Admission criteria
Profile for admission
Students can access the programme if they have completed an official master's degree in any area of knowledge related to, or connected with, one or more of the lines of research included in the programme.
They will be required to have cognitive and linguistic abilities and have user-level IT skills. Knowledge of foreign languages (reading and writing) will be considered an additional asset.
The academic body responsible for the admission process is the Academic Commission. This Commission will examine the applicants' ability to articulate abstract ideas, to take on a research proposal, and evaluate their critical, self-critical and analytical skills. For the purposes of this, and in addition to the other requirements, the candidates should submit a specific document in which they make a case for the topic of their research, the approach they are taking to analyse the problem, any available information, the results that may be expected, the initial theoretical framework and a preliminary structure, and they must also have the approval of one of the teachers on the programme who is willing to supervise their thesis.
La formación se adquirirá mediante la realización de entre 6 a 15 ECTS de asignaturas de másteres oficiales ofertados por la UPV/EHU en el área (derecho, economía, filosofía, educación, y políticas lingüísticas) o de otra formación equivalente en cuanto a competencias de investigación, en los que el estudiante se matriculará, asesorado por su tutor/a o director/a de tesis, una vez matriculado/a.No obstante, a modo de ejemplo, si la Comisión Académica juzgara oportuno se presentan algunos complementos formativos de cada área:FILOSOFÍA. Una aproximación filosófica al hombre contemporáneo. 30 h.ECONOMÍA. La nueva gobernanza en el contexto de la globalización. 30 h.DERECHO. La globalización neoliberal. 30 h.EDUCACIÓN. Investigación en Tecnología, Aprendizaje y Educación. 3 créditosPOLÍTICAS LINGÜÍSTICAS.-OPCION PRIMERA. Ámbitos de una Planificación Lingüística integral y su aplicación en Europa. 30 h.-OPCION SEGUNDA. Modelos jurídicos de protección de las lenguas minoritarias y derechos lingüísticos. 30 h.SOCIOLOGY OF LAW: El complemento formativo dentro del programa de doctorado será decidido de común acuerdo entre el/la doctorando/a y el/la directora/a de la tesis, informando del mismo a la Comisión Académica. En el área de Sociology of Law/Sociología Jurídica podrá consistir (a) en el seguimiento de dos Workshops o seminarios habitualmente organizados en el Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica entre abril y julio (a elegir entre los 12-14 workshops ofertados) o por algún organismo académico o investigador equivalente y/o (b) en el seguimiento de dos cursos específicos (total: equivalente a 5 ECTS, con 30 horas lectivas) de los entre 10 y 13 cursos ofertados anualmente entre octubre y marzo por dicho Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica.
The weighted precision (assessment) of the criteria will be as follows: - Qualification and Suitability of the Master's Degree (45%) - Language skills (5%) - Ability to articulate abstract ideas, ability to approach a coherent and viable research proposal, capacity for critical, analytical and working analysis (50%).
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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.