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Doctoral Program in Tourism and Leisure

General Aims
Doctorate Structure
Lines of Research
Doctoral Thesis Directors
Admission
Contact
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General Aims of the Doctorate

The main aim of the doctorate is to produce doctors for high quality and advanced research. To this end, the general aims of the course are the following:

To incorporate the students into a research group.
To broaden their skills so that they can specialize in different aspects of the lines of research set out in the programme.
To strengthen students' initiative in developing research projects with a methodology and scientific principles appropriate to their field of research.
To foster general individual and team working abilities, participation in research projects, bibliographical database management, etc.
To produce a doctoral thesis.

Structure of Doctorate

The formation period of the doctorate programme is linked to the following Master's degree introduced on the University (in order to the RD 1393/2007):

Research Lines and Directors of Doctoral Theses

The teaching staff who take part in the doctorate belong to research groups from the four departments involved in the programme: Business Administration, Economics, History, History of Art and Geography, and Law:

Human Resources: Dra. Mireia Valverde Aparicio

Cost Accounting: Dra. Victòria Sánchez Rebull

Financial Management: Dr. Fernando Campa

Hotel Management: Dra. Victòria Sánchez Rebull

Family Businesses: Dra. M. Ercilia García Álvarez

Econometrics of Tourism: Dr. Juan Antonio Duro, Dr. Lluís Díaz

Environmental Management: Dr. Miquel Àngel Bové Sans

Industrial Organisation of Tourism: Dr. Miquel Àngel Bové Sans

Assessment of Environmental Assets: Dr. Juan Antonio Duro

Urban Economy: Dr. Josep M. Arauzo

Economic Impact Analysis: Dra. Maria Llop Llop

Tourist Demand: Dr. Jordi Sardà

Urban Tourism: Dr. Antonio Paolo Russo

Coastal Tourism: Dr. Salvador Anton Clavé

Tourism in Places of Natural Interest: Dra. Marta Nel·lo Andreu

Leisure Facilities: Dr. Salvador Anton Clavé

Regional Planning: Dr. Josep Oliveras Samitier

Urban Planning: Dr. Francesc Gonzàlez Reverté

Cartography and GIS: Dra. Yolanda Pérez Albert

Consumer's behaviour: Dr. Gerard Ryan

Admission

Maximum number of students: 35
Criteria for admission and selection

The fulfilment of the established conditions, as a requirement of admission in the 19th article and 4th addicional order of the RD 1393/2007, is necessary to be able to entry at the Doctorate Program while its research mode.
The specific admission and selection criteria for this official doctoral programme are the following: