RESEARCH
PhD in Materials Engineering
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.
Qualified registration: Resolution No. 011940 of November 14, 2019, Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN), validity for 7 years.
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DEGREE:
PhD In Materials Engineering
DURATION:
8 Semesters
MODALITY:
In-person/In Spanish
LOCATION:
Bucaramanga Central Campus
APPLICANT
Profile
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The PhD 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
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The graduate of PhD 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.
CLASS
Time.
Full-time dedication.
Tuition subsidies and condonable loans
All about
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ACADEMIC
Curriculum
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Code: 29231 Credits: 6 – Advanced Materials
Code: 29232 Credits: 6 – Characterization of Materials
Code: 29233 Credits: 6 – Research Methodology
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Code: — Credits: 12 – Elective Group Emphasis
Code: 26500 Credits: 7 – Thesis Proposal
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Code: 29234 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar I
Code: 26502 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis I
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Code: 29235 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar II
Code: 26504 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis II
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Code: 29236 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar III
Code: 26506 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis III
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Code: 26507 Credits: 13 – Research Internship
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Code: 29237 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar IV
Code: 26509 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis IV
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Code: 29238 Credits: 2 – Research Seminar V
Code: 26511 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis V
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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
PROGRAM
Fees
Registration
0,5 S.M.M.L.V.*
Tuition fee per semester
1 S.M.M.L.V.*
Academic fee per semester
10 S.M.M.L.V.*
* The SMMLV for 2024 is $1,300,000 Colombian pesos.
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.
KEY
Dates
Bucaramanga
Registration opening
Registration closing
Interview
Admission results
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Enrollment payment
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Classes start
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REGISTRATION
Requirements
The documentation is received digitally by e-mail pgmanten@uis.edu.co in PDF format.
Note: By clicking on the “Registration” button you will find the forms to fill out the documentation requested below.
UIS registration form duly completed and signed.
Resume, in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.
Copy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.
Copy of the diploma or copy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by an institution of higher education recognized in Colombia.
Note 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 by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic.
Certificate of the grades obtained in the undergraduate program required by the program, including the weighted average.
Note 2: In the case of UIS undergraduate graduates, it is not necessary to provide this document.
Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration fee 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.
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.
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Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science School
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1329 / 2498
Direct: +57 (607) 632 0471
Mail:
posgrados.materiales@uis.edu.co
Central Campus UIS
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. to 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.