The research areas characterizing the PhD program encompass a broad spectrum of methodologies and procedures for analysis, evaluation, and engineering development, which are applied to the design, implementation, and management of industrial systems and products.

During the doctoral program, the PhD candidate, working under the supervision of their supervisor and co-supervisor, will design and develop an original research project that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and analytical methodologies within the relevant field of study. Throughout the research activities, the continuous development of the candidate’s autonomy in research will be actively encouraged and supported, with the aim of enabling the candidate to independently plan and design a specific research program.

The European Research Council (ERC) sectors represented within the PhD Program in Industrial Engineering are as follows:

PRIMARY SECTORS ERC 

• PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
• PE8 Products and Processes Engineering: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods

RELATED SECTORS ERC 

• LS7 Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases: Medical technologies and tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, therapeutic approaches and interventions, pharmacology, preventative medicine, epidemiology and public health, digital medicine
• PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
• PE6 Computer Science and Informatics: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
• PE11 Materials Engineering: Advanced materials development: performance enhancement, modelling, large-scale preparation, modification, tailoring, optimisation, novel and combined use of materials, etc.
• SH1 Individuals, Markets and Organisations: Economics, finance, management

SUBSECTORS ERC

• PE7_1 Control engineering
• PE7_2 Electrical engineering: power components and/or systems
• PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling
• PE7_4 (Micro- and nano-) systems engineering
• PE7_5 (Micro- and nano-) electronic, optoelectronic and photonic components
• PE7_6 Communication systems, wireless technology, high-frequency technology
• PE7_7 Signal processing
• PE7_8 Networks, e.g. communication networks and nodes, Internet of Things, sensor networks, networks of robots
• PE7_9 Man-machine interfaces
• PE7_10 Robotics
• PE7_11 Components and systems for applications (in e.g. medicine, biology, environment)
• PE7_12 Electrical energy production, distribution, applications
• PE8_1 Aerospace engineering
• PE8_2 Chemical engineering, technical chemistry
• PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics
• PE8_4 Computational engineering
• PE8_5 Fluid mechanics
• PE8_6 Energy processes engineering
• PE8_7 Mechanical engineering
• PE8_8 Propulsion engineering, e.g. hydraulic, turbo, piston, hybrid engines
• PE8_10 Manufacturing engineering and industrial design
• PE8_11 Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage
• PE8_13 Industrial bioengineering
• LS7_1 Medical imaging for prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of diseases
• LS7_11 Environmental health, occupational medicine
• LS7_12 Health care, including care for the ageing population
• LS7_14 Digital medicine, e-medicine, medical applications of artificial intelligence
• PE2_3 Experimental particle physics with accelerators
• PE6_6 Algorithms and complexity, distributed, parallel and network algorithms, algorithmic game theory
• PE11_13 Metamaterials engineering
• SH1_4 Finance; financial markets
• SH1_5 Corporate finance; international finance
• SH1_12 Management; operations management, international management