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Doctoral programmes at the URV

Are you interested in doing research?

The Rovira i Virgili University offers doctoral programmes in a variety of fields, where you can carry out research and write your doctoral thesis.

The main aim of doctoral studies is to train doctors in high-quality advanced research. The general aims are the following:

• To incorporate doctoral students into research groups.
• To provide students with intensive specialization in the various branches of the lines of research defined in the programme.
• To increase students’ potential to undertake research projects using the methodology and scientific principles that are characteristic of the line of research they are studying.
• To encourage the acquisition of general abilities related to personal and group work capacity, participation in research projects, bibliographical database management, etc.
• To write a doctoral thesis.

Doctoral programmes at the URV

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Who is eligible to do a doctorate?

In order to be able to do a doctorate, you must have completed a master’s degree or a degree of a similar level. Your qualification must enable you to enter a doctoral programme in the country in which it was issued.

Doctoral programmes are linked to master’s degrees, so if you are interested in a particular doctoral programme but you do not comply with all the requisites, you can register on a master’s programme.

How can I register for a doctoral programme?

International doctorate

To obtain the European doctorate award, doctoral students must have completed a study visit of at least three months outside Spain, during which they have continued their studies or carried out research work. Part of their thesis must be written and presented in one of the languages commonly used for scientific communication other than the official languages of Spain. Their thesis must have been reviewed by at least two doctors specializing in the field from a non-Spanish higher education institution or research institute. And at least one non-Spanish specialist must be on the examination panel that assesses the thesis.