Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
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The Doctoral Degree in Aerospace Engineering is regulated by the third Cycle of Studies of Higher Education as established in the Decree-Law 74/2006.
It is intended that the holder of the Doctoral Degree in Aerospace Engineering shall be able to continue to develop, deepen and apply the knowledge arising from research work, thus becoming a valuable contributor to the work of the institution which provides her/his employment.
The aim of the Doctoral Programme in Aerospace Engineering is the training and qualification of researchers in this area, able to perform original research to comply with world class scientific standards and meet relevant industrial and societal needs.
The doctoral student in Aerospace Engineering gains deep and advanced knowledge in this area, supported by lecture courses, and demonstrated in an innovative thesis which must advance the state-of-the-art in its subject matter. The lecture courses supporting the doctoral degree are mostly theoretical and based on individual autonomous study, as a background to the doctoral thesis, which must be an significant original contribution of the author as individual to the subject of study.