The Program aims to train researchers capable of responding to the following social demands:
According to RD 99/2011, obtaining the title of Doctor must provide a high level of professional training in various fields, especially in those that require creativity and innovation. Doctors will have acquired at least the following basic competencies, abilities and personal skills.
Core Competency 11 (CB11): Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to that field.
Core Competence 12 (CB12): Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
Basic Competence 13 (CB13): Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
Basic Competence 14 (CB14): Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
Basic Competence 15 (CB15): Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
Basic Competence 16 (CB16): Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.
Specific Competence 1 (CE1): Function in contexts in which there is little specific information.
Specific Competence 2 (CE2): Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
Specific Competence 3 (CE3): Design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
Specific Competence 4 (CE4): Work both in a team and autonomously in an international or multidisciplinary context.
Specific Competence 5 (CE5): Integrate knowledge, face complexity and formulate judgments with limited information.
Specific Competence 6 (CE6): Criticism and intellectual defence of solutions.
Other competencies
CM1. Ability to acquire advanced knowledge in the fields of argumentation and logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science and technology.
CM2. Ability to design a research project with which to analyse and critically evaluate previous contributions and in which they can apply their knowledge and work methodology.
CM3. Ability to synthesize new and complex ideas that produce a deeper knowledge of the research context in which they work.
CM4. Ability to develop materials on their own research and disseminate the results.
Core Competency 11 (CB11): Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to that field.
Core Competence 12 (CB12): Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
Basic Competence 13 (CB13): Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
Basic Competence 14 (CB14): Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
Basic Competence 15 (CB15): Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
Basic Competence 16 (CB16): Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.
This Doctoral Programme is coordinated by the University of Salamanca in collaboration with the following entities: Institute of Philosophy of the CSIC, University of A Coruña, University of La Laguna, University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Valencia and University of Valladolid. It also has teaching staff from many other Spanish universities: the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the UOC, the UNED, the University of Seville and the University of Granada. Our faculty also includes professors from several universities in the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, Brazil and Mexico. Our students come from various countries in Europe and Latin America. The universities that promote this doctoral programme have exchange agreements with the world's leading universities.
This are the main research lines for current study.
Candidates who do not meet all the necessary prior learning conditions for the programme may be required to complete additional courses in the form of subjects and modules from UDC Master’s and undergraduate programmes. The number of credits from additional subject teaching will not exceed 15 ECTS credits, which students may choose to complete before or after enrolment in the PhD programme.
Students who do not opt to complete additional coursework prior to enrolment should register for their extra subjects or modules at the same time as the PhD. Failure to complete additional coursework within a period of three consecutive terms will result in the termination of the student’s registration.
See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 5: Applications.
Las siete actividades de formación transversal y específicas de este Programa de Doctorado, de carácter estable y dirigidas al conjunto de doctorandos, son:
1) Seminarios de investigación.
2) Reuniones de seguimiento de proyectos, trabajos o resultados de investigación.
3) Cursos de formación metodológicos, especializados o prácticos.
4) Asistencia a congresos nacionales o internacionales.
5) Publicaciones científicas.
6) Estancias en otros centros de investigación.
7) Actuaciones y criterios de movilidad.
Complementos de formación
La Comisión Académica del Programa de Doctorado decidirá para cada estudiante admitido, en función de su perfil de ingreso y la formación previa adquirida, la necesidad o no de realizar determinada formación en investigación. En particular, en el caso de estudiantes que no hubieran cursado ni el “Máster en Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia” ni el “Máster en Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología”, pero que, sin embargo, reuniesen los requisitos de acceso, la Comisión Académica del Programa de Doctorado podrá establecer que el aspirante curse hasta un máximo de cinco asignaturas (total: 25 Créditos ECTS) de uno de los dos Másteres mencionados. En particular, tendrán que cursas complementos de formación aquellos estudiantes que no hayan cursado alguna titulación que les haya proporcionado conocimientos suficientes en el Área de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia.
The PhD supervision agreement defines the academic relationship between the candidate and the University, the rights and responsibilities of each (including any intellectual and/or industrial property rights resulting from the candidate’s research), the procedures in place in relation to conflict resolution, and the duration of the agreement. It also specifies the duties of the PhD tutor and supervisor.
The supervision agreement must be signed by the candidate, tutor and designated university representative (or representatives) within a maximum period of one month as from the date of registration. The supervisor’s signature may be added subsequently, once a supervisor has been appointed.
When the document has been signed by all the relevant parties, the agreement is then added to the candidate’s record of activities.
See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 13: Supervision agreement.
The candidate must prepare a research plan within six months of registration, with information regarding methodology, objectives, resources and milestones. The research plan is submitted together with the report of the supervisor and/or tutor for approval by the Academic Committee for PhD Programmes (CAPD). Improvements to the plan may be introduced with the approval of the supervisor and/or tutor based on the annual review of the student’s research progress.
Research plans are subject to annual review by the CAPD, including the report(s) of the supervisor and/or tutor and the candidate’s record of activities. Students will be permitted to continue with their studies if the outcome of the review is satisfactory. If the outcome is negative, the student will be required to submit a new plan within a period of six months. If the committee is still not satisfied, the candidate will be removed from the programme.
See also UDC PhD Policies and Regulations, Article 15: Research plan.
UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.
For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.
Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.
Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.