Interested in our PhD Programme in Energy and Process Control?

You should have a look at the programme’s website, where all the information about requirements, important dates, and access and admission conditions are explained.

https://www.uniovi.es/estudia/doctorado/ingenieriayarquitectura/energia

Specifically, you should select one of our  main lines of research:

• Electric Power Conversion and Power Systems

• Resources, Technology and Energy Management

• Electric Machines and Electric Power Systems

• Analysis and Design of Machines and Fluid Systems

• System Modelling, Inspection, Diagnostics and Automation

• Signal Processing and Communications Technology

and contact the corresponding research groups expressing your interest and maybe finding out a possible professor who could act as your PhD supervisor. You have more information about this lines of research and groups in the following link (most of the information is in Spanish).

Finding a supervisor is a required step to start your doctorate, and it is much easier if you plan this ahead.

As a final note, there are no grants or any other financial support associated to the programme. Any possible funds are managed inside the available research projects within each of the research groups.

If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Programme Coordinator (see above website).

Once you are admitted in the Programme

Some available tools

• You should have received some UO credentials for e-mail and to access different University of Oviedo services. Please, check that e-mail account regularly, since you will receive official notifications there. That account also give you access to Office 365. If you log in through the web you could see a 3x3 dot square in the top left. There you can access to the office programs, but here is a link to “Software corporativo” (corporate software). There you can find instructions to download and use other software.

• As UO student you’ll have access to IEEExplore. That is our main source for literature review. IEEE Xplore. You must select “Institutional Sign In”. Type Oviedo in the institution search a click the link UNIV DE OVIEDO. You will be redirected to a login page in which you’ll have to use your UO credentials. Select “Alumnos” in the field “Organización”.

• All the information about the Ph.D. steps are contained in Campus de Excelencia Internacional. Universidad de Oviedo - Doctorado (uniovi.es). Don’t use the English version. Use the Spanish one and use a web browser translator tool. The English version lacks information.

• Ph.D. students are requested to do 60 hours of transversal activities. The UO offers some free face-to-face and online activities to complete this request. Please, regularly check the courses here: Campus de Excelencia Internacional. Universidad de Oviedo - Formación transversal (uniovi.es) (Translate to English – Don’t use the English page)

• We use Microsoft Teams for online meetings. You can access via web with your UO or install the desktop version.