Admission criteria
Profile for admission
Anyone, whether a Spanish or a foreign student, who has completed a Degree or similar qualification, and a Master's degree in History or in any other area of Arts and Humanities or comparable Social Sciences may access the Doctoral Programme in Europe and the Atlantic World: Power, Culture and Society.
The recommended profile for admission is of a post-graduate student who has a Master's degree in History, History of Art or Archaeology, and who is interested in developing advanced historical research in the areas of Mediaeval and Modern History, History of America, History of Art or Archaeology.
Candidates who wish to obtain an international doctorate should ideally have a good level of English (B2 or equivalent) or another foreign language. In the case of non-Spanish-speaking students, they should ideally have a level B2 or equivalent in Spanish.
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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.