Program Overview

Introduction to the Industrial PhD Program UPatras IQ

The University of Patras has established the "Industrial PhD Program UPatras IQ" to foster strong and fruitful connections between the academic and industrial sectors, benefiting all collaborating parties.

Basic Information

What is the Program?

The "Industrial PhD Program UPatras IQ" supports four-year doctoral programs with an industrial orientation, undertaken in collaboration with the University of Patras, a private enterprise/industry based in Greece, and a scholarship holder who is a PhD candidate.

• The program involves a total budget of €48,000 for each funded project, with 50% covered by the University's own funds and 50% by the collaborating enterprises/industries.
• The annual compensation (scholarship) for each doctoral program is set at €12,000, totaling €48,000 for the four years of the program per scholarship holder.

Key Characteristics

• The doctoral degree is awarded by the University of Patras, and the faculty member who submits the proposal will also be the supervisor of the scholarship holder.
• The enterprise/industry designates one of its staff members as the Scientific Representative, responsible for supporting the research project of the scholarship holder.
• The scholarship holder cannot be an employee of the enterprise/industry, the University of Patras, or any other public or private entity.
• The scholarship holder may utilize the infrastructure of both the University of Patras and the enterprise/industry for their research.
• The intellectual property rights of the doctoral dissertation belong to all parties involved and are defined in a Private Agreement.

Submission of Proposals

• Proposals are submitted exclusively by faculty members of the University of Patras in collaboration with an enterprise/industry through the program's electronic platform.
• Proposals can be submitted in either Greek or English.
• Start-up/knowledge-intensive enterprises receive preferential treatment in the evaluation.

Acknowledgments

The Principal Investigators of projects funded by the "Industrial PhD UPatras IQ" program are obligated to acknowledge the financial support from the University of Patras program in every publication, doctoral dissertation, or scientific poster resulting from the funded project. The specific acknowledgment texts are as follows:

• This work was carried out within the framework of the project with Code "……" and was financially supported by the Research Committee of the University of Patras via the "Industrial PhD UPatras IQ" program.
• This research was supported by Grant (project code) …… from the Research Committee of the University of Patras via the "Industrial PhD UPatras IQ" program.

It is clarified that failure to include the appropriate acknowledgments of the "Industrial PhD" program may result in the respective publication or doctoral dissertation not being considered a deliverable of the project and not being taken into account in its evaluation.

Finally, it is noted that it is a prerequisite for all publications within the framework of the funded project to mention all members of the Research Team, i.e., the Principal Investigator and the scholarship holder of the project (or at least one of the scholarship holders in cases where there are more than one).