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The Catholic University of Murcia this morning the third resolution of the Industrial PhD program that have joined this year six new companies of regional and national level such as Coca-Cola, Camposeven, HOP Ubiquitous, Plastics Romero Institute Cultural Industries and the Arts of the Region and Only Doctors.
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This initiative will allow them to incorporate their workforce to young researchers develop their doctoral theses in them;
well as promoting innovation.
UCAM is the first university in Spain to promote Industrial PhD program with these characteristics.
And to remember that Murcia institution co-finance 50% of the salary of the researcher and doctoral rates.
Similarly, will serve the company and the researcher's experience of the doctors of the University that, at all times, advise and direct the candidate to correct development of the project.
In addition, the UCAM will make available their laboratories, equipment and most advanced infrastructures.
The project will culminate for the researcher to obtain the title of doctor at the mention of 'Industrial Doctorate' awarded by the Catholic University of Murcia and the company with an R + D + i strategy to improve their competitiveness.
In the presentation ceremony involved Jose Luis Mendoza, president of the University, and Estrella Nunez, Vice President for Research, who have statements accompanied by members of the university community, and representatives of different institutions and companies involved, who have thanked the UCAM implementation of programs like this that make it possible rapprochement between academia and industry.
Adolfo Garcia Albaladejo, Camposeven partner and director, said the project focused on the area of ​​computer engineering and marketing;
meanwhile researcher Plastics Romero focus its work in the food sector, stressed Javier Gonzalez, manager of the company.
Ubiquitous HOP, whose research will revolve around the new marketing management, has seen its executive director, Antonio Jesus Jara.
Jose Antonio Martinez, chief operating officer of the Institute of Cultural Industries and the Arts of the Region of Murcia has described his project focused on saving energy and protecting the environment.
He also attended the ceremony Miguel Pelegrin, from Only Doctors, whose doctoral investigate health tourism.
José Luis Mendoza has highlighted the strong involvement of the UCAM in this program, which helps to boost the competitiveness of the regional and national business environment, encouraging research and innovation.
Also it is contributing to the internationalization of SMEs, while retaining talent and promoting quality jobs, enabling doctoral development of R + D + i in the company.
"Everything changes, everything evolves. Do not try to do the best science, but doing science that can best help the world," said Mendoza, who has announced that it is studying the possibility of creating a Campus of Excellence and School Industrial Doctorates, with the objective of moving forward with this project.
For his part, the Vice President for Research has outlined the diversity of sectors they belong to companies that have joined the program.
"We are talking about different areas, we can not make the mistake of thinking that industry only the technology, we have other companies that also need help, developments that can be investigated and can become industrial PhDs".
Source: UCAM
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