Admission criteria
Profile for admission
The priority profile for admission is that of graduates in language studies or similar bachelor's degrees who have taken a master's degree related to classical or modern languages, literary theory or comparative literature.
Those who have completed the UPV/EHU university master's degree in Comparative Literature and Literary Studies can be admitted directly.
Candidates coming from other master's degrees, in particular those related to Linguistics, Philology, Translation and Interpreting, or Philosophy, may also access this doctoral programme.
It is considered a necessary requirement for the admission to the Doctoral Programme to have the prior due endorsement by a professor of the Doctoral Program as director of the doctoral thesis project. This endorsement must be signed by the applicant and the director who endorses it.
The Doctoral Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Studies does not require any supplementary training.However, bearing in mind that the above program can be accessed by graduates with graduate's degrees or higher, with at least 300 ECTS credits, whose studies may not have included any specific content in research training, the Academic Committee of the Program will consider the admission of each individual student, depending on the entry profile and on the need to acquire the above research training.The training will be acquired by means of the completion of up to 6 ECTS credits from official master's degrees offered by the UPV/EHU in the area of the Theory of Literature, classical and modern literatures, Philology and any other equivalent training in terms of research skills, for which the student will enrol upon the advice of his or her tutor or thesis director, once he or she has enrolled on the doctoral program.
In general, the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of R.D. 99/2011 of January 28, which regulate official PhD teachings, as well as the Doctoral Management Regulations of UPV/EHU, approved by the Governing Council, shall apply for access to and admission to PhD teachings. Beyond this, the Academic Commission will study with special attention the files of the students, in order to assess whether it is necessary to recommend or require them some training complement, always depending on the lines of research and doctoral thesis projects that the students intend to carry out.In all cases, the candidate or candidate shall provide:A) Academic certification of studies giving you access to the Programme.B) Academic language proficiency certifications.C) Curriculum Vitae, in which he details those academic merits he deems relevant in relation to the Programme (Conference Attendance, publications¿).These elements shall be assessed as follows:Academic record: 75%Knowledge of modern languages: 15%.Knowledge of classical languages: 5%Other merits: 5%It is considered advisable to have a level of English B2 or equivalent or of other foreign languages for those students who wish to obtain an international doctorate.In the case of non-Spanish mother tongue students, it is considered advisable to certify a level B2 or equivalent of Spanish language.
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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 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.