Programs Offered

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

The Masters Course in Electrical Engineering (CMEE) of the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE) of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) is a presential course with a minimum duration of 12 months and a maximum duration of 30 months. In order to obtain the title of M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the PPGEE the following is required:

• Conclusion of 24 credits in subjects. All program subjects have a week load of 4 hours, duration of 17 weeks, and correspond to 4 credits. For the CMEE there are no mandatory subjects, although they must be completed with the agreement of the student's supervisor. The 24 credits should be concluded in 18 months and a minimum arithmetic average grade of 7,0 (out of 10,0) is necessary so that the student may proceed to the dissertation defense.

• Approval in a foreign language proficiency exam. The foreign language exam may be in English, French, Spanish or German.

• Approval in the activity "Projeto de Dissertação" ("Dissertation Project"). The Dissertation Project should be elaborated by the student together with his supervisor and should be forwarded to the PPGEE Board and the defense should be performed in a public session until the 12^th month of enrollment on the course.

• Approval in the activity "Pesquisa Orientada" ("Supervised Research"). The student should register in the activity Supervised Research after approval in the activity Dissertation Project and should continue registering in such activity in each term until the defense of the dissertation

• Publication of a paper in a scientific conference. As a result of his work, the student should publish a paper in a well recognized national or international conference. If, until the conclusion of the dissertation, the student has not been able to publish a paper, he may submit it to the PPGEE Board, which will nominate a special committee to evaluate the paper and decide if the student may proceed to the dissertation defense.

• Approval of the Dissertation by an evaluation committee. As a result of his work, each student should elaborate a dissertation that will be forwarded to the PPGEE Board by his supervisor, carry out the public defense and obtain the approval by the evaluation committee that will be nominated by the PPGEE Board.

• Homologation of the dissertation by the PPGEE Board. After the approval of the dissertation by the committee, the student should make the necessary recommended adjustments and the supervisor should forward the final version of the dissertation to the PPGEE Board for homologation.

D.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

The Doctoral Course in Electrical Engineering (CDEE) of the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE) of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) is a presential course with a minimum duration of 24 months and a maximum duration of 60 months. In order to obtain the title of D.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the PPGEE the following is required:

• Conclusion of 36 credits in subjects. Out of the 36 credits in subjects, 12 correspond to mandatory subjects "Projeto de Pesquisa I, II and III" ("Research Projects I, II, and III"). The student receives 4 credits for each Research Project subject concluded. These subjects do not have a classroom work load. The student should prepare research projects that result in the publication of papers in scientific events or journals. All other program subjects have a classroom workload of 4 hours per week, duration of 17 weeks and correspond to 4 credits each. The student's supervisor should agree with the subjects. The 36 credits in subjects should be concluded in at most 30 months and a minimum arithmetic average of 7,0 is necessary so that the student may proceed to the thesis defense.

• Approval in a foreign language proficiency exam. The foreign language exam may be in English, French, Spanish or German.

• Aproval in the activity "Projeto de Tese" ("Thesis Project"). The Thesis Project should be elaborated by the student together with his supervisor and should be forwarded to the PPGEE Board and the project defense should occur until the 30^th month of enrollment in the course. The defense of the Thesis Project should occur in the same session of the "Qualifying Exam" (see below).

• Approval in the activity "Exame de Qualificação" ("Qualifying Exam"). Consists in the conclusion of the Thesis Project together with the credits in subjects. At this moment, the student will be evaluated regarding the requirements to proceed in his course.

• Approval in the activity "Pesquisa Orientada" ("Supervised Research"). The student should register in the activity Supervised Research after the approval in the activities Thesis Project and Qualifying Exam until the thesis defense. In each term, as a way to verify the development of this activity, each student should present at least one seminar.

• Publication of papers in scientfic journals or conferences. As a result of his work, the student should publish at least 2 papers in relevant national or international conferences and at leas 1 paper in a relevant indexed journal. If, until the conclusion of his thesis the student has not published a paper in an indexed journal, he may submit the paper and present the confirmation of submission to the PPGEE Board that will analyze the merit of the submission and the exceptionality of the student.

• Approval of the thesis by an evaluation committee. As a result of the work developed, each student should elaborate a thesis that should be forwarded to the PPGEE board by his supervisor. carry out the public defense and obtain the approval of the evaluation committee nominated by the PPGEE Board.

• Homologation of the thesis by the PPGEE board. After the approval of his thesis by the evaluation committe, the student should perform the recommended adjustments and hos supervisor should submit the final version of the thesis to the PPGEE Board for homologation.

The student's supervisor is nominated by the PPGEE Board when the student is accepted as a regular student. However, the student may suggest a possible supervisor when filling out the application form and submitting his work plan to the PPGEE. The nomination of the supervisor for each accepted student is done depending on the availability of the supervisor among all faculty members approved by the PPGEE Board to conduct activities in the Graduate Program. A certain uniformity is desirable in the number of students per supervisor. It is the supervisor's task to decide the thesis topic of the student in common agreement with him.