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According to the provisions of Article 7 of RD 99/2011, of 28 January, regulating the official teaching of PhDs, the Doctoral Programme may include specific complementary training as may be required The programme does not provide for its own training supplements as it has a specific research master programme for the programme (the Master's Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language) whose theoretical and methodological courses can be used to supplement the training of students who do not have the appropriate training to carry out their doctoral thesis because they have studied other related master's degrees. In such cases, the doctoral commission may require the completion of training supplements and the student will be accepted or admitted to the Doctoral Programme, but on a conditional basis. Supplementary training may be linked to research credits or to theoretical or methodological training.

When selecting the candidates, the criteria considered by the academic committee will be:(1) Candidate's academic record in undergraduate and master's degrees (35%)(2) Specific training in the field of cognitive neuroscience (15%)(3) Knowledge of English (20%)(4) Scientific publications and other research merits (10%)(5) Personal interview with assessment of the following aspects: theoretical and methodological knowledge, previous experience, motivation, interest, initiative, attitude to learn (20%)Based on all these criteria, the academic committee will decide whether the candidate is (a) accepted, (b) rejected, or (c) accepted subject to the completion of a given number of training credits.The Academic Committee will notify the candidates of their results. Once notified, students must contact their tutor and complete the enrolment process. Within a maximum period of three months, the academic committee, together with the tutor and the doctoral candidate, will assign a thesis director.