Aims: The aim of the doctoral programme is that students acquire the appropriate skills of a doctor in Chemistry with the level of excellence supported by the international indicators of the Universitat de València and the Universitat Politècnica de València groups and their lines of research. Besides, to train researchers to join or lead research groups in universities, other public or private organizations and R&D departments. The doctoral studies shall guarantee, as a minimun, the acquisition of the basic competences established in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education.

Description: This doctoral programme comes from the official doctoral programme in Chemistry of the University of Valencia, which has been awarded with the EXCELLENCE AWARDS, with an overall average of 93 out of 100 (ORDER EDU/3429/2010, of 28 December and Resolution of 6 October 2011), and from the Doctoral Studies in Materials and Sensor Systems for Industrial Applications of the Universitat Politècnica de València. An evidence of the academic relevance of the proposed programme is the number of doctoral theses carried out and defended in the participant departments (Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Physics, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry from the University of Valencia; and the Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Technology [ITQ] from the Universitat Politècnica de València) which are around a hundred from January 2007 to December 2011, and of which approximately 50% correspond to the European certification for doctoral degrees.