Doctoral candidates must undertake six hundred hours of Doctoral training activities over the course of the programme (three years full-time or five years part-time). These activities can be compulsory or optional, and vary according to each Doctoral programme. The details may be found in the specific documents for each programme (posgrado.uca.es/doctorado).
The table below, endorsed by the Steering Committee, indicates the ‘standard’ hours proposed for each activity; additional information is included in the column ‘Observations’. For further details and clarifications, prospective students must approach the coordinator of the specific Doctoral programme; the email address is available at posgrado.uca.es/doctorado.
| Training activity | Minimum | Maximum | Standard | Criteria of acceptance | Observations |
| COMPULSORY | |||||
| Publications and scientific articles | 200 h over 3 years | 300 h over 3 years | 100 h/paper | At least 1 article in JCR journal or equivalent | – |
| Training courses | 100 h over 3 years | 150 h over 3 years | 50 h/year25/h year | Attendance certificate indicating number of hours | Courses of different durations may be accepted |
| OPTIONAL | |||||
| Professional ethics courses | 0 | 20 h over 3 years | 10 h/year | Certificate | Courses of different durations may be accepted.Preferably, this will take place in the first year |
| Other training courses/promotion of entrepreneurial character | 0 | 20 over 3 years | 10 h/year | Certificate | |
|
Attendance and participation in conferences and workshops |
0 |
150 h over 3 years |
25 h attendance50 h of oral presentation or poster presentation at a national conference
100 h of oral presentation or poster presentation at an international conference |
Certificate |
This will count as 150 hours instead of 50 because in the documents of the different degrees there is a discrepancy between the value assigned to AF and the text in the field ‘procedimiento de adaptación’ |
| Mobility and research visits | 0 | 450 h over 3 years | 150 h/month(half for part-time students) | Report issued by the Doctoral candidate and certificate from the host institution |
– |
| Teaching experience | 0 | 60 h | 4 h | Certificate from the department secretary | Legal maximum is 60h/ year |
| Participation in the organisation of scientific meetings | 0 | 20 h | 10 h / event | Certificate issued by the organisers | – |
| Participation in R&D projects or research contracts | 0 | 100 h
|
20 h | Report issued by the Doctoral candidateCertificate issued by the persons responsible for the project/contract | – |
| Participation in archaeological or oceanographic fieldwork, archival work/historical cartography or GIS |
0 |
40 h
|
8 h (1 day) |
40 h / weekCertificate issued by the person responsible for the fieldwork or activity |
– |
| Participation in dissemination activities | 0 | 20 h
|
10 h / event | Certificate | – |
| Participation in environmental work as a volunteer | 0 | 20 h | 10 h / event | Certificate | – |