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 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.