

Measuring Systems and Biomedical Instrumentation.benefiting from the complementary research experience of the research groups that work in these areas: Students can prepare their doctoral thesis in one of the following subject areas. The objective of the programme is to provide training leading to a doctoral degree for Spanish and international students who hold a university qualification in electronics. This justifies the suitability of offering a joint doctoral programme.

The geographic proximity and the proximity in research topics creates the ideal complementarity for doctoral students at both institutions, who can benefit from a broader, more complete framework. Over the last twenty years, this has led to numerous joint publications and collaborations on shared projects and thematic networks. The research groups in the Physics Department of the UIB have a long tradition of collaborating with groups in the UPC Department of Electronic Engineering. Currently, around 110 students are enrolled (105 at the UPC and 6 at the UIB, approximate figures ) and around 14 doctoral theses are defended each year.

In recent years, the programme has grown in volume. This agreement took into account the regulatory changes resulting from Royal Decree 99/2011. On 6 June 2012, a new agreement was signed between the UPC and the UIB to organise and develop the programme together. This doctoral programme is drawn from a previous programme called the official doctoral programme in Electronic Engineering, organised jointly by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), and recognised with the Pathway to Excellence Award (MEE2011 - 0690).
