PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Research Lines.

Line: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. QUALITY AND MARKETING OF PRODUCTS. With different research groups working on different objectives that can be summarized on the following:

• Agricultural infrastructure management and energy efficiency.
• Science and technology for optimal management of agricultural systems.
• Product quality and marketing.

Line: FOREST PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES. With different research groups working on different objectives that can be summarized on the following:

• Plant Conservation Biology.
• Forest Management, Productivity and Environmental Impact.
• Forest ecosystem management with watershed integration.
• Ecosystem restoration.

Line: ANIMAL SCIENCE, HEALTH AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. With different research groups working on different objectives that can be summarized on the following:

• Advances in Animal Science.
• Animal Reproductive Biology.
• Epidemiology and control of emerging and shared diseases in wildlife.
• Animal Biotechnology.

Line: ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. With different research groups working on different objectives that can be summarized on the following:

• Biodiversity Conservation.
• Ecology Applied to Wildlife Management and Conservation.
• Ecotoxicology and Biomarkers.

Line: ENVIRONMENT. PLANT BIOLOGY. With different research groups working on different objectives that can be summarized on the following:

• Environment.
• Integrative plant biology: from genes and mechanisms to ecosystems under global change.
• Natural products and plant protection for sustainability: Biopesticides.

Access and admission.

Access Requirements.

The minimum legal access requirements for admission to any type of doctoral programs are specified in the section "Access for new doctoral students" in this link.

Recommended Admission Profile for the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Program.

The admission profile will consider the Program's focus on agrarian and environmental issues, with applied biology as a basic common element and the interaction of its different fields of knowledge with the environment. In each of the cases and lines of research of the program are integrated, complementing each other, own contents of agricultural production, forestry production, animal production and health, ecology, study of global change, aerobiology, biodiversity, biotechnology and genetics or engineering. The PhD program is broad, integrating complementary knowledge, multidisciplinary and a reference in environment and agricultural production systems, focused on the so-called "green engineering" and on the deep knowledge of biological systems and their interactions. Among the degrees, taught at the UCLM or at other universities, which, fulfilling the above requirements, fit the recommended entry profile (although not exclusive), are: 

University's degrees (as well as their equivalent bachelor's or engineering degrees):

• Agricultural and Food Engineering.
• Agri-Food Engineering.
• Agricultural and Rural Engineering.
• Forestry and Environmental Engineering.
• Food Science and Technology.
• Chemistry.
• Environmental Sciences.
• Biology.
• Biotechnology.
• Biochemistry.
• Veterinary.
• Physics.

University Master's Degrees (as well as their bachelor's or engineering degrees that may be equivalent):

• Agricultural Science and Engineering.
• Plant Biotechnology.
• Molecular Biology.
• Agronomic Engineering.
• Environmental Sustainability in Local and Territorial Development.
• Basic and Applied Research in Hunting Resources.
• Forestry Engineering.
• Chemical Engineering.
• Research in Chemistry.
• Research in Physics.

In addition, a good command of the languages most used in the scientific field of the Program is recommended, specifically English, for which a basic B1 level is recommended.

The training complements that are established will be mainly focused on taking some of the subjects or thematic modules of one of the University Master's Degrees that give direct access.

Places offered: 30.

University Master's Degrees (as well as their bachelor's or engineering degrees that may be equivalent): 

In addition, a good command of the languages most used in the scientific field of the Program is recommended, specifically English, for which a basic B1 level is recommended. 

SPECIFIC PROCEDURES OF THE PROGRAM.

KEY INFORMATION TO FACILLITATE THE PROCEDURE OF DEFENDING THE DOCTORAL THESIS.

RULES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THESES BY ARTICLE COMPENDIUM.

For the presentation of the doctoral thesis as a compendium of articles referred to in Article 13.2 of the Regulations for Doctoral Studies of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in accordance with the requirements approved by the International Doctoral School of the UCLM, has agreed that the following minimum requirements must be met:

The thesis will have to count with at least, these sections:

In order to submit a thesis by compendium of articles, the doctoral student will submit an application to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in which he/she must indicate the references and indications of quality of the publications that he/she plans to incorporate into the thesis, as well as a copy of the same. The Academic Committee will evaluate, according to its competences, the fulfillment of the above requirements, and will issue the corresponding authorization or a reasoned denial of the same. After the authorization and once the elaboration of the doctoral thesis has been completed, the doctoral student will request the previous evaluation of the thesis in accordance with the general regulations for the presentation of doctoral theses. 

It is reminded that this option of presenting the thesis as a compendium of articles must be defended before a tribunal and that it is one more possibility available to doctoral students for the structuring and presentation of the doctoral thesis. Other "traditional" formats of thesis structure and presentation are possible.

AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPOSAL OF EXPERTS FOR THE PRE-REVIEW AND THE TRIBUNAL TO EVALUATE THE DOCTORAL THESIS IN THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES.

This agreement of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Castilla-La Mancha is developed under the protection of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, which regulates the official teachings of doctorate, and the provisions of the Regulations of Doctoral Studies of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (approved by the Governing Council of November 20, 2012).

To considerate the aspects mentioned above and its scientific relationship with the topic of the Thesis to evaluate, the Academic Committee will request and dispose of:

In the case of the international doctorate, the criteria established for this purpose by the regulations (Article 20.1.c of the Regulations for Doctoral Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha) must also be met.

Proposal of members (3 titular and 3 substitutes) of the tribunal that will evaluate the Thesis:

They must prove research experience through the possession of at least one period of recognized research activity (six-year period) if they are legally able to apply for it. In the case of the President of the Tribunal and its alternate, they must prove two sexenios. In case that they are legally entitled to request recognition of six-year periods or if this requirement does not apply, they must accredit the required research experience by means of the authorship of a number of publications or other relevant results of their research, equivalent to those required for the recognition of the corresponding six-year periods in their scientific field (two six-year periods for the president and his/her alternate and one for the rest of the members of the board).

For the consideration of these aspects, as well as their scientific relationship with the subject of the Thesis to be evaluated, the Academic Committee will request and have at its disposal: 

In the case of the international doctorate, the criteria established for this purpose by the regulations (article 20.1.d of the Regulations for Doctoral Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha) must also be met. 

In order to have as broad a panel of experts as possible to endorse the quality of the Thesis, only one of the previous evaluators of the Thesis may be included among the six members proposed for the examining board.

NUMBER OF COPIES FROM THE DOCTORAL THESIS TO BE DELIVERED: ONE printed copy plus FOUR copies in digital format (CD, DVD or USB) must be submitted.

All the procedures will be carried out by the international doctoral school (EID-UCLM), except:

Inquiries, suggestions, complaints and opinions:

Ana María Molina Casanova
Email: ana.molina@uclm.es
Phone number: 967599200 ext.2830
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos y de Montes (ETSIAM) de Albacete.