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PhD in Environmental Science and Technology

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology

The Programme

The doctorate programme in Environmental Science and Technology trains doctoral students to acquire the necessary skills to carry out original research in areas of environmental science and technology, through the knowledge and mastery of tools and technologies geared towards the environment.

Our Differential Value in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of A Coruña

Interdisciplinary Collaborations Guaranteed

The research groups participating in this program work in the Faculty of Science UDC, in the Centre of Scientific Advanced Investigations of the University of A Coruña (CICA), and in the Institute for Biomedical Research A Coruña (INIBIC). Interdisciplinary collaborations are guaranteed as a high proportion of these groups participate in the strategic line named “Strategic Unit CICA-INIBIC”, a synergic activity consortium aimed to give efficient responses to biomedical, technological and environmental challenges with special interest in generating scientific value and economical and social benefit returns.

The grouping’s main aim is to be the benchmark for research, training and transfer for the great challenges facing society, so as to ensure retention of talent and the attraction of resources for sustainable growth.

Mobility & Internationalization

Student Mobility and internationalization are top priorities promoting the International Doctorate and giving facilities for doing research in collaboration with foreign groups.

Why study this programme?

Humanity faces immense and urgent challenges: climate change and global warming, environmental damage, biodiversity loss, population growth and higher standards of living, energy demands, habitat loss and poverty.
We can begin to tackle them just only by understanding how the world works. Scientific and technological development are crucial components of our response to these urgent problems and as a result, demand for qualified environmental scientists to assess changing conditions and create positive green solutions, has increased tremendously.

With the expansion of green industries, jobs in the sector are in high demand, a PhD degree in Environmental Science and Technology will give you many career options.

News & Notes about this PhD

Regional Ministry of Culture, Education and University, ORDER of December 31, 2020, joint of the Regional Ministry of Culture, Education and University and the and University and of the Second Vice-presidency and Regional Ministry of Economy, Enterprise and Innovation, by which the bases are established for the concession, in a competitive competitive competition, of the grants for the support of the pre-deducational stage in the universities of the Galician University System, in the public research organizations of Galicia of research of Galicia and other entities of the Galician R+D+i System, and it is proceeded to its call for its for the year 2021 (procedure codes ED481A and IN606).

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Technologies Used

For a detailed description of the technologies offered by each research group and the corresponding equipment please go to its web page (links below this section) and also visit CICA and SAI web page.

  • Environmental impact studies and environmental risk mapping
  • Geomorphological and terrain risk maps
  • Hydraulic modelling (experimental and numeric) in civil engineering
  • Mass production of microalgae
  • Natural & wastewater treatment technologies
  • Nutrition and auxiliary crops production in aquaculture
  • Radon determination
  • Solid waste recycling
  • Atomic absorption
  • Chromatographic techniques: gas & liquid.
  • FESEM (including EDS), SEM, TEM & AFM
  • Gas adsorption
  • ICP-MS
  • Luminescence dating
  • Spectroscopic techniques: UV-Vis, IR, CD/ORD, Fluorescence & Phosphorescence, Single Photon Counting, Gamma
  • Thermal methods of analysis (ATG, DTG, DSC)
  • X-Ray diffraction

Access to research groups

Doctors participating in this PhD programme belong to the following research groups:

Applied Analytical Chemistry

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Environmental Chemical Engineering

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Environmental Radioactivity

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Chemical Reactivity and Photoreactivity Group

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Global Public Law

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Cultural and Geological Heritage Interdisciplinary Group

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Metals in Environment and Medicine

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Mistures

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Water and Soil

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microalgae

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Water and Environmental Engineering

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PLACES

15 places

Offered each academic year

ADMISSION

The application opens in

August and February

ACCESS

PUBLIC PRICE

EHEA students

200,00 €/ year

No EHEA students

300,00 €/ year

Academic Tutelage
+
Administrative Taxes

ACCESS PROFILE

Students with a master’s degree, or equivalent, in sciences, engineering or other areas related to the environment, whether oriented towards science, technology or management can apply for entry into the doctorate program in Environment Science and Technology. Depending on the candidate’s profile bridging courses may need to be taken.

Notice: Only students who meet some of the criteria listed in Article 15 of the UDC PhD Policies and Regulations will be able to access to the PhD programmes of the University of A Coruña.

EGRESS PROFILE

The skills, competencies and abilities that a PhD graduate in the doctorate programme Envinromental and Science Tecnology of the UDC include (but are not limited to):

  • Research skills and awareness in the field of expertise. Independent research
  • Self-Management & Work Habits
  • Managerial and leadership skills
  • Analysis & Problem-Solving
  • Numeracy
  • IT and technology
  • Written & Oral Communication skills
  • Research & Information Management
  • Project Management & Organization
  • Ability to connect with foreign colleagues
  • Ethics and social understanding

Career and Academic Opportunities

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology opens doors to a wide range of careers, both inside and outside the lab (this isn´t an exhaustive list):

In Industry

  • Management of research and development (R&D&I) in the field of environmental science and technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Quality control
  • Technical & scientific support and communication
  • Sales and marketing

In Public Administration

  • Management of the R&D+I department in the environmental and/or health fields.
  • Quality control
  • Law and policy

In Academia

  • Research and development (R&D&I) in the field of environmental science and technology
  • University teaching in different departments
  • High school teaching

Entrepreneurs

  • Consulting

In Non profit organizations (NGOs)

  • Technical management in environmental issues

Training activities

The PhD program in Environmental Science and Technology include some compulsory and optional activities that PhD student must complete are recorded in the Activities Document.

For the doctorate program in Environmental Science and Technology the following training activities are scheduled:

Mandatory activity

Attendance at seminars or lectures given by experts in the subject area

Optional activities

  • Research paper sent to a high-impact scientific journal
  • Research stays in public or prívate national and/or international centres.
  • Oral presentations or posters at national or international conferences
  • Giving a seminar on the research project
  • Involvement in research project preparation
  • Attendance to courses, workshops, seminars, etc. for improving language competences, and research and/or technical skills related to the subject area

Research Lines

> Characterization and monitoring of environmental pollutants. Air quality, water, marine environment. Food safety.
Environmental Education: chemical-analytical aspects.
Radiological environmental monitoring.

> Radon in Galicia’s homes.

> Application of constructed wetlands for domestic and industrial effluents treatment.

> Chemical utilization of plant biomass.

> Environmental law.

> Soil quality.

> Response to heavy metals in microalgae.

> Disposal / recovery of eco-toxic metals in effluents by combination of electrochemical and biological techniques.

> Chemical speciation calculations in the fields of geochemistry, oceanography and natural waters.

> Degradation of compounds of environmental concern.

> Elucidation of mechanisms of oxidation of compounds of environmental concern.

> Renewable energy.

> Bio-film sewage treatment technologies.

> Sewage treatment technologies in small towns.

> Modelling of wastewater treatment processes.

>Isotopic Biogeochemistry (pending for inclusion)

> Bioremediation by microalgae (pending for inclusion)

Contacts & Coordinator

Prof. Dr. J. Arturo Santaballa López

arturo.santaballa@udc.es

Faculty of Science
University of A Coruña
Phone: +34-881012195

Links

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INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL SCHOOL

Centro de investigaciones científicas avanzadas (CICA)