Universidade de Aveiro Doctorate in Computer Engineering (Taught in English)
Universidade de Aveiro

Universidade de Aveiro

Doctorate in Computer Engineering (Taught in English)

Aveiro, Portugal

PhD

4 years

English

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Doctorate in Computer Engineering (taught in English) at Universidade de Aveiro draws on long-standing teaching and research in computer engineering, computer science and information technology. It’s based in the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics and the research units IEETA and IT, active since 1993, on a campus with 96 countries.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter academic research and development (R&D) departments or industry roles in software engineering, telecommunications, data science and ICT management. Typical jobs include researcher, university lecturer, systems engineer, telecommunications engineer, data scientist and technology consultant. They may launch startups or join innovation labs globally.

Doctorate in Computer Engineering (Taught in English)

The University of Aveiro is proud of a history of excellence in teaching and research in the areas of Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology. Multiple teaching projects, some with pioneering character in the country, and multifaceted research dynamics with international recognition, shape this history. History that also records the fundamental role it has played in the creation and structuring of a business fabric that has in Informatics and, more generally, in Information and Communication Technologies, an essential component of its activity.

The research activity has been present since the beginning of the activities of the University of Aveiro in general, and of the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics in particular, having been intensified with the creation of two research units: the Institute of Electronic Engineering and Telematics of Aveiro (IEETA) and the Institute of Telecommunications (IT). IEETA (http://www.ieeta.pt), formerly called INESC - Polo of the University of Aveiro, was created in 1993 with funds from the Science Program. IT (http://www.it.pt) started its activities in Aveiro in 1993, in facilities also created with co-funding from the Science program. In 2001 it was granted the status of Associated Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The PhD Program in Computer Engineering is based on the competencies of the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics and the associated laboratories and research centers, namely, IT and IEETA.