Doctoral students must complete 600 hours of Training Activities at the Doctoral School during the course of their doctoral thesis (3 or 5 years, full-time or part-time, respectively). These hours are distributed among the following activities, which may be optional or mandatory, and they vary significantly depending on each Doctoral Program due to its specificity, as detailed in the Memory of each corresponding Title, accessible through the website (posgrado.uca.es/doctorado).
In the Summary Table, approved by the Management Committee of the Doctoral School, the equivalence in “standard” hours suggested for each activity is indicated, complemented by the information provided in the Remarks section. For any technical queries or clarifications, doctoral students should contact the Coordinator of their Doctoral Program, whose email address is available through the link mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
| 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 | – |