How to Network in International
Doctoral Programs
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Similarities and Differences in Doctoral
Programmes : The case of ISCTE Lisbon
Virgínia Trigo
ESU Panel – 9th September 2009
Program Structure
Track: General Managent, Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Duration: 3 years;
• Format: Lectures and Supervised Research;
• Year 1: 60 units of credit (UC); 96 lecture hours;
• Year 2: 60 UC; 78 lecture hours;
• Year 3: 60 UC; 24 lecture hours;
Program Contents
• Lectures include:
– Research Methodology – Research Question, Research
Design
– Quantitative & Qualitative Methods
– Advanced Topics Seminars
Supervising
• In general the PhD student selects the Supervisor
even before application;
• The Supervisor will accompany the PhD student for
the duration of the Program
Evaluation Practices
• At the end of Year 1 the candidate presents his work
before a panel of 3 professors, 1 of them external to
the institution; then his admission to the program is
confirmed;
• Student must pass the prescribed courses;
• At the end of Year 3 the candidate will stand for oral
defense of his thesis before a panel of 5 to 7
members, 3 of them external
The End.
• EVALUATION PRACTICES
• NO FINAL DO PRIMEIRO ANO O ALUNO APRESENTA O SEU
PLANO DE TRABALHO PERANTE UM JÚRI COMPOSTO POR
TRÊS PROFESSORES, SENDO UM EXTERNO À INSTITUIÇÃO.
• O ALUNO TEM DE TER NOTA POSITIVA NAS DIFERENTES
UNIDADES CURRICULARES
• NO TERCEIRO ANO DEFENDE A TESE PERANTE UM JÚRI (5 A 7
PESSOAS SENDO DOIS OU QUATRO EXTERNOS)