PhD Thesis

PhD students must submit a project proposal in the academic year in which they make the first registration in the Thesis Course.

Conditions

Only students enrolled in the CU Thesis can submit a Thesis project proposal.

Before submitting the project proposal, the respective work plan must be analyzed and revised with the Course Director so that the student can incorporate any suggestions for improvement before the deadline established in the Academic Procedures Calendar  for submitting the project.

How to do it

The project must be submitted through an online application, via the GesDoc  platform (is not allowed sending by e-mail or paper).

 

Required Documents

  • Form  T-005  - Thesis Project Proposal
  • Proposed work plan and timetable
  • Statement(s) of acceptance of the mentor(s)
  • Declaration by the host Organic Unit, which must identify the Mentor(s), the research team project that directly includes the preparation of the thesis

Projects that involve experimentation on people and biological material of human origin must be the subject of an opinion by the Ethics Committee and the student must attach the appropriate form  upon delivery of the project.

Projects involving experimentation with animals must be the object of an opinion by ORBEA-UÉ (Organ Responsible for Animal Welfare at the University of Évora), and the student must attach the appropriate form  at the time of delivery of the project.

 

Deadlines

Until the 15th of July of the first year in which the student enrolls in the UC Thesis.

Project Approval

After the Course Director issues an opinion and submits it to the Ethics Committee or ORBEA-UÉ, if applicable, the IIFA Scientific Council decides on the approval or non-approval of the project proposal. The student is notified and registered in his profile in SIIUE about the data referring to the approved project and is also registered in the national platform of National Registry of Theses and Dissertations (RENATES).

In the event that, reasonably, the project is not approved, the student has 20 days after the date of notification, to submit the reformulated project in GesDoc   with the documents mentioned above.

Amendment to the thesis project

In the case of intending to make any changes to the previously approved Thesis Project, be it the change of title, of the mentor(s), the language in which it is written, etc., the student must submit a change request to the project, which must be accompanied by a mentor's opinion on the proposed amendment.

Proposals for changes to the project must be submitted no later than 30 days before the student proceeds to deliver the Thesis. The change request must be submitted along the same lines as the project, accompanied by Form T-005  and the Declaration(s) of acceptance of the mentor(s).