The overall objective of the Doctorado en "Sistemas Electrónicos" (DSE) program is to provide quality training to educate researchers and professionals to a high capacity and with competence in their areas of R&D at an international level, and therefore achieve the successful integration of our University into the European Higher Education Area.

To be more specific, the following is pursued:

• Provide the student with an overview of the state of art of new technologies that are relevant to their chosen field of specialization.
• Provide a specific and methodological base to carry out research and development activities in the area of electronics, with applications in different fields such as optical communications, cellular services, Home automation, or Bioengineering, among others.
• Facilitate the drawing up of a PhD Thesis with an international prospect, making contact with and encouraging visits to research groups at other European centers with whom cooperation is being maintained through numerous R&D&I projects, and where teachers participate in the Program.

The integration of faculty members and collaborators from other national and European centres, linked to the Department's experience in teaching PhD programs and intensive research, are guarantees that support the achievement of the desired objectives.

As regsards attracting prospects for graduates, although their natural area of origin will be that of Telecommunications Engineering, the wide range of technologies and the strategic objective raised, opens up the program to other degrees which are either complementary to the development of some of the technologies involved, or may serve as a reconversion towards applied areas of future interest. In particular, it is hoped that students from faculties such as Physics or Chemistry will be incorporated as well as those from the School of Electronic Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, IT and other areas of engineering.