Aims: The joint doctoral programme is intended to cover the training needs Electrochemistry research. It is intended to provide future researchers with the knowledge and experience needed to develop cutting-edge research in the area of Electrochemistry. In addition to the capabilities and skills to be acquired during the process of obtaining the doctoral studies’ degree, completing the doctoral degree guarantees a high professional training in various fields, especially those that require creativity and innovation in the field of electrochemistry, and the ability to connect and integrate non-electrochemical data systems in electrochemical research.

Description: The proposed programme is the natural continuation of the current Doctoral Programme “Electrochemistry. Science and Technology” which will have a previous training in electrochemistry with the joint Master’s degree recently approved. In the 2003-04 academic year, the programme “Electrochemistry. Science and Technology” (ECYT) started its activities under an agreement signed by the fifteen participating universities (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid, Universities of A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Burgos, Cordoba, Lleida, Murcia, Sevilla, Valencia (General Studies), Zaragoza, and the Technical Universities of Cartagena and Vigo). The first two years of the doctoral programme ECyT were in 2003-05, and during the same period it was granted the Quality Award for the first time, renewed until 2010-2011. After implantation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) the need to adapt the programme was proposed, evaluated favourably by ANECA and adapted to the RD 1393/2007, and receiving the Excellence Award in 2011 (this time were 12 participating universities: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid, Universities of Alicante, Barcelona, Burgos, Cordoba, Lleida, Murcia, Sevilla, Valencia (General Studies) and the Technical University of Cartagena).