Admission criteria
Profile for admission
The recommended profile for admission is of students who have a master’s degree in Economics or Finance with a high analytical component. Furthermore, candidates who do not meet the requirements of this recommended profile for admission, but who hold master’s degree qualifications in another subject, will be individually assessed by the Academic Commission to determine whether they are suitable for the Programme, particularly as regards the high analytical component. More specifically, analytical skills will be evaluated, based on the thesis project submitted by the candidates, bearing in mind how the proposed line of research in the thesis project fits in to the array of lines of research developed by the teachers on this programme.
This program does not establish specific complementary training.
Master's degree in Economics and Finance, with a high analytical component, scoring up to 70 points.Knowledge of English (equivalent to level B1) up to 20 points. Passing of the Graduate Management Administration Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) will be regarded as a merit.Accrediting knowledge of English (with a recommended score of about 550 in the TOEFL, level A in the Cambridge First Certificate or level 6 of the IELTS of the British Council) is regarded as a merit.Knowledge of any programming language or use of statistical software (type c+, matlab, stata, spss, s-plus) up to 10 points.Academic criteria, the submitting of the academic record and the CV being essential.Two letters of reference signed by the professors of the respective graduate's degrees, bachelor's degrees or prior qualifications, or qualifications from any other academic program.
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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 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.