PhD. in Engineering – Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

GENERAL CLARIFICATIONS

• If you have completed your undergraduate studies at the National University of Colombia, still have credits and are interested in obtaining the benefit to pursue postgraduate studies at the university, access this link for more information. http://www.legal.unal.edu.co/rlunal/home/doc.jsp?d_i=36926

If you are a foreign student, click on the link for more information Aspirantes Extranjeros. We clarified that the certificates of admission / acceptance letters (if required) are issued only to applicants selected by the National University in the admissions process established.

Admission to the doctorate is permanent and is carried out through non-mass admission processes (different from those for undergraduate and master's degrees). The mode of study is face-to-face and full-time.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

• Pay registration fees. The cost of admission fees for the year 2021 is COP $302,000, which you can pay at any branch of the Banco Popular or virtual payment at: http://www.pagovirtual.unal.edu.co/index.php.
  Applicants outside Colombia must make an electronic payment of US$195. Once the transaction is completed you will find the link "Continue Registration", if this is your wish follow the link and you can formalize your registration. Please note that at the time of registration you are requested the "Transaction Number" and the "Confirmation Number", remember that you must have noted them or have the copy of the voucher that is sent to the email registered at the time of payment. Having these numbers, enter them in the step in which they are requested and continue with the process of formalizing their registration.
• Formalising the registration via Internet Internet. It must be done through the website https://www.uninscripciones.unal.edu.co/sitio/selPeriodo!input.action, in which you must log in to the corresponding process and then select Graduate Enrollment. No more than three days after payment you must register, so that the link to complete the application of resume support (Send payment support to docingmm_fibog@unal.edu.co and narzola@unal.edu.co).
• Complete the application for resumes as agreed with the PhD coordinator.
• Attend the interview.  The date of presentation of the interview will be arranged with the coordination of the doctorate.
• Consult the publication of final results. o view the results, please go to page www.admisiones.unal.edu.co, Postgraduate Section, under the Results option, according to the schedule set out in the corresponding call.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

The documents marked with (*) are optional. However, these documents are worth points towards the qualification of the curriculum vitae, so it is recommended that you attach them if you have them.

a) CURRICULUM VITAE

• Identification document.
• Professional card
• Support for university studies:
  • Degree Certificate
  • Diploma.
  • Transcript of grades.
  • Document legalized by apostille or diplomatic delegation (in the case of certificates obtained abroad)
  • Certificate of completion of studies issued by the institution where he/she studied (for students who do not yet have an undergraduate degree)
  • Academic History Report (for undergraduate students of the National University of Colombia with choice of graduate degree)
• Academic Honors*:
  • Name of the distinction, institution that grants, date on which it was granted (please attach the supporting documentation).
• Professional Experience*:
  • Name of the institution or company, type of relationship, start and end date (or in progress), position, main function and attach support of it.
• Experience as a Professor*:
  • Name of the institution, dedication of the company, start and end date (or in progress), areas of work, information of subjects taught and intention of hours per week and attach support.
• Research Experience*:
  • Name of the research project, institution, project area, funding entity, main functions, start date of linkage and completion (or ongoing), country and attach support.
• Intellectual Production*:
  • Type of production (article in indexed journal, book, book chapter, patent, software, pilot plant, industrial design, other production), production data and attach support.
• Certifications of Language Proficiency*:
  • It is a compulsory requirement to demonstrate a level of English B1 or higher. (Please refer to the section below "Language Proficiency").
• Academic or professional references*:
  • The website will ask you for the basic contact details of two people who will register 2 academic or professional references according to the profile to which you aspire (academic references apply to the research profile, whereas academic or professional references apply to the deepening profile). The information provided by the persons you indicate is confidential and will be known only to the program directives during the admission evaluation process.

b) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION (Mandatory)

• Motivation letter (maximum one page), stating your interest in pursuing the PhD.
• Pre-proposal of the topic or idea to be developed during the postgraduate course, endorsed by a lecturer from Universidad Nacional de Colombia who will be your tutor.
• Letter from the professor endorsing your application to the doctorate and committing to be the applicant's tutor.

NOTE: Those people who enter by early admission or automatic admission (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) must apply for the sending of documents in order to register their resume in the program.

SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION

The reception of documents will be carried out by filling out a web application, in which the supports and documents mentioned in the previous section will be loaded. Each applicant will receive an email from the Academic Vice-Deanship of the Faculty with the corresponding web and instructional link.

The Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Colombia, is not responsible in case the applicant cannot enter his data and documents satisfactorily through the web application, due to the demand of simultaneous users exceeding the capacity of the system. it is recommended to advance the process before the closing date

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Advance the document loading process prior to the closing date.
• Verify that you have all required documents, each in PDF format (only) and that it does not exceed the size of 10MB.
• Allow sufficient time to load the documents. Loading of documents can be done in parts, closing each time you finish loading each part of the requested documentation.
• The documents related to a (*) are optional, the others are mandatory. However, these supports give points within the qualification of the resume, it is recommended to attach them in case of having them.
• To make changes to documents you have previously loaded, you must load the new document and save the changes. The new document will replace the previously loaded one.
• The application using a set of choices indicates the number of records loaded in each section and points in red to the section in which there are no loaded supports.
• Previously contact the people you will relate to as references, and make sure that you enter the recommendations within the set deadline.
• After loading the entire documentation, it will be enough to log out to save it. This information will be stored and sent automatically to the evaluators after application closure.

ADMISSION CRITERIA

The regulations governing the admission process for postgraduate programmes of the National University of Colombia are contained in Decision 035 of 2014 of the Academic Vice-rectory, specifically the Faculty of Engineering details some aspects by Agreement 028 of 2016 of the Faculty of Engineering Council, the weighting of its components is as shown below:

Minimum admission mark

The minimum admission mark after weighting all the components of the entrance examination shall be 3.0 out of 5.0.

Regulation associated with the process

AGREEMENT 028 OF 2016

DECISION 035 OF 2014

CONTACT

QUALITY AND ACCREDITATION

Status: In process of self-assessment

Beginning date: 2011-01

NORMATIVITY

Creation :

Agreement 2 of 2010 Higher University Council

Opening :

Agreement 1 of 2010 Academic Council

Curriculum :

Agreement 1 of 2010 Academic Council

Research Lines :

Agreement 328 of 2010 Council Faculty of Engineering- Bogotá Headquarters

Admission Process :

Agreement 28 of 2016 Council Faculty of Engineering - Bogotá Headquarters

TIPS FOR ACADEMY

Process diagram for registration and submission of the Final Project of Doctoral Thesis.

Process diagram for registration and submission of doctoral theses.

Procedure for the issuance of good standing certificate.