Main professional opportunities

Almost all of our graduates are in active employment. Our PhD graduates work in companies, universities, and research centres all over the world.

• Professionals with positions of responsibility in R&D and production.
• Consultancy.
• Postdoctoral researchers in all areas of engineering.
• University lecturers.
• Management positions in all types of companies, research centres, and training centres.

Doctoral students on our programme consider the doctorate to be a key component in their professional development.

Some examples of companies and institutions where our doctoral students are currently working are:

Novartis Pharma (Suiza) Maxam Outdoors
Viscofan Inspiralia Tecnologías Avanzadas
Creatio Techonology Ferro Spain
Ecoembes Aplein
Ayuntamiento de Valladolid Centro Tecnológico CARTIF
Centro Tecnológico CIDAUT CERN, Suiza
Chalmers University of Technology, Suecia CUJAE, Cuba
DALPHI Metal Empresarios Agrupados
EnergyWorks (Iberdrola Cogeneración) Facultad de Ciencias de Casablanca, Marruecos
Gamesa Grupo Pascual
Grupo Renault-Nissan Grupo Repsol
GTD España Instituto Fraunhofer
Norvento Enerxia Numerosas Universidades nacionales e internacionales
Optimitive Renault I+D+i consluting
Safran Engineering Services STERIS Corporation
TRW Automotive Company UNED
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia Universidad de Burgos, España
Universidad de Cartago, Túnez Universidad de Lincoln, UK
Universidad de Nantes, Francia Universidad de Pereira, Colombia
Universidad de Piura, Peru Universidad de Putra Malaysia, Malasia
Universidad de Quintana Roo, Méjico Universidad de S. Juan, Argentina
Universidad de Salamanca, España Universidad de Valladolid, España
Universidad de Vrije, Bélgica Universidad Federico Santamaria, Chile
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela Vega Ingeniería
ZF-TRW Etc…