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PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society

To apply for the PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society, applicants need to meet the following requirements:

  • Have an official university masters qualification, or other qualification of the same level, issued by a higher education institution in the EHEA.
  • Have passed 60 ECTS credits included in one or more university masters course, in accordance with that offered by the University.
  • Have an Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA), obtained in accordance with that established in Royal Decree 778/1998, of April 30.
  • Have achieved Research Proficiency, as regulated by Royal Decree 185/1985, of January 23.
  • Have an official university degree qualification which, in accordance with the regulations of community law, equates to 300 ECTS credits.
  • Graduates of educational systems from outside the EHEA have to have had their foreign higher education qualification recognised as being equivalent to a Spanish university masters qualification.
  • Graduates of educational systems from outside the EHEA, do not need to have their qualifications recognised, if they can accredit a level of education equivalent to the corresponding Spanish university masters qualifications and sufficient in the country issuing this qualification to access PhD training.

Meeting any of these conditions does not guarantee admission to the programme, they are necessary conditions for entry to the selection process for places on the PhD.

Should none of these conditions be met, the necessary postgraduate ECTS credits need to be studied in order to meet one of the requirements before applying for admission to the PhD, except when opting for an IN3-UOC grant where the specific requirements for students applying for IN3-UOC grants are applied.

As well as meeting any of these conditions, a high level of English is also vital for admission to the PhD.

If you do not meet the entry conditions and wish to obtain the necessary ECTS for admission to the PhD programme, you can find further information about the entry requirements for the official master’s programme -available only in catalan and spanish- via this link.