Skills

BASIC AND GENERAL SKILLS

Doctoral studies will guarantee, at a minimum, the acquisition of the following basic skills, as well as those listed in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES).

Doctoral students will be able to:

  • CB11 - Develop systematic understanding of a field of study and master the research skills and methods related to that field.
  • CB12 - Conceive, design, create and implement a substantial research process or process of creation.
  • CB13 - Contribute to the expansion of the boundaries of knowledge through original research.
  • CB14 - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise new and complex ideas.
  • CB15 - Communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society at large about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • CB16 - Foster — in academic and professional contexts — scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advances within a knowledge-based society.

PERSONAL ABILITIES AND SKILLS

Likewise, obtaining the doctoral degree certificate will provide a high level of professional qualification in several fields, especially in those that require creativity and innovation. Graduates of this doctoral programme will be able to:

  • CA01 - Make progress in contexts where there is little specific information.
  • CA02 - Identify the key questions that need to be answered to solve a complex problem.
  • CA03 - Design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
  • CA04 - Work both in a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
  • CA05 - Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity, and formulate judgments with limited information.
  • CA06 - Critique and defend solutions in an intellectual way.

OTHER SKILLS

  • CE1. Autonomously acquire knowledge for the development of basic and applied research in earth sciences.
  • CE2. Understand and know how to use advanced geochemical-geophysical methods and complex software or software with special requirements and their applications in the field of earth sciences, and design analytical strategies for specific cases using a combination of suitable techniques.