PhD in Sustainable Chemistry

Besides promoting cutting-edge Science, the Ph.D. Program in Sustainable Chemistry fosters the integral student’s education by creating opportunities for developing transversal skills in system’s engineering, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, and ethical practices concerning Science and its application to the benefit of society.

Key Facts

The Ph.D. Program in Sustainable Chemistry ensures that the candidates:

• Have the capacity to develop a systematically understanding of new situations, and wider and multidisciplinary contexts, in the various areas of Sustainable Chemistry;
• Have skills that allow the integration of basic knowledge and cutting-edge technology;
• Are able to conceive, design and develop research in Sustainable Chemistry, choosing the methods that allow solving complex problems, in new situations or in contexts requiring the use of multidisciplinary knowledge;
• Produce original and competitive research, meeting the international requirements and standards, whose results are published, or submitted for publication, at least partially, in recognised journals with independent revision;
• Are able of analyzing in a critical way the obtained results, appraise and summarize new complex situations, providing solutions and taking decisions in situations of limited or incomplete information, assessing their fitness;
• Are able to communicate Sustainable Chemistry knowledge, and the rational behind conclusions, to specialists and non-specialists, in clear and unambiguous way;
• Use knowledge or research results, be able to provide examples of the link between knowledge and technology, and rationalize the relevance of both for the social, cultural and technological progress.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

• Molecular and Macromolecular Characterization Techniques
• Sustainable Technologies and Processes
• Communication Skills and Elements of Ethics and Deontology
• Product Design and Sustainable Materials
• Research Laboratory Project
• Entrepreneurship Skills

Admission Requirements

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

The general documentation required in all calls is as follows:

• Identification Document or Citizen Card. Foreign applicants may present another identification document indicating their details, in particular their nationality.
• Qualifications certificate indicating the degree with which you are applying and respective final classification.
• The candidate holding a foreign qualification must fill out the application with an official declaration issued by the Higher Education Institution where they concluded the academic degree (final classification, evaluation scale used).
• Certificate of the courses the candidate has taken, as well as their classification and credits.
• Other documents that the candidate considers relevant to the assessment of their curricular merit.

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

• International (Non-residents): 4,453 AUD / year ≈ 2,750 EUR / year
• EU/EEA Nationals: 4,453 AUD / year ≈ 2,750 EUR / year

Living Costs

Aveiro, Portugal: 810-1,457 AUD / month

More Information

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