The Doctorate in Network Engineering is developed between three institutionally accredited universities: the Autonomous University of Manizales, the Autonomous University of the West and the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga.

The duration of the program is 4 years (8 Semesters) with 96 credits (12 credits per semester).

The 96 credits of the program are divided into three (3) components:

Foundation Component (12 Credits)
Innovation and entrepreneurship (4 Credits)
Fundamentals I and II (4 Credits each)

Component of Deepening (16 Credits)
Deepening I, II, III and IV - These are elective courses (4 Credits each)

Research component (68 Credits)
Research Methodology (4 Credits)
Doctoral Project I (4 Credits)
Doctoral Project II (8 Credits)
Doctoral Thesis (52 Credits)

You can check its distribution in: Study plan.

Classes are scheduled in the following time slot: Monday through Friday from 2 to 8 pm and Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm.

The cost of the program can be consulted at: Costs and schedules Costs and schedules

The program has a face-to-face modality. Students must attend the university where they enroll or the closest campus to their place of residence.

Each cohort enters classes beginning each year during the month of February and the month of August.

Three lines of research are developed that respond to the development needs of the regions and the country and to the strengths of the research groups: Line of research in Energy, Line of research in IT and Line of research in Automatics. To learn more about these lines visit: Research Lines

Yes. The seminars are a curricular strategy of the program and are carried out by the research groups or within the course of the Doctoral Thesis Project.

More than 90% of the Doctorate credits are flexible. The only fixed courses are: Research Methodology and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

It is a Doctorate that, in addition to being regionally and nationally relevant, provides students with the tools, pedagogical strategies and alliances with the productive sector so that they can develop research with innovative potential and can choose to develop technology-based ventures.

In addition to conducting their studies in three universities with High Accreditation, has the benefit of using the best infrastructure of each institution, such as laboratories and shared databases, teachers with doctorate and national and international partnerships in the public and business sectors , resources for student mobility and regional impact, participate in courses given by various teachers, visualize remote and recorded class sessions, quality and financial sustainability. Among many new benefits that each year add to our Doctorate.

Yes. The student must complete a national or international internship between 3 months and 1 year (according to the plan approved by the Thesis Director and the host institution).

Yes. The proficiency test has two components: a written test of knowledge and an oral support of the Doctoral Thesis proposal..

The minimum grade to pass a course is 3.5 out of 5.0

Yes. The internship, the proficiency test and the courses of the research component are qualified qualitatively.

The course of Research Methodology and the Fundamentation and Deepening courses are carried out through Videoconference and / or virtual Office a professor in a headquarters transmits to the other venues.To learn more about these lines visit: PhD in Network.

Research courses (with the exception of Research Methodology), are developed with the support of professors and Thesis Directors.

-If the student is covered by the 2015 Academic Regulations, the Doctoral Thesis Committee must be made up of: the thesis director, a national evaluator and an international evaluator.
-If the student is covered by the 2020 Academic Regulations, the Doctoral Thesis Committee must be made up of: the thesis director, two national evaluators and one international evaluator

Before enrolling the Doctoral Project II course. That is, at the end of the first year.

The Coordinating Committee of the Doctorate will define the requirements that at least must contemplate the one that holds the title of Doctor.

• Co-directors of doctoral theses. • PhD thesis evaluators. • Facilitators of student internships in their laboratories. • Participation as teachers in courses of the curriculum.

Students will be placed in cubicles assigned to them in laboratories or in specific areas intended for PhD students.

The dates for registration for the doctorate program in engineering can be found in Admission

Certification of level B2 according to the standards of the Common European Framework.

You can check the requirements to submit your registration to the program in the following link: Admission

You can register on the web portal of the university to which you wish to enter. You can check the access links in each of the universities in the following link: Admission

Yes. You can approve up to 24 credits of courses of the Fundamental and Deepening components of master's and doctoral courses previously developed by the student. The minimum qualification obtained in those courses must be 3.8.

The homologation study for master's programs at any of the universities belonging to the Mutis University Network is free. For master's programs from other universities, the cost of homologation can be found at the following link. Costs

The Doctorate is part of the Minciencias eligible banks, so its calls for higher level studies of National Doctorates grant scholarships and resources. You can consult the current calls in: Minlciencias

Also the student credit entities, universities and public calls for royalties, grant resources for Doctorate studies. You can consult some valid calls in: Other calls

Yes. Assistance is provided for the purchase of the ticket.

Yes. In accordance with the availability of resources in the Common Fund of the Doctorate, the Inter-institutional Administrative Committee may assign resources to support Doctorate projects and student mobility, among other support resources.

-If the student is covered by the 2015 Academic Regulations, the following will be grade requirements:
a. Having supported and approved the Doctoral Thesis.
b. Have passed the internship.
c. Have actively participated in 20 hours of doctoral seminars.
d. Meet the following academic production requirements:
*Having accepted an article in a national or international journal in category B or higher according to Publindex.
*Having submitted an article in an international journal in category B or higher according to Publindex.
*Having been a speaker at an international conference¨.
-If the student is covered by the 2020 Academic Regulations, the following will be grade requirements:
a. Have sustained and approved the doctoral thesis.
b. Have passed the internship.
c. Having obtained a minimum amount of 12 points corresponding to the sum of products of new knowledge, technological development and innovation, social appropriation and circulation of knowledge; developed during the doctoral program. The products and their weighting are defined by the Coordinating Committee of the Doctorate in Engineering, and are based on updated documents from the country's National System of Science, Technology and Innovation.
d. Be safe and sound academically and financially in the program.