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The PhD program in Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management is organized into 6 semesters, corresponding to 180 ECTS (credits).

In each semester the doctoral student must complete 30 ECTS, which corresponds to a workload of 800 hours.

Of the 180 ECTS, total of the cycle of studies, 60 are obtained through a PhD course, which corresponds to attendance of curricular units - the first year of the program - and the remaining 120 are set aside for research work and the completion of an original dissertation in the field of Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management.

The course is organized into semesters. The first semester consists of:

• 2 lecture type units, both of compulsory nature, each equating to 10 ECTS, providing students with a broad knowledge of Mathematics with its application to Economics or Management;
• 1 lecture type unit, of an optional nature (to be indicated by the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the Program, in accordance with the preferences of both student and supervisor), equating to 6 ECTS, and preferably related to the domains of Economics or Management;
• Participation in a research seminar during the first semester designed to promote contact with the scientific work of the research community;

The second semester consists of:

• 1 optional unit (to be indicated by the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the Program, in keeping with the scientific research interests of student and supervisor), 6 ECTS;
• active participation in the research seminar designed to demonstrate that the student has a sound understanding of the issues presented and is able to present a theme, 6 ECTS;
• Preparation, presentation, and defence of the research project before a jury, 18 ECTS.

The first year is of a trial nature. However, approval in all units, with the possible exception of the unit Preparation of the Research Project leads to a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management.

What is the curriculum of the course?

1st year / 1st semester:

• Analysis and Optimisation (10 ECTS)
• Advanced Topics in Statistics (10 ECTS)
• Optional (6 ECTS)
• Doctoral Seminar I (4 ECTS)

1st year / 2nd semester:

• Optional (6 ECTS)
• Doctoral Seminar II (6 ECTS)
• Preparation of the Research Project (18 ECTS)

2nd year:

• Dissertation (tutorial) (60 ECTS)

3rd year:

• Dissertation (tutorial) (60 ECTS)

Requirements

Applicants should have had training in Mathematics (or other appropriate fields such as Economics, Engineering, Finance, Management, Physics and Statistics) at one of the following levels:

• Master;
• Under-graduate degree

(4 years or more in the pre-Bologna system) and a school curriculum of particular scientific importance.

All applicants who anticipate satisfying the above requirements before initiating their studies under this program will be conditionally accepted.

In exceptional circumstances, any other candidates with a significant scientific, academic or professional curriculum appropriate to the course may be admitted.