Basic competencies:
- Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and methods of research associated with that field.
- Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adapt a substantial process of research and creation.
- Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
- Ability to carry out a critical analysis, assessment and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
- Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and society in general about their areas of knowledge in the ways and languages commonly used in the international scientific community.
- The ability to promote in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advances in a knowledge-based society.
Personal abilities and skills:
- Knowing how to handle certain tasks in contexts where there is little specific information.
- Finding the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
- Designing, creating, developing and launching new and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
- Working both in team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
- Integrating knowledge, handling complexity, and making judgments with limited information.
- The criticism and intellectual defence of solutions.
Other competencies:
- Contributing to improve the quality of education and to demonstrate the social utility of research in specific teaching itself.