Objectives and competencies

CB11. Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to that field.

CB12. Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial research or creative process.

CB13. Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.

CB14. Ability to critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise new and complex ideas.

CB15. Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.

CB16. Ability to promote scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress in academic and professional contexts within a knowledge-based society.

CA01. To perform in contexts in which there is little specific information.

CA02. To find the key questions to be answered in order to solve a complex problem.

CA03. To design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.

CA04. To work in teams as well as independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.

CA05. To integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and formulate judgements with limited information.

CA06. The critique and intellectual defence of solutions.

SC1: Ability to handle laboratory and/or computer equipment to carry out experimental research in the line of the doctoral thesis.

SC2: To participate in research project planning, developing and interpreting experimental results independently and critically.

SC3: To develop the capacity for self-learning and to recognise the need to learn in one’s professional career.

CE4: Ability to update scientific and technical knowledge independently and continuously.

SC5: To acquire an understanding of the nature of research in chemistry, how it is carried out and how research in chemistry is applicable to other scientific disciplines and the field of technology.

SC6: Ability to compare experimental data with existing or developed theoretical models to test their validity.

SC7: Ability to design a chemical experiment and/or explore new chemical synthesis routes.

SC8: To be adequately trained to teach at different levels.