Doctorate degree
Course information
The doctorate degree qualify students to contribute to national and international scientific production and to the development of research and higher education.
It provides mandatory and elective subjects (minimum of 40 credits), seminars, research activities and preparation of a thesis. Most subjects are offered on a daytime basis and are taught throughout three semesters.
The student must take a qualifying examination by the end of the third semester. By the end of the 27th month of the course, the student must present a thesis project and have it approved, which is held supported by a tutor. Prior to the defense of the thesis, he or she must have published at least two articles – related to the research topic – in journals or annals of specialized congresses, with academic prestige acknowledged by the Graduate Committee.
The doctorate degree must be completed in a minimum of 24 months and maximum of 51 months. It is encouraged that the student performs internship abroad (Sandwich Doctorate), aiming to widen his or her contact with foreign institutions and the institutional insertion of the program.
Access the PPGA Guide (in Portuguese) to learn more.
Student forms
⇒ All forms can be sent electronically via email to ea_secretariappga@ufrgs.br
For ongoing students:
- Article approval form
- Form for suggestion of thesis project examination board
- Form for suggestion of thesis examination board
- Application form for credit utilization
- Procedure for approval of articles
- Suggestion of examination board for preparation and evaluation of the doctorate qualification exam
Miscellaneous forms:
- Internship evaluation form
- Subject cancellation form
- Teaching internship form
- General requests form
- Concept revision request form
- Form for registration of external examiner
- Form for registration of foreign external examiner – English version
- Request form for teaching internship
- Request model for extension of the defense deadline
- Work plan of the teaching internship
- Evaluation procedure of the teaching internship by students
- Report of completion of teaching internship
- Procedures and documentation for issuing the diploma
Business card template for students
The School of Administration offers the artwork of business cards for students of the PPGA Doctorate degree who participate in congresses, events and trips. The shipping to the printing company and related costs are the responsibility of the student.
The card is 9 cm x 5 cm size and it is front and back – one side in Portuguese, the other in English. The Adobe Illustrator software is required to edit the template.
Step by step:
- Download the template here.
- Change:
– Student’s name;
– Area of concentration or line of research
– Home phone and/or mobile phone
– studentemail@ufrgs.br - The back of the card is in English. Change information both sides.
- Save in PDF and send to a printing company.
PPT presentation template
The EA provides a PowerPoint presentation template for submission of papers. The use is not mandatory, being only a suggestion of artwork.
Click here to see an example.
Click here to download the template.