Doctorate Program Duration
The Doctorate Program has a maximum period of four years. However, some of the students are able to complete it before without compromising their research quality.
Target Audience
The Doctorate Program is aimed at applicants who demonstrate a certain amount of maturity in the research process proven by their publications, especially scientific publications in the applicants’ area of interest. It is expected from the applicant a high level of autonomy, responsibility and commitment.
Admission process
The Doctorate Program has one or two annual admission processes. For more information on current processes, go to the section “Admission Notices” above. To access more information on open admission processes, go to the section “Admission Notices” above. Check ProAmb’s website periodically to read news on the new notices and its respective approvals and results.
Important: The admission process usually includes exams in the Portuguese language. Moreover, most of the coursework is offered in Portuguese. However, the thesis can be written and defended in the English language.
Scholarships
The Program is able to offer Doctorate scholarships to the applicants approved in the admission process, depending on its available budget and the applicant’s classification. The amount of R$ 2,200. 00 (2018 reference) is a standardized grant offered by the Research Funding Agencies.
The students who get the scholarships through the Program must attend the Teacher’s Training Internship at least during one semester. Besides, the CAPES, UFOP and Fundação Gorceix scholarship holders must fully dedicate themselves to their research projects. It is forbidden any kind employment relationship. CAPES and CNPq only allow their scholarship holders to earn financial support from other sources if they dedicate themselves to activities related to their area of study and relevant for their academic, scientific and technological qualification.
Besides the Program’s scholarships, some research projects use their own resources to pay monthly fees to the students engaged in them.
Courses and Course Syllabus
The mandatory and optional courses are listed below. The student who is already attending similar courses in other Graduate Programs qualified by CAPES in Brazil can request credit equivalence via a specific form. The approval will depend on the Student-Faculty Council’s assessment.
Mandatory Courses
Optional Courses
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Biannual Schedule Program
Six-Month Schedule
In the beginning of each semester, the courses availability and their respective schedule programs are released.
Dissertations
Three Doctoral dissertations were defended in ProAmb. They are available on UFOP’s institutional repository.