PhD. in Engineering – Computer Systems Engineering

GENERAL CLARIFICATIONS

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.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

• Pay the registration fees: from 8 March to 27 April 2021.
• Register via the Internet del 8 de marzo al 27 de abril de 2021 hasta las 17:00 horas.
• Reception of digital documents on the platform: Fill in the web application to upload the applicant's CV and media from 29 April to 9 May 2021 until 17:00. On April 29, the information for accessing the web platform will be sent to the email address with which the applicant registered in the admissions system. See recommendations below.
• Summons to Final Examinations (PRESENTATION AND INTERVIEW): 28 May 2021
• Final Examinations Application (PRESENTATION AND INTERVIEW): from 1 to 16 June 2021. Platform access information Google Meet will be sent to the e-mail address you used to register in the admissions system. See indications for oral presentation below.
• Admission Results 25 June 2021
  

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

Documents marked with (*) are optional. However, these supports give points within the rating of the resume, it is recommended to attach them in case of having 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*:
  • English is not required as a requirement in the admission process, however, attach support if you have it.
• 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

  • Funding: Describe what the type of financing will be.
  • Pre-proposal with the topic or idea to raise and develop during the program of choice. It should include background, justification, objectives, definition of the research problem, methodology, approximate timeline and budget, and bibliography. This proposal must also have the endorsement of a professor from the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Colombia (In PDF format). Having an endorsement, implies that the teacher read, review and sign your pre-proposal of research before uploading it to the application of loading of documents of the Faculty.

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.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERVIEW AND PRESENTATION

Presentation

The oral presentation will take place on the same day as the interview. The applicant must give an oral presentation which must be based on the tentative research topic.

Language for Presentation: Spanish, although the slides you use to support speaking can be presented in English or Spanish.

Time limit: 15 minutes.

Minimum Content:

• Connection between the proposal and the context of systems and computer engineering.
• If necessary, the theoretical concepts that you think should be clarified and included.
• State the problem to be solved, how it is arrived at and why this work is justified in terms of the expected results.
• Justify it socially, economically, technically; in terms of possible impacts generated in these areas.
• Indicate theoretical references that have addressed similar issues and show how the gap in knowledge that your research will seek to fill has been established.
• Briefly explain the research design you will set up for the development of the project and justify it.
• Indicate what you consider to be the obstacles you might encounter in the development of your research project.

Interview

The interview will take place after the end of the oral presentation.

Language for Interview Spanish.

Time limit: 15 minutes.

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: