Breve Introdução
The activities of teaching and research and development (R&D) are carried out by the Department of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering (DER), Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisbon University, in the scope of the Scientific Areas of:
- Sustainable Earth Resources Engineering (ESG)
- Earth Sciences and Modeling
The DER’s mission is to contribute to societal advancement by fostering excellence in higher education focused on Energy and Earth Resources. The Doctoral Program in Energy and Earth Resources is aimed to increase the flexibility of the student's training path by offering a great number of optional CUs, embodied in a curricular plan that considers the student's previous scientific training, and responds to the training demands necessary for the scientific development of the thesis plan. Furthermore, the curriculum plan encourages involvement with the broad scientific/technological community, in particular with highly prestigious external institutions, national and/or international, complemented with the acquisition of transversal and transferable skills that prepares the student for a post-graduate career, whether carried out in academia or outside it, addressing the current challenges of exploration, production and sustainable use of Mineral and Energy Resources, in the context of the digital and energy transition.
Historial
In response to the raw materials crisis driven by the energy transition and rising demand for mineral resources, the European Union has revised its strategy for managing its energy and mineral resources. Faced with the current raw materials crisis resulting from the need for energy transition, and the resulting demand for mineral resources, the European Union has changed its strategy with regard to the management of its own energy and mineral resources. Energy and mineral resources became a priority throughout its value chain, from exploration, evaluation, development and recycling of Energy and Earth Resources, as well as the creation of know-how for this integrated management.
The Instituto Superior Técnico, through its Department of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, has the scientific and pedagogical skills to respond to these new challenges, namely through the Doctoral Program in Energy and Earth Resources.
The recent war in Ukraine highlighted the geostrategic importance of raw materials and reinforced the need for Europe to have a common policy, centered on self-sufficiency, that minimizes its vulnerabilities due to external dependencies. In this new geostrategic framework, new opportunities for scientific and pedagogical development are presented in the fields of Energy and Earth Resources.
At this crucial moment of Europe's strategic turn in relation to the management of its energy and mineral resources, Portugal, through the Instituto Superior Técnico, and its Department of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, is in a privileged position to respond to the challenge of searching for energy and mineral resources and skills creation throughout its value chain.
Objectivos
The PhD Programme in Energy and Earth Resources at Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisbon University, emphasizes original research on the emerging technical and societal issues in Energy and Earth Resources assessment, development and recycling.
Th students will acquire / develop skills and expertise related to Energy and Earth resources exploration, evaluation and development of Energy and Earth Resources, Earth observation and modelling, being able to integrate, synthesize, and apply scientific knowledge to societal problems, such as the sustainable use of energy, mineral and water resources.
Through the interdisciplinary nature of this PhD Programme, students will be prepared to face any problem and to become leaders beyond the academic environment, promoting autonomous scientific abilities in the field of Energy and Earth Resources.
The Instituto Superior Técnico, through the Department of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, has the scientific and pedagogical skills to respond to these new challenges, through the Specialization Areas of the Doctoral Program in Energy and Earth Resources, namely:
- Energy Resources Engineering;
- Earth Sciences and Environment;
- Mineral Resources Engineering.
Destinatários
The required basic access requirement corresponds to that of a master's degree or legal equivalent. Applicants may also apply for:
a) Holders of a degree or legal equivalent, holders of a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized by the IST Scientific Council as attesting to the capacity to carry out the study cycle;
b) Exceptionally, holders of a school scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by the IST Scientific Council as attesting to the capacity to carry out the study cycle.
Candidates can come from different scientific areas, namely:
- Earth Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Geological Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Energy Resources Engineering
- Other related Engineering Sciences and Technologies
Saídas Profissionais
Ph.D graduates in Energy and Earth Resources are prepared to contribute to academia, engage in cutting-edge research at leading laboratories, or drive innovation within research-intensive industries.
Regime de Funcionamento
Number of credits from optional scientific areas required to obtain the Degree or Diploma - 30 ECTS, of which:
- Courses from the Specialization Group: choose between 12 and 24 ECTS
- Courses from the Transferable Skills Group: choose 6 ECTS
- Courses from the Free Options Group: choose between 0 and 12 ECTS
Specialization Group
- Topics in Energy and Earth Resources I (6 ECTS)
- Topics in Energy and Earth Resources II (6 ECTS)
- Optional in Specialization I (6 ECTS)
- Optional in Specialization II (6 ECTS)
Optional Courses transversal to the 3 Specialization Areas
- Spatial Data Sciences (6 ECTS)
- Seminars in Energy and Earth Resources (6 ECTS)
Specialization Area in Energy Resources Engineering (ERE)
- Methods and Applications in Energy Resources Engineering (6 ECTS)
Specialization Area in Earth Sciences and Environment (CTA)
- Methods and Applications in Earth Sciences and Environment (6 ECTS)
Specialization Area in Mineral Resources Engineering (ERM)
- Methods and Applications in Mineral Resources Engineering (6 ECTS)
Transferable Skills Group
- Optional in Transferable Skill I (3ECTS)
- Optional in Transferable Skill II (3ECTS)
- Non-Academic Internship II (Dert) (6 ECTS)
Free Options Group
- Teaching Skills I (Dert) (6 ECTS)
- Teaching Skills II (Dert) (6 ECTS)
- Non-Academic Internship I (Dert) (12 ECTS)
- Research Internship Abroad (Dert) (12 ECTS)
- Optional I (6 ECTS)
- Optional II (6 ECTS)
Doctoral Thesis in Energy and Earth Resources 210 ECTS
For each student, the scientific and technological content developed in the Doctoral Thesis in Energy and Earth Resources will:
• define the Doctorate Specialization Area, based on the Opinion of the Supervisors and the Doctorate Program Coordination;
• define the scientific area of the doctorate.
Number of credits required to obtain the degree
Course Units: 30 ECTS
Doctoral Thesis: 210 ECTS
Total: 240 ECTS
Publicações Oficiais
| 2023-09-08 | Despacho n.º 9275/2023, DR n.º 175, II Série, de 08/09, Pág. 121 a 124 | |
| 2022-10-10 | [A3ES] Processo n.º ACEF/2122/0506907 | Decisão do CA (acreditado por 6 anos) | |
| 2021-12-28 | [A3ES] Processo n.º ACEF/2122/0506907 | Guião para a auto-avaliação | |
| 2017-02-13 | [A3ES] Processo n.º ACEF/1516/0506907 | Decisão do CA (acreditado por 6 anos) | |
| 2015-12-28 | [A3ES] Processo n.º ACEF/1516/0506907 | Guião para a auto-avaliação | |
| 2011-12-12 | [A3ES] Processo n.º CEF/0910/06907 | Decisão do CA (acreditado preliminarmente) | |
| 2011-03-18 | [DGES] Registo inicial n.º R/A-Ef 2151/2011 | |
| 2010-03-24 | [A3ES] Processo n.º CEF/0910/06907 | Caracterização do ciclo de estudos | |
| 2009-09-22 | Despacho n.º 21348/2009, DR n.º 184, II Série, de 22/09, Pág. 38605 a 38606 | |
| 2007-10-03 | Despacho n.º 23010-R/2007, DR n.º 191, II Série, de 03/10, Pág. 28876-(115) 28876-(116) | |
| 2007-03-13 | [DGES] Registo de adequação n.º R/B — AD — 242/2007 |
Coordenadores
A informação contida nesta página é da responsabilidade da equipa de coordenação do curso.