Admission criteria
Profile for admission
This doctoral programme is aimed at students who have studied courses related to Sciences or Health Sciences, who have also acquired advanced knowledge about microorganisms and their living environment, and who have sufficient basic training to work in a microbiology lab, through either a university master’s degree or equivalent qualification.
Ideally, candidates should have critical vision and be up to date with the main areas of microbiology, parasitology and immunology. They should also have developed the minimum skills to be able to implement a range of lab techniques, and have completed basic training in approaching research work and in communicating the results.
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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.