Doctorate

PhD
Sections:

• Application
• Scholarships

There are no common obligatory courses to all students, since the program includes a wide spectrum of research areas. The set of courses is built to ensure that each student will attend courses considered fundamental to his/hers area of research, and have the opportunity to select a few other advanced courses in agreement with his/her supervisor. A number of courses is offered as Special Topics, often taking advantage of visiting professors, or exploring new subjects before being offered as regula.

Requirements specific to the PhD, preliminary to thesis work, are: (1) an oral Qualifying Exam test, and (2) a Thesis Proposal, which is presented at the end of the first two years and corresponds to a more detailed description of the thesis plan.

Since UFRGS is a public university, there are virtually no tuition fees (all expenses are covered by the Brazilian Government). Hence, the program is free to all admitted students, including foreign ones. Further, students may apply and possibly obtain from the Brazilian Government (CNPq or CAPES agencies) a scholarship which helps covering their living expenses. There are also grants from research projects in association with the Industry sector.