The Doctorate in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is and adaptation to the European Higher Education Area of the former doctorate of the same name delivered by members of the Department of Microbiology and Genetics. Already in its second iteration the former program was awarded the quality certification by the Ministry of Education and Science (Ministry of Education and Science 2003-00118, Official State Gazette of 5 July 2004), which was uninterruptedly renewed thereafter until it stopped being offered. Our intention is to reintroduce it and to improve the educational offer for future senior researchers. Among the improvements is the introduction of lines of research and research teams from the branch of Biosciences of the USAL, of acknowledged international standing.
Those interested in enrolling in this Doctorate in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics should have at least completed an undergraduate degree in the area of life sciences (Biology, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Computing), or hold licentiate degrees in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Computing… Potential students are to be interested in scientific production, since they will be involved in work in research teams. A strong vocational component is essential to, once begun, complete this doctorate in an area of current scientific-professional issues that is creating high skilled jobs.
Research areas and faculty members• Ecology of mutual interactions between micro-organisms and plants and their applications in the design of multifunctional biofertilizers. Eustoquio Martínez Molina (emm@usal.es)
• Bacterial molecules involved in the colonization and infection of plants. Pedro F. Mateos González (pfmg@usal.es)
• Biodiversity of micro-organisms involved in agroalimentary biotechnological processes. Mª de la Encarnación Velázquez Pérez (evp@usal.es)
• Biotechnological applications of micro-organisms in agroalimentary processes and environmental sustainability. Raúl Rivas González (raulrg@usal.es)
• Genomics and proteomics. Ángel Domínguez Olavarri (ado@usal.es)
• Morphogenesis and virulence in Candida albicans. Carmen López Cuesta (mclopez@usal.es)
• Cellular immunity in brucellosis: applications to the development of new vaccines. Luis Román Fernández Lago (lrlago@usal.es)
• Virulence, recombinant vaccines and molecular typing in Brucella. Nieves Vizcaíno Santiso
• Metabolic engineering. José Luis Revuelta Doval (revuelta@usal.es)
• Biological processes with industrial uses. Mª de los Ángeles Santos García (gemail@usal.es)
Autophagy, ageing and cell death. Alberto Jiménez García (alji@usal.es)
• regulation of zinc homeostasis and its relevance in the virulence of Aspergillus. Fernando Leal Sánchez (fleal@usal.es)
• Pathogenesis and regulation of gene expression involving metals in Aspergillus. José Antonio Calera Abad (jacalera@usal.es)
• Microbial ecology, genomics and bacterial systematics. Martha E. Trujillo Toledo (mett@usal.es)
• Biology and applications of Streptomyces and related bacteria. José Manuel Fernández Ábalos (abalos@usal.es)
• Food security and biodiversity. Mª Carmen Tejedor Gil (ctg@usal.es)
Regulation of the synthesis of carotenoids in Mucorales. Arturo Pérez Eslava (eslava@usal.es)
• Base modifications in fungus DNA. Enrique A. Iturriaga Urbistondo (iturri@usal.es )
• Genetics of immune processes; photoregulation of Phycomyces. Catalina Sofía Sanz Lozano (catsof@usal.es)
• Biodiversity and ecology of rhizobacteria. Álvaro Peix Geldart (alvaro.peix@csic.es)
• Diversity of applicable bacteria in bioremediation. José Mariano Igual Arroyo (mariano.igual@irnasa.csic.es)
• Biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture. Fernando González Andrés (fernando.gonzalez@unileon.es)
Acceso
Para acceder a las enseñanzas oficiales de Doctorado será necesario cumplir alguno de los siguientes requisitos:
Admisión
A partir de las preinscripciones presentadas, la Comisión Académica de cada programa de Doctorado aplicará los requisitos específicos y criterios de valoración de méritos establecidos para la admisión en el correspondiente programa.
La admisión a los Programas de Doctorado podrá incluir la exigencia de complementos de formación específicos.
Suitable students for the doctoral programme in microbiology and molecular genetics will have completed as a minimum a degree in the area of life sciences (biology, biotechnology, pharmacy, medicine, chemistry, environmental science, veterinary science, agricultural science or computer science). Potential students need to be interested in the production of scientific output, since they will be involved in or be part of a research group. Students must possess a strong vocational streak. Once students begin their studies, this is required for completing doctoral training in an area that is of great scientific and professional interest and that is currently producing highly specialized jobs.
It is recommended (though not required), that interested students have a good level of English (for example, the First Certificate) both for reading the literature required and for understanding at least some of the activities in which students will participate.
Preinscripción
Los estudiantes que, reuniendo los requisitos de acceso, quieran ingresar en las enseñanzas concretas de uno de los programas de Doctorado regulados por el R.D. 99/2011 que oferta la Universidad de Salamanca, deberán solicitarlo realizando el procedimiento de preinscripción.
La solicitud de preinscripción se enviará a través de un correo electrónico a la dirección n.doctor@usal.es, donde se adjuntará una única carpeta en archivo, que llevará el nombre del interesado y del Programa de Doctorado donde realice la preinscripción, y que incluirá la siguiente documentación numerada:
01- Impreso de preinscripción/matrícula. No es necesario que el impreso se entregue firmado por el coordinador, puesto que desde la Administración de las Escuelas de Doctorado se remitirán todas las preinscripciones recabadas a la Comisión Académica del programa de doctorado, que será el órgano encargado de realizar la selección de los alumnos.
02- Copia del DNI o Pasaporte
03- Copia del título universitario que les faculta para el acceso.
04- Certificación de las asignaturas cursadas en el título universitario que les faculta para el acceso, con mención expresa de su denominación, duración y calificación, así como la nota media del expediente académico.
05- Copia del título universitario de Grado o Licenciatura, y, en su caso, para titulados extranjeros, copia de la resolución de acceso a los estudios de Máster en la Universidad de Salamanca.
06- Certificación de las asignaturas cursadas en el Grado o en la Licenciatura
07- Curriculum vitae.
08- Documentación específica requerida en cada programa de doctorado. Esta información se encuentra en el apartado "Información Adicional", correspondiente a cada programa de doctorado.
La preinscripción es un trámite independiente del trámite de acceso que deben realizar todos los alumnos con titulación extranjera ajena al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior y que debe haber sido informado favorablemente antes de la formalización de la matrícula
Plazo: Del 7 de abril de 2015 al 11 de septiembre de 2015
Matrícula
Los estudiantes DE NUEVO INGRESO admitidos en un programa de doctorado deberán formalizar su matrícula en el mismo.
Documentación a presentar:
Plazo: Del 5 de octubre al 9 de octubre de 2015
Lugar: Administración de las Escuelas de Doctorado de la Universidad de Salamanca (Edificio I+D-i, C/ Espejo nº 2, 37007 Salamanca)
LOS ALUMNOS DE SEGUNDO AÑO Y SUCESIVOS, NO NECESITARÁN FORMALIZAR PREINSCRIPCIÓN, CONSIDERÁNDOSE ADMITIDOS SI LA EVALUACIÓN ANUAL ES POSITIVA Y SON CALIFICADOS COMO APTOS, en cuyo caso formalizarán su matrícula en las siguientes fechas:
- del 20 de julio al 24 de julio (preferentemente)
- del 21 de septiembre al 30 de septiembre
- Impreso de matrícula de segundo año y sucesivos
El plazo para realizar anulación de matrícula será hasta el 15 de diciembre de 2015
Coordinador: PEDRO FRANCISCO MATEOS GONZÁLEZ
Doctor 1 de la USAL: NIEVES VIZCAINO SANTISO
Doctor 2 de la USAL: ALBERTO JIMÉNEZ GARCÍA
Investigador de otra entidad: ÁLVARO PEIX GELDART (CSIC sujeto a convenio)
Prof. Dr. Pedro F. Mateos González pfmg@usal.es
Students who meet the access requirements and wish to enrol in one of the specific taught components of the doctoral programmes offered by the University of Salamanca and regulated by Royal Decree 99/2011 must apply through completing the preregistration procedure.
Preregistration applications is here . The archival file will include the following numbered documentation:
Preregistration is a separate procedure from the access procedure to be completed by all students with foreign qualifications from outside the European Higher Education Area. Individuals should have received a favourable outcome to the access procedure before completing the matriculation process
Time frame:
New students admitted to a doctoral programme must formalize their matriculation in it.
Documentation that must be submitted:
Time frame:
Location: Administration Office for the Doctoral Schools, University of Salamanca (Patio de Escuelas Menores, s/n, 37008 Salamanca)
STUDENTS IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OR LATER DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PREREGISTRATION PROCESS ON THE BASIS THAT THEY ARE ADMITTED IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED A POSITIVE ANNUAL EVALUATION AND RECEIVED A RATING OF “SUFFICIENT.” Students in this category will complete matriculation on the following dates:
Doctoral studies enrolment form
The deadline for cancelling matriculation is
To be eligible for admission to official doctoral studies it is necessary to fulfil at least one of the following requirements:
Further information on admission can be found in the following chart
On the basis of the pre-enrolment forms submitted, the Academic Committee of each doctoral programme shall apply the specific requirements and merit assessment criteria established for admission to the corresponding programme.
Admission to doctoral programmes may require specific bridging courses.
Successfully completing the process of establishing the equivalence of previous studies is essential in order to access doctoral studies in the cases of students for whom any of the following circumstances are applicable. The process must be completed prior to and separately from the rest of the procedures, which are dependent on successfully establishing equivalence.
Who should complete this procedure?
a) Students with a bachelor’s university degree or equivalent and a master’s degree that were both obtained in accordance with the educational systems of countries that do not belong to the EHEA.
b) Students with a bachelor’s university degree or equivalent and a master’s degree that were both obtained in European countries prior to the implementation of the EHEA (that is, the studies are not structured based on ECTS credits).
c) Students with a master’s degree obtained at any Spanish university, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a country that does not belong to the EHEA.
d) Students with a master’s degree obtained at any Spanish university (including USAL), and a bachelor’s university degree or equivalent that was obtained in a European country prior to the implementation of the EHEA (that is, the studies are not structured based on ECTS credits).
e) Students with a master’s degree that was obtained in accordance with an educational system that belongs to the EHEA (that is, a degree structured based on ECTS credits), irrespective of the country where the student’s bachelor’s degree or equivalent was completed if that degree is not structured based on ECTS credits. Students with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from Spain are excluded from this circumstance.
f) Students with a diploma of advanced studies obtained from a Spanish university other than the University of Salamanca and with a foreign bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
What documentation needs to be provided?
The access application form must be accompanied by the following documentation:
1. A copy of the student’s national identity document or passport that has been properly legalized or authenticated by a public notary.
2. Documentation related to the student’s bachelor’s degree or equivalent:
a) A copy of the degree certificate that has been legalized or authenticated by a public notary.
b) An original official transcript or legalized copy of the courses studied, with express mention of their name, duration and qualification.
c) An original official transcript or legalized copy showing the total number of completed hours.
3. Documentation related to the student’s master’s degree (*):
a) Copy of the degree certificate, or a receipt showing that it has been applied for. The document should be legalized or authenticated by a public notary.
b) An original official transcript or legalized copy of the courses studied, with express mention of their name, duration and qualification.
c) An original official transcript or legalized copy showing the total number of completed hours.
d) Original proof that a master’s degree qualifies the holder for access to doctoral teaching in the issuing country.
(*) Students whose master’s degree is from USAL only have to submit a copy of the degree certificate or a receipt showing that it has been applied for. Students whose master’s degree is from a Spanish university only have to submit the documentation contained in points a) and d)
4. Proof of payment of the fee for this process, which, as set out in the Castilla-León Decree on Rates, is 210.97 euros.
Payment by bank transfer:
Banco Santander: ES 13 0049 1843 44 2110186331, SWIFT: BSCHESMM.
Payment by card:
Access the website: https://frontend.usal.es/gestionRecibos/inicio.jsp
The documents must be legalized through diplomatic channels or, where appropriate, through the Hague Apostille Convention. For the purposes of the provisions on providing certified copies, the legalization or apostille must appear on the original document prior to producing the copy that will be certified by the competent authority.
In no case will standard copies of the documents be accepted.
Students must also send an official translation into Spanish of all the documentation provided where necessary. (Translations are not required for the following languages: Portuguese, English, French and Italian.)
All the required documentation must be submitted. Processing of an application will not begin if the application is incomplete or does not fulfil the indicated legalization requirements. In such a case, the application will be deemed to have not been presented.
Documentation may be delivered by post, courier or in person to the Official Master’s and Doctoral Studies Section. No other means of submitting documents will be accepted.
In no case will the presentation and payment of the equivalence fee replace the process of presenting an application in accordance with the correct time and form.