PhD Thesis

Doctoral students enrolled in the Thesis and with an approved project, after completing the Thesis, must submit it and apply for admission to public tests.

Conditions

The application for admission to public tests can only be instructed and submitted to the Scientific Council of IIFA, if the student:

  • has included in the application all the required documents;
  • has successfully completed all the PhD courses, if the study plan includes them;
  • is not a debtor of tuition fees. If you have requested a phased payment plan for the debt, the evidence cannot be processed until the plan has been completed and the debt has been settled.

After analysis of the request for admission to tests by the Academic Services, you will be notified, by message in SIIUE, if the process was properly instructed. In case it is not, the delivery will not be considered, being due the payment of tuition fees until the order is properly instructed.

How to do it

The submission must be made through an online application, via the GesDoc platform (sending by e-mail or paper is not allowed), being notified through the SIIUE if the submission was successfully completed. If you do not receive this notification within 24 working hours after submitting the application, contact the Academic Services.

Required Documents 

When requesting admission to tests, the following documents must be attached in digital format (unencrypted pdf and the sum of all files must not exceed 128Mb):

  • Application for admission to public tests (model T-006 );
  • Thesis in accordance with the approved project and in line with the norms foreseen in RAUÉ , namely:

-Contain abstract in Portuguese and Abstract in English (topped by the translation in the same language as the thesis title), each up to 300 words (without mathematical formulas, diagrams or other illustrative materials);

-The cover and the cover sheet, must be extracted from the Student profile, in SIIUE, option Dissertation> Issue Cover;

 

  • Opinion (s) of the mentor(s);
  • Curriculum vitae;
  • Declaration (PT  or EN ), under honor, regarding the originality of the work, and that you are aware that, under the terms of the law, scientific work will be deposited in the UÉ Digital Repository.

In case the doctoral candidate wants the European PhD title, he/she must deliver the documentation provided for that purpose.

Deadlines

Admission to public tests with delivery of thesis  according to the Academic Procedures Calendar , must be done at October 15, 2022. Students enrolled at UC Thesis and with a project approved in 2021/22 who deliver by that date do not pay tuition fees in 2022/2023, despite having registered in 2022/2023. 

After making the request for admission to public tests in the scope of the 3rd cycle, the student is released from the payment of installments falling due after the delivery date, provided that he has paid the entire tuition fee corresponding to two academic years, in the case of a doctorate lasting 3 years and 3 academic years, in the case of PhDs lasting 4 years.

Reformulation by jury's resolution 

After a jury meeting, in the case of a Clearing Order with a reformulation decision, the student has 90 non-extendable days, from the date of registration in the notification mail, to proceed with the reformulation of the Thesis or declare that he intends to keep the work unchanged.

The copy of the reformulated Thesis must be delivered online, through the GesDoc platform, and must be attached:

It is considered waiver if, after the aforementioned period, the candidate does not present either the reformulated thesis or the declaration that he intends to keep it as presented.