Admission criteria
Profile for admission
The recommended admission profile is a person who is a graduate or has a degree in political sciences and public administration, sociology, journalism, audiovisual communications or advertising and public relations, who has a university master’s degree in the knowledge areas of political sciences and public administration, sociology, or in any other area falling within the social sciences and legal branch of knowledge.
This person should have the explicit endorsement of a professor of the PhD programme, and it is recommended to present a research project in line with the research lines of the PhD programme, in accordance with the standard form, which will be assessed with up to 30 points. Applications for admission that are not accompanied by an endorsement form signed by the doctoral candidate and the director who endorses him or her may be rejected. In addition, the project must be presented in Basque or Spanish, or in another language normally used in academic contexts.
Spanish
Basque
English
French
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.