Courses / Institute for Interdisciplinary Research

PhD in Sustainable Forest Development

Entidade parceira: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

General Objectives of the Course

The general goals of this Doctoral Plan result from the socio-economic dynamics common to all of Europe and, in particular in Portugal, concerning the aging of the population and human desertification of the interior rural territories, and are the following:
To reinforce the training and qualification of human resources that may be the driving force for the development of the interior rural spaces;
To create competences to identify, quantify and manage the natural resources of the rural territories of Portugal;
Strengthening the management of natural resources based on the transfer of scientific knowledge;
Stimulate sustainable economic dynamics, based on the efficient use of natural resources associated with the forest, that might counteract the inactivity and underutilization, identifying investment opportunities;
To join synergies and resources of both universities, in a clear signal of dialogue and cooperative work, between two challenging regions of Portugal (North and Centre).

Admission Requirements

Taking into account the interdisciplinarity of this PhD course, the admission conditions are the ones resulting from the Law:
Who can apply:
a) Holders of the master degree or legal equivalent;
b) Holders of the degree of "licenciado" (bachelor degree), with a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum recognized by the Scientific Council of the Organic unit / school responsible for its edition, attesting capacity for the accomplishment of this cycle of studies;
c) Holders of a an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by he Scientific Council of the Organic unit / School where they wish to be admitted, attesting ability to carry out this cycle of studies.

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Professional Goals

Teachers for university and polytechnic education, Forest Research (eg RAIZ - Forest and Paper Research Institute), Forestry Technical Offices, Senior Management in public bodies (eg ICNF) or in private companies, Forest Management Companies (eg ZIF , Baldios, Forest Producers' Associations), carbon credit fund consulting.

Mode of Study

Daytime / Full-time / Face-to-face

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese language

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation is a key educational activity in the teaching process and is meant to assess the skills and knowledge acquired by students, their critical thinking and ability to outline and solve problems, as well as their mastery of written and oral expression.
Eligible candidates to the exams must be enrolled in the corresponding course units in the academic year of such exams. If necessary, they must also register for those exams, The following are examples of evaluation:
Written or oral exam, tests, and written or practical assignments, as well as individual or group projects possibly followed by an oral defence and participation in the seminar sessions. The evaluation process for each course unit may include one or more of the aforementioned evaluation instruments. Grades for each course unit are expressed on an integer scale from 0 to 20. Students must attain a minimum grade of 10 to pass a course unit.
Whenever the evaluation of a course unit includes more than one evaluation instrument, the final grade will be calculated from the individual grades attained for each evaluation instrument, following a formula published in the course unit sheet.
https://www.uc.pt/regulamentos/ga/vigentes/regulamento_pedagogico_da_uc.pdf
https://www.utad.pt/ect/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2017/02/Regulamento Pedagogico.pdf.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

To identify the Forested territorial matrix and the main challenges for a sustainable development;
To recognize the main agents, public or private, enterprise or associative, and partners' network suitable to drive solutions for Territory and Societal Challenges;
To know and to present proposals on the challenges assigned to the Forestry sector;
To promote Forestry management of communal lands or other forms of forest organization (eg ZIF);
To participate in the development of specific solutions, in the implementation of development projects and in the application of innovative technology
To present guide lines in order to improve knowledge transfer to the Society and to the Territory in the forestry sector;
To contribute for a better integration within professional structures whose mission is the protection and prevention against natural or manmade hazards or Forest management, as a way for a sustainable development integrated into the landscape.

Course Coordinator(s)

Maria Cristina Amaral Penas Nabais dos Santos
crnabais@bot.uc.pt

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The qualification is framed in Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of March 24, in the current version; Ordinance no. 782/2009, of July 23.

Graduation Requirements

Completion of a set of curricular units (study plan) with 180 ECTS, including a public defense of an original thesis.

Access to Further Studies

Postdoctoral studies.

Study Programme

Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Floresta

Academic year
2024-2025

Course Type
3rd Cycle Studies

DGES Code: PA45

Qualification Awarded: Doutor

Duration: 3 Year(s)

ECTS Credits: 180.0

Annual Fee: 2500.0

Applications

Call for Applications

3rd Cycle Course

Calendar

1st Semester: Start date: 09-09-2024
End date: 14-12-2024
2nd Semester: Start date: 03-02-2025
End date: 22-05-2025

Accreditations

Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior: 2019-07-31 a 2025-07-30
Direcção Geral de Ensino Superior: Nº Registo: R/A-Cr 67/2019; 2019-10-03