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PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society

DOCUMENTATION

The formal application for one of the PhD places for the 2009 academic year will be deemed complete when the application form (period finished) has been filled in and sent, and the following documentation sent in electronic format to ddoctorat@uoc.edu.

  • Covering letter in English specifying the reasons for the candidacy and the candidate’s research interests (no more than 1,000 words).
  • CV in English (with full postal address, contact telephone number and email address) specifying the postgraduate or master’s courses taken relating to the research interests expressed in the covering letter.
  • Degree and postgraduate academic record (in Catalan, English or Spanish).
  • Name, institutional affiliation, postal and email address of three referees.
  • A sample of recent academic work (in Catalan, English or Spanish).
  • ID or Passport.

The candidates admitted will submit an attested photocopy of the degrees and academic record required for admission to the programme. Failure to submit this documentation or the details therein not corresponding to those stated on the application may lead to candidates not being accepted on the PhD programme.

FORM

Application form (period finished).

FEES

Each academic year, the Catalan government sets the public prices for credits and other academic services for the public universities of Catalan and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC). In accordance with Catalan Regional Government’s Decree 150/2008, July 29 2008, which sets the fees for the provision of academic services at public universities for the academic year 2008-2009, the UOC must apply the fees set by the government.

For this academic year, thesis supervision fees for students admitted on the PhD programme within the framework of an official postgraduate programme are set at €104.

The Board of Trustees of the Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya sets the fees for connection to the Virtual Campus and the services that the UOC offers PhD students, among other items. For the academic year 2008-2009, these fees are set at €60 per semester.

CALENDAR

  • Admission application period: July 17 to September 30 2008.
  • Communication of admissions: by October 30 2008.
  • Incorporation on the PhD programme: from January 1 2009.