These sessions will join PhD FEUP alumni that are currently working in companies, with the aim of exchanging experiences, needs and expectations.
Alumni will share the importance of having a PhD within a company and what skills are more valuable within the industry. The focus will be on:

How important are doctorates to companies?
What is PhD’s added value to a company and in what way are they different?
What skills do companies seek when hiring a PhD?
What skills should PhD programmes develop in order to make PhD’s more attractive to industry?
How to take advantage of the doctorates’ technical knowledge?

Sessions

Alumni Session I
Thursday, 11th of June 2015 | 17:00-18.30
Location: B019