PhD in Law

Students who meet some of the criteria listed in Article 4 of the UDC PhD Policies and Regulations will be able to access to UDC PhD programmes.

Candidates matching one of the general entry requirements for PhD students will be assessed in accordance with the specific criteria and merits for each programme. Information relating to application procedures and requirements are included in the programme structure for each course.

The decision to offer a student a place on a UDC PhD programme is the result of an application-specific evaluation process, and does not affect the academic or professional status of the candidate’s existing qualifications.

See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 5: Applications.

Recommended profile of admission

The entry profile establishes the previous training requirements of the students to be admitted to the program. In general, anyone in any of the following situations may be admitted to the programme:

• Branch of knowledge: Social and legal sciences.
• Field(s) of knowledge: Law and legal specialities.
• Access qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Law and equivalent qualifications (e.g. Business Administration and Management, Economics, International Relations, Criminology, Political Science, Philosophy, History, etc., only for those applicants who wish to develop their doctoral research in the field of hybrid legal subjects or those in which progress is currently being made in the direction of interdisciplinary research).
• Recommended language skills for carrying out these studies: languages commonly used in the scientific field, especially in the area in which the research is to be carried out.
• Have earned the DEA degree in programs similar to this doctoral program.
• Be in possession of another doctoral degree.

Cases that do not fit the admission profile will be studied by the CAPD, which may or may not proceed to admission, and establish specific training complements

Application general procedure

Applications and registration for PhD programmes will be made using the online application system on the UDC website, accompanied by all necessary supporting documents. Applications and registration for external students will be made here.

If you need more information, you can check this sources the Application general procedure.

Applications procedure for students whose foreign degree/diplome has not been officially recognised

See EIDUDC Application and registration.

General procedure by the CAPD

See EIDUDC Application and registration.

Specific access requirements of the CAPD

The application for admission will be made through the student's Virtual Secretary and the supporting documentation will be delivered to the UADI of the Faculty of Law. In particular, interested parties must submit a letter of motivation, indicating the personal and professional justification for applying for admission to the programme, the type of dedication that is expected to carry out the thesis (partial or complete) and the line of research, among those mentioned in this document. as well as the commitment of a professor to supervise the doctoral thesis, if applicable.

The CAPD will publish the provisional and final list of admitted students on the doctoral programme website on the UDC studies portal.

Claims to the provisional list will be addressed to the UADI of the Faculty of Law.

The application for part-time enrolment, change of enrolment modality and temporary withdrawal from the programme must be submitted to the UADI of the Faculty of Law.

Deadlines

The application for admission (or registration renewal) and enrollment in PhD studies will be carried out according to the terms approved by the Governing Council of the UDC.

Registration

See information on how to register for UDC PhD courses.

Predoctoral grants

See UDC predoctoral grants.