postgraduate
Doctorate in Materials Engineering
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ABOUT THE
Program
The Ph.D in Materials Engineering seeks to train high-level researchers who contribute to raising knowledge of Materials Engineering, starting from an applied conception and oriented to scientific development and innovation. In this way, the Program constitutes an investigative, interdisciplinary workspace, consolidating and articulating the training of its Ph.D in the doctoral staff with research projects, in the perspective of strengthening the country’s scientific capacity, oriented to the solution of regional and national problems, with international projection.
Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 101811 | Qualified Registration: MEN N° 011940 of November 14, 2019, validity 7 years.
DEGREE:
Doctor of Materials Engineering
DURATION:
8 Semesters
MODALITY::
In-Person / In-Spanish
CAMPUS
Bucaramanga Central Campus
DEGREE:
Doctor of Materials Engineering
DURATION:
8 Semesters
MODALITY:
In-Person / In-Spanish
CAMPUS:
Bucaramanga Central Campus
APPLICANT
Profile
The Doctorate in Materials Engineering is aimed at professionals in the area of Engineering, Basic Sciences or Geology, with demonstrable knowledge in the area of materials, who have an interest and aptitude for research, knowledge of a foreign language and whose interests are oriented to the solution of problems in the area of Materials Engineering, scientific development, industrial and technological.
GRADUATE
Profile
The graduate of the Doctoral Program in Materials Engineering will be a person with a solid integral training, with skills to design and direct research projects, that enable the expansion of the frontier of knowledge of materials, their properties and applications. He will have teaching and research skills to generate and lead lines, groups and research centers in academic institutions and organizations linked to R&D&I activities.
LABOR
Field
The Doctor of Materials Engineering of the UIS will serve as undergraduate and graduate teacher in programs related to Materials Science and Engineering, also as a high-level researcher leading lines and research groups in universities and institutes, as well as in R&D&I departments of related industrial sectors and as an advisor to scientific programs of government institutions.
APPLICANT
Profile
The Doctorate in Materials Engineering is aimed at professionals in the area of Engineering, Basic Sciences or Geology, with demonstrable knowledge in the area of materials, who have an interest and aptitude for research, knowledge of a foreign language and whose interests are oriented to the solution of problems in the area of Materials Engineering, scientific development , industrial and technological.
GRADUATE
Profile
The graduate of the Doctoral Program in Materials Engineering will be a person with a solid integral training, with skills to design and direct research projects, that enable the expansion of the frontier of knowledge of materials, their properties and applications. He will have teaching and research skills to generate and lead lines, groups and research centers in academic institutions and organizations linked to R&D&I activities.
LABOR
Field
The Doctor of Materials Engineering of the UIS will serve as undergraduate and graduate teacher in programs related to Materials Science and Engineering, also as a high-level researcher leading lines and research groups in universities and institutes, as well as in R&D&I departments of related industrial sectors and as an advisor to scientific programs of government institutions.
Tuition Subsidies and Condobable Loans
Academic
Curriculum
Code: 29231 Credits: 6 – Advanced Materials
Code: 29232 Credits: 6 – Characterization of Materials
Code: 29233 Credits: 6 – Research Methodology
Code: — Credits: 12 – Elective Group Emphasis
Code: 26500 Credits: 7 – Thesis Proposal
Code: 29234 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar I
Code: 26502 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis I
Code: 29235 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar II
Code: 26504 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis II
Code: 29236 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar III
Code: 26506 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis III
Code: 26507 Credits: 13 – Research Internship
Code: 29237 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar IV
Code: 26509 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis IV
Code: 29238 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar V
Code: 26511 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis V
Code: 26519 Credits: 6 – Kinetics and Reactor Design
Code: 29240 Credits: 6 – Corrosion Control
Code: 26513 Credits: 6 – High Temperature Corrosion
Code: 29241 Credits: 6 – Corrosion under stress in alloys
Code: 26512 Credits: 6 – Advanced Electrochemistry
Code: 26520 Credits: 6 – Advanced Transport Phenomena
Code: 26522 Credits: 6 – Advanced Hydrometallurgy
Code: 26526 Credits: 6 – Advanced Ceramic Materials
Code: 26529 Credits: 6 – Composite Materials
Code: 26530 Credits: 6 – Nanomaterials
Code: 26521 Credits: 6 – Advanced Pyrometallurgy
Code: 26527 Credits: 6 – Advanced Polymers
Code: 29239 Credits: 6 – Biomaterials
Code: 26523 Credits: 6 – Biotechnological Processes
Code: 29251 Credits: 6 – Chemistry of Materials
Code: 26531 Credits: 6 – Special Topics in Materials
Code: 26525 Credits: 6 – Phase transformations in state
Code: 26516 Credits: 6 – Materials Tribology
Code: 29242 Credits: 6 – Statistics, Design of Experiments and Applied Optimization in Research
Code: 29243 Credits: 6 – Surface Physicochemistry
Code: 29244 Credits: 6 – Metal smelting
Code: 29245 Credits: 6 – Fracture Mechanics and Analysis
Code: 29246 Credits: 6 – Welding Metallurgy
Code: 29247 Credits: 6 – Modeling and Simulation in Materials Engineering
Code: 29248 Credits: 6 – Advanced Minerals Process
Code: 29249 Credits: 6 – High Temperature Mechanical Properties
Code: 29250 Credits: 6 – Powder metallurgy
KEEP IN MIND
Additional Information
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2nd Semester 2023 * Subject to demand | Registration oppening Registration closing Knowledge test Interview Classes start | To be defined To be defined To be defined To be defined To be defined |
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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SPECIFICS REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM
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Inscription 0.5 S.M.M.L.V. Tuition fees per semester 1 S.M.M.L.V. Academic fees per semester 10 S.M.M.L.V. |  | The university has a mechanism through which the financial obligations of a student can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student. Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page “Start registration process” you will find the available options. Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students. * Students who have the voting certificate from the last popular election process in Colombia may request a 10% discount on tuition fees. |
KEEP IN MIND
Additional Information
2nd semester
2023
*Subject to demand of the program.
Bucaramanga
Registration start
To be defined
Registration deadline
To be defined
Entrance exams
To be defined
Interviews
To be defined
Classes start
To be defined
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- UIS registration form duly completed and signed.
- Resume, it has to be done in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.
- Photocopy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
- Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.
- Photocopy of the diploma or Photocopy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by a recognized HEI in Colombia.
- Notice 1: If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated before the Ministerio de Educación Nacional of the Republic of Colombia in case the applicant is going to study a master’s degree in the area of health, law or other area regulated by national regulations that require this administrative act.
- Certificate of the grades obtained during undergraduate studies, with a weighted average equal to or higher than three point fifty (3.50), and those of the research or in-depth master’s degree programs completed.
- Notice 2: In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide it.
- Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.
- If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, presenting the certificate of approval issued by the UIS School of Languages.
- Notice 3: If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, presenting the certificate of approval issued by the UIS School of Languages.
- Certification of foreign language level equivalent to or higher than level A2 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the UIS Language Institute.
- Notice 4: This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.
- Three (3) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.
- Endorsement letter from a research group or center of the UIS or from a scientific institution with which there is an agreement in force, signed by the director of the same, and in which the applicant is presented to the program.
SPECIFICS REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM
- AA
- BB
- CC
- Notice A: All the documents listed above must have a digital version in PDF in order to complete the online registration process.
- Notice B: All documents must be submitted physically. To hand the documents in, please go to the postgraduate office of the program in the city where you wish to take the academic program or to the offices of the entity with which the UIS has an agreement with.
- Notice C: When physical documents are submitted, additional documents that you consider relevant for the admission must be attached.
- Notice D: On the page “Start the registration process” the formats to fill out the requested documentation can be downloaded.
Inscription
0,5 S.M.M.L.V.
Tuition fees per semester
1 S.M.M.L.V.*
Academic fees per semester
10 S.M.M.L.V.
The university has a mechanism through which the financial obligations of a student can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student.
Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page “Start registration process” you will find the available options.
Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students.
* Students who have the voting certificate from the last popular election process in Colombia may request a 10% discount on tuition fees.
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Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science School
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1329 / 2498
Direct: +57 (607) 6320471
Mail:
posgrados.materiales@uis.edu.co
UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address:
Cra 27 calle9 , Ciudad Universitaria. Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga. Piso 2, Oficina 208.
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Do yo want more information?
Contact Us
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science School
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1329 / 2498
Direct: +57 (607) 6320471
Mail:
posgrados.materiales@uis.edu.co
UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address:
Cra 27 calle9 , Ciudad Universitaria. Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga. Piso 2, Oficina 208.
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Do yo want more information?
Contact Us
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science School
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1329 / 2498
Direct: +57 (607) 6320471
Mail:
posgrados.materiales@uis.edu.co
UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address:
Cra 27 calle9 , Ciudad Universitaria. Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga. Piso 2, Oficina 208.
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.