- Code
- FD0417
- Type
- Specific and On-Demand Training Program Course - MICROCREDENCIAL
- Teaching Modality
- Face-to-face
- Duration
- 1 year
- Credits
- 3.0
- Course
- 2025-2026
- Price
- 70,00€
- Center
- Centro de Apoio Científico e Tecnolóxico (CACTUS)
- Management
-
Jose Antonio Costoya Puente
Bruno Da Cuña Mariño - Contact
bruno.dacuna [at] usc.es
Department / Organizing Center
Vicerrectorado de Política Científica
BRUNO DA CUÑA MARIÑO
bruno.dacuna [at] usc.es
Centro de Apoio Científico e Tecnolóxico (CACTUS)
Dates
Duration: 16/03/2026 - 27/03/2026
Pre-registration: 21/01/2026 - 20/02/2026
Registration: 23/02/2026 - 27/02/2026
Minimum number of students: 5
Maximum number of students: 10
Mandatory insurance:
20,69€ (Students who formally enroll in their own Postgraduate courses, Continuous Training and Training Program, will also be included the amount of mandatory accident insurance and travel assistance for USC students, as established in current regulations (Council Agreement Government June 29, 2009) and will be issued together with the 1st liquidation of registration. Except in the courses that are 100% virtuous, considered these by academic year; and in the cases in which the students have paid this same insurance in a USC degree in the current academic year.)
Access requirements
Grados universitarios
Pre-registration
You can consult a manual of the admission procedure on the CEP website in Archive or by clicking here
To apply for admission, go to the following link of the virtual secretary
https://matricula.usc.es/Posgrao/SolicitudeEstudosPropios
Access to pre-registration and registration
Selection system
Participants will be required to justify their interest in the structural determination of samples related to any of the following: research work, industrial process quality control, or crystalline phase characterization. Registration Order
Crystalline phase characterization & quantification, crystallinity determination, diffractometer operation, sample mounting/alignment for XRD, use of crystallographic databases (ICDD) and analysis software
Evaluation
Students must pass a supervised, on-site multiple-choice quiz (with identity verification) at the end of the course to confirm their acquired knowledge.
Tutoring
The instructional hours will be allocated in the following manner: 30% to theoretical lectures, 20% to instrumental laboratory sessions, and 50% to applied case study resolution using specialized software. The working languages will be Galician and Spanish
Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Observations
The course is divided into three modules: theoretical (first three days), instrumental (two days), and practical (final five days).
| Code | Subject | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Concepts (I). | 0.5 |
| 2 | Basic Concepts (II). | 0.5 |
| 3 | Basic Concepts (III). | 0.5 |
| 4 | Operation Of Scientific Instrumentation For The Characterization Of Policrystalline Samples. | 0.5 |
| 5 | Computer Sessions. | 1.0 |