PhD in Statistics and Operational Research

2023/2024

What you learn

Técnicas estadísticas, técnicas de optimización, técnicas matemáticas de ayuda a la toma de decisiones.

Generic skills

1. Comprensión sistemática del área de estadística e investigación operativa y dominio de las habilidades y métodos de investigación relacionados con dicho área. 2. Capacidad de concebir, diseñar o crear, poner en práctica y adoptar un proceso sustancial de investigación o creación. 3. Capacidad para contribuir a la ampliación de las fronteras del conocimiento a través de una investigación original. 4. Capacidad de realizar un análisis crítico y de evaluación y síntesis de ideas nuevas y complejas. 5. Capacidad de comunicación con la comunidad académica y científica y con la sociedad en general acerca de sus ámbitos de conocimiento en los modos e idiomas de uso habitual en su comunidad científica internacional. 6. Capacidad de fomentar, en contextos académicos y profesionales, el avance científico, tecnológico, social, artístico o cultural dentro de una sociedad basada en el conocimiento.

Specific skills

1. Capacidad de integración en grupos de trabajo multidisciplinares desarrollando modelos innovadores de la estadística y la investigación operativa. 2. Detección de ámbitos de nueva aplicación para los modelos de la estadística y la investigación operativa. 3. Capacidad para liderar proyectos de investigación en el ámbito de la estadística y la investigación operativa. 4. Capacidad para implementar o transferir soluciones innovadoras en el ámbito de la estadística y la investigación operativa.

Professional and academic career

Professional and academic career

Las empresas y administraciones públicas disponen hoy en día de gran cantidad de información que necesitan procesar para mejorar su funcionamiento y para diseñar sus planes estratégicos adecuadamente. Por ello, es previsible que necesiten cada vez más profesionales con el perfil de los doctores que saldrán del presente programa. Por otro lado, en casi todas las universidades del mundo se ofrecen titulaciones que incluyen en su plan de formación conocimientos de técnicas estadísticas y de optimización; en consecuencia, los doctores formados en este programa tienen amplias posibilidades de realizar una carrera investigadora y docente en el ámbito universitario.

Research lines

This are the main research lines for current study.

  • Estadística
  • Investigación operativa y teoría de juegos

Planning for teaching

Additional subject teaching

Candidates who do not meet all the necessary prior learning conditions for the programme may be required to complete additional courses in the form of subjects and modules from UDC Master’s and undergraduate programmes. The number of credits from additional subject teaching will not exceed 15 ECTS credits, which students may choose to complete before or after enrolment in the PhD programme.

Students who do not opt to complete additional coursework prior to enrolment should register for their extra subjects or modules at the same time as the PhD. Failure to complete additional coursework within a period of three consecutive terms will result in the termination of the student’s registration.

See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 16: Applications.

complements credits
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EIDUDC teaching and training activities

EIDUDC teaching and training activities

Programme-specific teaching and training activities

Se recomiendan las siguientes actividades formativas, aunque todas son optativas: 1. Seguir cursos del máster universitario en técnicas estadísticas y de otros masters. 2. Estancias de investigación en centros de reconocido prestigio. 3. Asistencia a seminarios de investigación. 4. Participación en cursos de formación transversales. 5. Asistencia y participación activa en congresos. 6. Publicación de artículos científicos.

Supervision agreement

The PhD supervision agreement defines the academic relationship between the candidate and the University, the rights and responsibilities of each (including any intellectual and/or industrial property rights resulting from the candidate’s research), the procedures in place in relation to conflict resolution, and the duration of the agreement. It also specifies the duties of the PhD tutor and supervisor.

The supervision agreement must be signed by the candidate, tutor and designated university representative (or representatives) within a maximum period of one month as from the date of registration. The supervisor’s signature may be added subsequently, once a supervisor has been appointed.

When the document has been signed by all the relevant parties, the agreement is then added to the candidate’s record of activities.

See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 31: Supervision agreement.

Research plan

The candidate must prepare a research plan within six months of registration, with information regarding methodology, objectives, resources and milestones. The research plan is submitted together with the report of the supervisor and/or tutor for approval by the Academic Committee for PhD Programmes (CAPD). Improvements to the plan may be introduced with the approval of the supervisor and/or tutor based on the annual review of the student’s research progress.

Research plans are subject to annual review by the CAPD, including the report(s) of the supervisor and/or tutor and the candidate’s record of activities. Students will be permitted to continue with their studies if the outcome of the review is satisfactory. If the outcome is negative, the student will be required to submit a new plan within a period of six months. If the committee is still not satisfied, the candidate will be removed from the programme.

See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 30: Research plan.

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.