| Code | 
                                
                                    15440
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                                | Year | 
                                
                                    3
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                                | Semester | 
                                
                                    A1
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                                | ECTS Credits | 
                                
                                    60
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                                | Workload | 
                                
                                    OT(30H)
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                                | Scientific area | 
                                
                                    Engenharia e Gestão Industrial
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                                    Entry requirements | 
	
                                    Not applicable.
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                                    Mode of delivery | 
	
                                    Tutorial classes.
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                                    Work placements | 
	
                                    Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes | 
	
                                    Develop work leading to the presentation of the doctoral thesis. The competences to be developed are as follows: Ability to conceive, design, adapt and carry out relevant research, respecting the requirements imposed by the standards of quality and academic integrity; Perform a significant number of original research works that has contributed to extending the frontiers of knowledge, some of which deserve the dissemination nationally and internationally, in publications with peer review.
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                                    Syllabus | 
	
                                     Each doctoral thesis deals with the subject defined in the curricular unit Projecto de Tese e Seminário (Seminar and Thesis Project).
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                                    Main Bibliography | 
	
                                    [1] IEEEXplore, Digital Library (Journals & Magazines). [2] Outros artigos científicos (other scientific papers).
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                                    Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria | 
	
                                     The doctoral thesis is publicly discussed and evaluated by a jury, constituted in accordance with the ruling laws.
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                                    Language | 
                                
                                    Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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