Admission criteria
Profile for admission
The recommended profile for admission is of a person who has official Spanish degree and master’s degree qualifications, preferably in any of the following official university master’s degree courses, given that their contents offer the best possible training for this doctoral programme:
- Master´s degree in Rehabilitation, Restoration and Integral Management of the Built Heritage and Existing Constructions (UPV/EHU)
- Master´s degree in Architecture, Energy and the Environment (UPC)
- Master's degree in Building (UPC)
- Master's degree in Urban Management and Valuation (UPC)
- Master's degree in Landscaping (UPC)
- Master's degree in Technology in Architecture (UPC)
- Master's degree in the Theory and History of Architecture (UPC)
- Master’s degree in Architectural Project Theory and Practice (UPC)
- Master's degree in Urbanism (UPC)
- Master's degree in Civil Engineering (UC)
- Master’s degree in Historical and Territorial Heritage (UC)
- Master's degree in Construction Engineering (UC)
- Master’s degree in the Integrity and Durability of Materials, Components and Structures (UC)
Or any other official master’s degrees from Spanish or foreign universities that are at an equivalent level and standard and which deal with similar subject matter to the above.
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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.