The Doctoral Program in Solid Waste Management and Treatment is a pioneer at European level and is transdisciplinary, involving competences from the Centers for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC), Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability (MEtRICs), Institute for Polymers and Composites (IPC), Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) and Biological Engineering (CEB) at the University of Minho.
The doctorate consists of a thesis project and the elaboration of a thesis, making a total of 240 ECTS, of which 210 are related to the thesis and 30 to the thesis project.
The objectives of the PHDWMT are:

• promote excellence in research in the field of waste treatment and recovery.
• provide specialized training that develops in students the ability to contribute to the advancement of waste treatment and recovery processes and technologies through creative and autonomous research.
• Propose new solutions and new techniques and more efficiently optimize and exploit existing techniques.

The PDGTR gives students the competences, skills and research methods that ensure the ability to conceive, design, adapt and carry out a high-level scientific research project, according to internationally accepted quality and innovation parameters, also allowing them to design and implement new products and new business ideas.