To start a doctoral programme two procedures are required: admission and access. They are done with an electronic application.
Admission
Admission to a doctoral programme is done by the Academic Commission of each doctoral programme. You must contact the coordinator of the doctoral programme you are interested in (link to the offer) so that they inform you about the specific admission requirements and your chances to be admitted. Admission to the programme is formalized by the enrolment at the UB during the academic year and period in which the candidate has been admitted. Some programmes have a pre-enrolment. Check the programme’s web to check the dates.
For the admissión, please insert in the application the requested documentation, which may vary from one programme to another. You will generally have to provide your CV, a proof for your language levels, a motivation letter containing a brief draft of your thesis, letters of recommendation and a proposal for a supervisor or a research group. Consult the specifics of the requested documentation for each programme.
The academic admission to the programme involves a selection of students based on the number of available places. In each programme’s offer they can inform you about the admission rate.
Access
The access implies that the academic requirements that give access to the doctorate are accredited.
The doctoral students who, since 2012‐2013, started and enrolled for a doctoral programme of the UB that is being closed down, and want to study an active doctoral programme, do not have to apply for access. What you must apply for is the admission to the doctoral programme you are interested in, taking into account the specific admission requirements and the criteria for prioritising applications to the programme.
To gain access to a doctoral programme of the UB you must have an official bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and a master’s degree, and have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits (not recognised) in the first degree and the master’s degree counted together. However, there are different access ways according to whether previous studies have been done in Spain or in another country.