Thesis: Efficient Bayesian inference via Monte Carlo and machine learning algorithms
Author: Fernando Llorente Fernández
Publication: Llorente, F., Martino, L., Delgado, D., & Lopez-Santiago, J. (2023). Marginal likelihood computation for model selection and hypothesis testing: an extensive review.
Journal: SIAM Review, 65(1), 3-58
- Thesis: From Point Particles to Gauge Field Theories: a Differential- Geometrical approach to the Structures of the Space of Solutions
Author: Luca Schiavone
Publication: Ciaglia, F. M., Di Cosmo, F., Ibort, A., Marmo, G., Schiavone, L., & Zampini, A. (2022). Symmetries and covariant Poisson brackets on presymplectic manifolds.
Journal: Symmetry, 14(1), 70.
- Thesis: Polynomial and rational spectral problems: conditioning, backward errors and inverse problems
Author: Luis Miguel Anguas Márquez
Publication: L. M. Anguas, M. I. Bueno, and F. M. Dopico, A comparison of eigenvalue condition numbers for matrix polynomials,
Journal: Linear Algebra Appl., 564 (2019), 170-200
- Thesis: Insights to the characterization of cell motility and intercellular communication through a bioimage analysis perspective
Author: Estíbaliz Gómez de Mariscal
Publication: E. Gómez-de-Mariscal, M. Maška, A. Kotrbová, V. Pospíchalová, P. Matula, A. Muñoz-Barrutia, “Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation of Small Extracellular Vesicles in Transmission Electron Microscopy Images”,
Journal: Scientific Reports, 2019
- Thesis: Flocking and pattern formation in active particles and epithelial tissues
Author: Carolina Trenado Yuste
Publication: Bonilla, L. L., Trenado, C. (2019). Contrarian compulsions produce exotic time-dependent flocking of active particles.
Journal: Physical Review E, 99(1), 012612.
- Thesis: Differentiation matrices and applications to Lokta-Volterra competing systems, the biharmonic equation and Sherwood number
Author: Frank Richard Prieto Medina
Publication: Molina-Meyer, M., & Prieto-Medina, F. R. (2022). Pseudospectral versus Galerkin methods: Fourth order equations.
Journal: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 413, 114348.
- Thesis: Linearizations of rational matrices (Linealizaciones de matrices racionales)
Author: María del Carmen Quintero Ponce
Publication: Dopico, F. M., Marcaida, S., Quintana, M. C., & Van Dooren, P. (2020). Local linearizations of rational matrices with application to rational approximations of nonlinear eigenvalue problems.
Journal: Linear Algebra and its Applications, 604, 441-475
- Thesis: Variable selection algorithms in generalized linear models
Author: Juan Carlos Laria de la Cruz
Publication: Laria Juan C., Aguilera-Morillo M. Carmen and Lillo Rosa E. (2019). “An iterative sparse-group lasso”.
Journal: Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 28(3), 722-731
- Thesis: Complex networks, data quality, and economics: the road to sustainable growth
Author: Jaime Oliver Huidobro
Publication: Oliver Huidobro, J., Antonioni, A., Lipari, F., & Tamarit, I. (2022). Social capital as a network measure provides new insights on economic growth.
Journal: Plos one, 17(8), e0273066.
- Thesis: New Models and Methods of Mathematical Optimization in Air Traffic Flow Management
Author: David García Heredia
Publication: García-Heredia, David; Alonso-Ayuso, Antonio; and Molina, Elisenda. (2019). “A Combinatorial model to optimize air traffic flow management problems”.
Journal: Computers & Operations Research, 112, 104768
- Thesis: Efficient Bayesian inference via Monte Carlo and machine learning algorithms
- Scientific publications
This is a sample of relevant faculty publications:
Department of Statistics
- Ignacio Cascos, María Concepción López-Díaz, Miguel López-Díaz.
Publication: "A stochastic order for interval valued random mappings and applications"
Journal: Applied Mathematical modelling v. 107 (2022) ISSN: 0307-904X
Impact factor: JCR: 5,336 SCOPUS: 1,105 - Yasser Alemán-Gómez, Ana Arribas-Gil, Manuel Desco, Antonio Elías, Juan Romo
Publication: Depthgram: Visualizing outliers in high-dimensional functional data with application to fMRI data exploration
Journal: Statistics in Medicine v. 41 n. 11 (2022) ISSN: 0277-6715
Impact factor: JCR: 2,497 SCOPUS: 1,371 - Alberto Corredera, Carlos Ruiz
Publication: Prescriptive selection of machine learning hyperparameters with applications in power markets: Retailer"s optimal trading
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research v. 306 n. 1 (2022) ISSN: 0377-2217
Impact factor: JCR: 6,363 SCOPUS: 2,354 - Yoel G. Yera, Rosa E. Lillo, Bo F. Nielsen, Pepa Ramírez-Cobo, Fabrizio Ruggeri
Publication: A bivariate two-state Markov modulated Poisson process for failure modeling
Journal: Reliability Engineering and System Safety v. 208 n. 107318 (2021) - María Eugenia Castellanos, Gonzalo García-Donato, Stefano Cabras
Publication: A Model Selection Approach for Variable Selection with Censored Data
Journal: Bayesian Analysis v. 16 n. 1 (2021) ISSN: 1936-0975
Impact factor: JCR: 3,396 SCOPUS: 2,229 - Ling Liu, Belén Martín-Barragán, Francisco J. Prieto
Publication: A projection multi-objective SVM method for multi-class classification
Journal: Computers & Industrial Engineering v. 158 n. 107425 (2021) ISSN: 0360-8352
Impact factor: JCR: 7,18 SCOPUS: 1,775 - Juan A. Cuesta-Albertos, Eduardo García-Portugués, Manuel Febrero-Bande, Wenceslao González-Manteiga
Publication: Goodness-of-fit tests for the functional linear model based on randomly projected empirical processes
Journal: Annals of Statistics v. 47 n. 1 (2019) ISSN: 0090-5364
Impact factor: JCR: 4,904 SCOPUS: 6,35 - Iñaki Ucar, Bart Smeets, Arturo Azcorra
Publication: simmer: Discrete-Event Simulation for R
Journal: Journal of Statistical Software (2019) ISSN: 1548-7660
Impact factor: JCR: 6,992 SCOPUS: 2,852 - Andrew J. Simpkin, Maria Durban, Debbie A. Lawlor, Corrie MacDonald-Wallis, Margaret T. May, Chris Metcalfe, Kate Tilling
Publication: Derivative estimation for longitudinal data analysis
Journal: Statistics in Medicine v. 37 n. 19 (2018) ISSN: 0277-6715
Impact factor: JCR: 2,497 SCOPUS: 1,371 - Daniel de Almeida, Luiz K. Hotta, Esther Ruiz
Publication: MGARCH models: Trade-off between feasibility and flexibility
Journal: International Journal of Forecasting v. 31 n. 1 (2018) ISSN: 0169-2070
Impact factor: JCR: 7,022 SCOPUS: 1,99 - Emilio Carrizosa, Vanesa Guerrero, Dolores Romero Morales
Publication: Visualizing data as objects by DC (difference of convex) optimization
Journal: Mathematical Programming v. 169 (2018) ISSN: 0025-5610
Impact factor: JCR: 3,06 SCOPUS: 2,794 - Andrés M. Alonso, Daniel Peña
Publication: Clustering time series by linear dependency
Journal: Statistics and Computing v. 29 n. 4 (2019) ISSN: 0960-3174
Impact factor: JCR: 2,324 SCOPUS: 1,125 - F. Llorente, E. Curbelo, L. Martino, V. Elvira, D. Delgado
Publication: MCMC-driven importance samplers
Journal: Applied Mathematical Modelling v. 111 (2022) ISSN: 0307-904X
Impact factor: JCR: 5,336 SCOPUS: 1,105
UC3M - Santander Big Data Institute
- Tianyu Su, Maoran Sun, Zhuangyuan Fan, Ariel Noyman, Alex Pentland, Esteban Moro
Publication: Rhythm of the streets: a street classification framework based on street activity patterns
Journal: EPJ Data Science v. 11 n. 43 (2022) ISSN: 2193-1127
Impact factor: JCR: 3,262 SCOPUS: 1,071 - Esteban Moro, Morgan R. Frank, Alex Pentland, Alex Rutherford, Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan
Publication: Universal resilience patterns in labor markets
Journal: Nature Communications v. 12 n. 1 (2021) ISSN: 2041-1723
Impact factor: JCR: 14,919 SCOPUS: 4,846
Department of Mathematics
- Eduardo Colorado, Alejandro Ortega
Publication: Nonlinear Fractional Schrödinger Equations coupled by power-type nonlinearities
Journal: Advances in Differential Equations v.28 n. 1/2 (2023) ISSN: 1079-9389
Impact factor: JCR: 1,103 SCOPUS: 0,859 - Yuri Martínez-Ratón, Enrique Velasco
Publication: Effect of combined roundness and polydispersity on the phase behavior of hard-rectangle fluids
Journal: Physical Review E v.106 (2022) ISSN: 2470-0045
Impact factor: JCR: 2,707 SCOPUS: 0,847 - Diego Escribano, José A. Cuesta
Publication: Free-energy density functional for Strauss's model of transitive networks
Journal: Physical Review E v.106 n. 5 (2022) ISSN: 2470-0045
Impact factor: JCR: 2,707 SCOPUS: 0,847 - Marcela Molina-Meyer, Frank Richard Prieto Medina
Publication: Spatial competition strategies: The case of two refuges
Journal: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation v. 106 (2022) ISSN: 1007-5704
Impact factor: JCR: 4,186 SCOPUS: 1,146 - Evgenia Christoforou, Antonio Fernández Anta, Angel Sánchez
Publication: An experimental characterization of workers' behavior and accuracy in crowdsourced tasks
Journal: PLoS One v. 16 - 6 June (2021) ISSN: 1932-6203
Impact factor: JCR: 3,752 SCOPUS: 0,852 - P. Álvarez-Caudevilla, F. Belinchón, C. Brändle
Publication: On a class of linear cooperative systems with spatio-temporal degenerate potentials
Journal: Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics v. 18 n. 6 (2021) ISSN: 1660-5446
Impact factor: JCR: 1,305 SCOPUS: 0,593 - A. Amparan, F.M. Dopico, S. Marcaida, I. Zaballa
Publication: On minimal bases and indices of rational matrices and their linearizations
Journal: Linear Algebra and its Applications v. 623 (2021) ISSN: 0024-3795
Impact factor: JCR: 1,307 SCOPUS: 0,884 - Luis L. Bonilla, Manuel Carretero, Filippo Terragni
Publication: Integrodifference master equation describing actively growing blood vessels in angiogenesis
Journal: International Journal of Nonlinear Sciencies and Numerical Simulation v. 27 n. 7-8 (2020) ISSN: 1565-1339
Impact factor: JCR: 2,156 SCOPUS: 0,478 - F. M. Ciaglia, G. Marmo, J. M. Pérez-Pardo
Publication: Generalized potential functions in differential geometry and information geometry
Journal: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics v. 16 n. supp01, 1940002 (2019) ISSN: 0219-8878
Impact factor: JCR: 1,873 SCOPUS: 0,375 - Pere Ara, Kang Li, Fernando Lledó, Jianchao Wu
Publication: Amenability of coarse spaces and K-algebras
Journal: Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences v. 8 n. 2 (2018) ISSN: 1664-3607
Impact factor: JCR: 1,485 SCOPUS: 1,092
- Ignacio Cascos, María Concepción López-Díaz, Miguel López-Díaz.
- Lines of research
- THESIS
Thesis defense
The doctoral thesis consists of an original research work developed by the Ph.D. candidate student in the field of knowledge of the program that enables the student for autonomous work in the field of R+D+ i.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid through the Doctoral School establishes the follow-up procedures to guarantee the quality of the doctorate's training and supervision. It also facilitates the procedures for the proper evaluation and defense of the doctoral thesis.
The Academic Committe of the Doctoral Program in Mathematical Engineering has determined that, in order to accept a PhD thesis in the article compendium format, it will be mandatory to feature two articles published in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Report and a third article that has been submitted and has enough quality to be accepted, applicable from February 5th 2024 (as per Resolución by the Academic Committe)
Further information:
- USEFUL INFORMATION
- Ph.D. Studies Overview
Our Ph.D. programs focus on the acquisition of skills and abilities required to undertake high-quality research work within the strategic framework and lines of research of the university. Students will be expected to work independently under supervision and guidance of top experts in their fields in order to produce novel, groundbreaking research work in the form of a dissertation.
The Ph.D. thesis constitutes the expected outcome of the doctoral training, stating the specifics of the research work and results. The thesis must meet the high-quality standards required by the Ph.D. program and be subject to public defense and assessment by an independent thesis committee.
A favorable assessment of the thesis enables Ph.D. students to request their official Ph.D. degree certificate, issued by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte.
- Useful Information site for Ph.D. students
Doctoral training calendar
Duration of the academic year: October 1st through September 30th
Process Period Admission According to the start semester of the PhD:
Second semester of the 24/25 academic year
Admission application deadline: September 1st 2024 through January 31st 2025 (23:59 h., CET)
PhD start date: March 30th 2025
First semester of the 24/25 academic year
Admission application deadline: February 1st through August 31st 2024 (23:59 h., CET)
PhD start date: November 15th 2024Enrollment According to the start semester of the PhD:
Enrollment period for new students
First semester: July 17th through 31st and September 1st through 30th (23:59 h., CET) of the current academic year
Second semester: March 1st through 30th (23:59 h., CET) of the current academic year
Enrollment period for continuing students
September 1st through 30th (23:59 h., CET) of the current academic yearAnnual Assessment June
All PhD candidates are subject to annual evaluation.
December
Only students whose June evaluation was unfavorable are subject to evaluation.
In both cases the evaluation is based on the progress of the thesis project (Reseach Plan) and the doctoral activities carried out during the academic year.
Thesis Defense Thesis defense can be carried out throughout the academic year.
- Procedures
Academic procedures
Further information
- FAQ
Ph.D. Studies
Admission
Doctoral training scholarships. Exemptions
Enrollment
Ph.D. Studies: Monitoring and Development
Thesis defense
Glossary of terms
- Itinerary
- Regulations
- NEW! RD 99/2011. Rules and Regulations of doctoral studies in Spain.
Approved on July 4, 2023 - Royal Decree 99/2011. Rules and Regulations of Ph.D. studies in Spain.
- Establishment of the Doctoral School. Order 2091/2013.
- Rules and Regulations of the Doctoral School at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid approved by Governing Council on February 7, 2013; modified on November 28, 2013.
- Code of Good Practice of the Doctoral School
- Code of Good Practice for Managing Plagiarism of Ph.D. Theses
- Code of Good Practice for Managing Plagiarism of Ph.D. ThesesGuide for personal data treatment on the doctoral thesis process. Further information: Data protection
- Outstanding Thesis Awards Regulations
- Royal Decree 967/2014. Declaration of Ph.D. academic equivalency for foreign higher-education studies.
- Application procedure for Ph.D. academic equivalency for foreign higher-education studies, approved by Governing Council on January 28, 2016.
- NEW! RD 99/2011. Rules and Regulations of doctoral studies in Spain.
- Quality
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PH.D.
☛ Implementation Year: 2012-2013
QUALITY ASSURANCE
The Academic Committee of the Ph.D. complies with the SGIC-UC3M. It is responsible for the quality analysis of the program and produces the Degree Reports ("Memoria Académica de Titulación").
- Academic Committee
- Reports from the Quality Assurance Committee (Restricted access)
QUALITY INDICATORS
COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
- Ph.D. Studies Overview
- CONTACT
Doctoral School Office | Leganés Campus
Rey Pastor Building, Office 3.0.B.08
Avenida de la Universidad, 30
28911 Leganés (Madrid)