Doctoral Degree
Admission
Doctoral students will be selected periodically, with the criteria defined in the selection notice approved by the program’s delegate collegiate. The admission of students to the program is subject to their ability to provide guidance, proven by the availability of supervisors with time and financial resources for this purpose. The program does not guarantee a scholarship to successful students.
The Graduate programme may admit candidates with degrees from undergraduate courses recognized by the Ministry of Education (MEC). In the case of undergraduate courses abroad, recognition of the degree must be presented to the Delegate Collegiate.
Those interested should periodically visit the program’s website and follow the launch of selection notices, or obtain information from the Integrated Graduate Secretariat (SIPG) – coordenacao.sipg@contato.ufsc.br.
As of 2019, the admission notices incorporate affirmative action and socio-economic vulnerability in the classification of successful applicants and the distribution of scholarships, in line with the other UFSC admission processes.
Course structure
Once accepted onto the program, students must define the research project they wish to explore in their dissertation or thesis, in accordance with the complementary rules; at the same time, they must choose the subjects they will take, always under the direct advice of their supervising professor.
The doctoral course will have a minimum workload of 48 (forty-eight) credits, of which 12 (twelve) credits will be in mandatory subjects. Mandatory subjects are: Ecology of Communities and Ecosystems, Population Ecology, Field Ecology and Seminar I. Teaching internships are mandatory for scholarship holders. The coordination of the Graduate Program in Ecology recommends that incoming students take, in addition to the mandatory courses, Statistics and Ecology Lectures.
Credits for subjects taken during the master’s degree in Ecology may be accepted as part of the workload for the doctorate. The maximum period of validity of credits for validation of subjects will be up to 5 years.
Students who are not enrolled in subjects must enroll in the subject Elaboration of Dissertation or Thesis, under penalty of dismissal from the program.
Proof of proficiency in foreign languages will be required, with two languages for the doctorate, as provided for in the program’s regulations, and may occur upon first enrolment on the course or during the first academic year.
For more information, those interested should consult the Program’s Resolutions and Regulations, found in the “legislation” section of this website.
