39 PhD programmes in Engineering & Technology in Spain

Society, Technology and Culture
The Society, Technology and Culture doctoral programme from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) provides tools for analysing the complex relationships between technology and society, understanding and contributing to improving the key challenges that define contemporary societies.
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia helps students demonstrate the ability to conceive, design, implement and adapt a substantial process of research with scholarly integrity.
Aerospace Science and Technology
The main aim of the Aerospace Science and Technology programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is to provide students with training in the sciences and technologies that are most widely applied and useful in the aerospace field.
Structural Analysis
Structural Analysis from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia was created to produce doctoral graduates in the field of continuous media mechanics and theory of structures.
Materials Science and Engineering
The Materials Science and Engineering programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia was recognised with a quality award given by the Spanish Ministry of Education the year the programme was launched, and the award was renewed in the following years.
Electric Energy Systems
Graduates of the doctoral programme in Electric Energy Systems at Polytechnic University of Catalonia will play a key role in RDI at public and private centres and in companies.
Mathematical Engineering
The Mathematical Engineering program at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid may include advanced training for the elaboration and presentation of an original research project as content of the Ph.D. thesis, in accordance with the lines of research established by the six departments participating in the program.
Nautical and Marine Engineering and Naval Radio-Electronics
This Nautical and Marine Engineering and Naval Radio-Electronics programme at Polytechnic University of Catalonia aims to train top-level researchers in nautical and marine engineering and naval radio-electronics, providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to independently carry out research and innovation activities that enable the advancement and transfer of knowledge in this field.
Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion
This Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion Ph.D. program at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and the international graduate programs with which it is partnered, aims at maintaining and developing an integrated, coherent and coordinated focus on educational and research activities on fusion science and engineering in Spain and the European Union.
Materials Science and Engineering
The objective of this Ph.D. program at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is to train researchers in the field of Materials Science and Engineering, and enable them to gain experience in techniques of synthesis and/or processing of materials, as well as different material characterization techniques.
Mechanical Engineering, Fluids and Aeronautics
The doctoral programme in Mechanical Engineering, Fluids and Aeronautics of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) is the result of collaboration between two departments – Mechanical Engineering and Fluid Mechanics – and the Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT).
Thermal Engineering
Thermal Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia aims to propose quality third-cycle studies, focused on deepening knowledge of basic and applied subjects that would serve as scientific and technical support in research tasks in the field of thermal mechanical engineering.
Automatic Control, Robotics and Vision
The Automatic Control, Robotics and Vision programme at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia was established by combining the Advanced Automation and Robotics programme and the Control, Vision and Robotics programme of the Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), both of which had received quality awards from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
Optical Engineering
Optical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia aims to provide training leading to a doctoral degree for Spanish and international students who have completed a university qualification in the field of optics and optometry.
Construction Engineering
Construction Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia aims to train students as specialists in the area of structural engineering and construction.
Biomedical Engineering
At Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia given the multidisciplinary nature of the scientific field of the programme, there are a wide range of degrees that qualify applicants for admission.
Signal Theory and Communications
The Signal Theory and Communications programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is strongly associated with the research topics addressed by the Department. Research is carried out by groups that, while autonomous, do regularly collaborate with groups from other departments and universities.
Nuclear and Ionising Radiation Engineering
The Nuclear and Ionising Radiation Engineering programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia received the Pathway to Excellence award, and has also been given the Quality Award by the Ministry of Education.
Materials Science
The primary objective of this PhD in Materials Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona is to train professionals with a solid and up to date basis in the field of materials science and technology.
Civil Engineering
In this context, the doctoral degree in Civil Engineering at Polytechnic University of Catalonia offers a framework for pursuing research in the field of civil engineering, rounding out the course offering of the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering in the three cycles of higher education (bachelor’s, master's and doctoral level).