Admission criteria
Profile for admission
The recommended entry profile for this doctoral program corresponds to those people who have master's degree studies in the areas of Organization, Administration and Management of Companies and other Organizations and who have obtained bachelor's degree qualifications related to Economic and Business Sciences, Juridical Sciences and Social Sciences. This recommended entry profile also corresponds to students who have completed related bachelor's degrees (Engineering, Labour Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics or their equivalents in the EHEA) and who have completed studies in the areas of Organization, Administration and Management of Companies and other Organizations.
Other profiles for admission may choose to join this Doctoral Programme, but they will be subject to a weighted assessment that is rated below the preferential profile for admission. These will include people who have obtained a degree related to Economics and Business Studies, Legal Sciences, and Engineering or Architecture qualifications, even though they do not have a master’s degree or they have a master’s degree in another, unrelated area. Candidates from other non-preferential or unrelated courses may also be considered, as long as they have completed their master's degree studies in the fields of Organisation, Administration and Management of Companies and other Organisations.
This program does not establish any specific supplementary training.
Once students have applied for admission, the Academic Committee of the Program will carry out their selection and admission onto the doctoral program, following verification by the administrative units that the applicants meet the access requirements indicated above.Each application will be evaluated upon the basis of the following information, which must accompany the admission application:- CV of the applicant, taking into account the access qualification and prior training (85%).- A letter with a declaration of interest in the Doctoral Program, setting out the student's reasons for choosing this doctoral program and the line(s) of research of interest should he or she be admitted. Any possible references from institutions of origin will be valued (15%).- Optionally, one (or more) personal interviews will be conducted (in person, by videoconference, by Skype and/or by e-mail). The purpose of the interviews is to compare the applicant's characteristics with the entry profile, as well as the suitability of his or her interests to the lines of research of the teams assigned to the doctoral program. They will be necessary in cases in which the documentation supplied generates doubts about any of the merits put forward or in the event of a tie between several candidates.In any case, the special educational needs of students arising from disabilities will be taken into account.For the candidates that do not correspond to the recommended entry profile but meet the requirements laid out for "other additional entry profiles", a correcting coefficient of 0.7 will be applied to their score.The candidates that neither correspond to the recommended entry profile nor to the requirements laid out for "other additional entry profiles" will not be considered.
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Procedure for assigning a faculty member as a doctoral thesis tutor and director
Once a student has been accepted onto the doctoral programme, the Academic Commission will assign them a tutor from among the faculty at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) participating in the programme, who will then be responsible for ensuring good interaction with the Academic Commission and adapting the training and research activities to the principles established by the programme and the Doctorate School.
Within three months of enrolment, the Academic Commission will assign each student a thesis director from among the faculty participating in the programme. The director may or may or not be the same person as the tutor, and will be responsible for guiding and ensuring the consistency of the training and research tasks, and guaranteeing that the topic of the thesis have an impact and make a novel contribution to the field. They are also responsible for guiding the thesis plan and adapting it, if required, to other projects and activities in which the PhD student is involved.
If the director is not a member of the faculty at the UPV/EHU, the tutor will act as a liaison.
Doctoral theses may also be co-directed, and the second co-director may or may not be a member of the DP. New tutors or directors may be assigned at any moment during the thesis.
For more information, see the procedures and rules.