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 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.