Admission criteria
Profile for admission
The recommended profile for admission is of a person who has graduated with a master’s degree in the field of marine sciences and the environment, preferably in the Erasmus Mundus MER+ EMJMD and IMBRsea master’s degrees, but also in other courses with similar content and focus (e.g. ECT+, CTA, REM, Biodiversity, etc.). In general, the candidate must have acquired specific skills and knowledge to be able to study the course in marine sciences in one or several of the following fields:
- Management of coastal zones
- Marine environment protection
- Global climate change
- Health of the marine eco-system
- Natural heritage and biodiversity conservation
- Management of fishing and other marine resources
- Marine and environmental socio-economics
The candidate must be able to prove they have a level of English equivalent to intermediate B2 (Common European Framework for Languages).
Spanish
Basque
English
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 and at least one director from among the faculty at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) participating in the programme.
When a letter of endorsement is required from Doctoral Programme, director of the candidate will be the person indicated at the endorsement letter. No candidates will be accepted without endorsement letter, when it is required by doctoral programme.
Tutors are responsible for interactions between the doctoral candidate and the Academic Commission. They are also responsible for adapting training and research activities to the principles of the programmes and, where appropriate, the Doctoral School.
For more information, see the procedures and rules.