Analysis of the indicators achieved by the PhD students enrolled in Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD) projects implemented in the Universities of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Romania

Abstract

Taking into account the importance of human capital and the Romanian strategy in this area, in the last decade, a Sectoral Operational Programme concerning Human Resources (SOP HRD) has been implemented. In this study, we emphasize the impact of SOP HRD on the rate of defended doctoral theses and publishing activity of doctoral students from the fields of agronomy and veterinary medicine. Research was carried out on four public Universities of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. Data were processed using STATISTICA v. 8.0 for Windows, software. Very strong multiple correlations are emphasized between result indicators with values from R = 0.999 for UASVM Bucharest, to R = 0.961 UASVM Timisoara. Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis show that published papers have a great importance (99.50%-99.40%) for the number of doctoral theses defended within SOP HRD projects developed by the UASVMs from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, and Iasi, while the presentations given at conferences seem to have a minor role. In UASVM Timisoara's case, both published papers and presentations given at conferences appear to have almost the same importance (51.08%, and 48.92%, respectively) for the number of defended doctoral theses.