Admission criteria
Profile for admission
Students who ideally have prior training in Sciences or Health Sciences, with a basis of molecular biology and/or biochemistry and nutrition, who are interested in training as researchers in the field of Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition.
Bearing all this in mind, there are multiple student profiles for admission. These profiles include both Spanish, EU and non-EU studies in areas of bio-health sciences (such as Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Biology, Genomic Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Veterinary Studies, Medicine, Food Science and Technology, Nursing, Physiotherapy, etc.). The master's degree qualifications may be varied and related to health sciences. Although this programme is directly related to the University Master's Degrees in Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition (at the UIB) and in Nutrition and Health (at the UPV/EHU) (these being the master´s degrees giving direct access), candidates may also be granted access through other similar master’s degree qualifications, both from Spain and from other countries.
The main languages of the doctoral programme will be Spanish and English, given the nature of the research environment in which it is situated. Therefore, in order to access the doctoral programme, students will be required to have an intermediate level of English, equivalent to the required level in the European Higher Education Area for these purposes, which will be level B2 or similar.
Spanish
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.