Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT (e-Learning)
Call for applications
The Education and ICT (E-learning) doctoral programme offers a total of 20 positions. This includes both students who obtain a competitive grant to study on-site full-time and students who do the programme remotely part-time. This programme includes an internal call for applications for grants to do the PhD. These grants are reserved for full-time on-site students. Students may also apply for other grants offered by different entities.
- An official Spanish bachelor's degree, or equivalent, and a university master's degree, or equivalent; you must have passed at least 300 ECTS credits in these two degree programmes.
- An official Spanish university degree corresponding to previous ordinances of university education; you must have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in official university studies, of which at least 60 must be at master's degree level.
- An official university degree that is from a country in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and enables admission to official master's degree programmes; you must have passed at least 300 ECTS credits in all of your official university studies, of which at least 60 must be at master's degree level.
- An official Spanish degree, which (as per European regulations) must comprise at least 300 ECTS credits; in this case, the student will be required to complete the bridging courses specified, unless the doctoral programme includes research training credits considered equivalent in educational value to the research credits from master's degree studies.
- An official university degree from a country outside the EHEA, which will not require homologation (official recognition by the Spanish Ministry of Education) if its level is equivalent to a Spanish university master's degree and qualifies you for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was issued.
- A Spanish doctoral degree obtained in accordance with previous university ordinances.
- The title of licenciado, arquitecto or ingeniero and an advanced studies diploma (Diploma de Estudios Avanzados), obtained in accordance with the provisions of Spain's Royal Decree 778/1998, of 30 April, or the research sufficiency (Suficiencia Investigadora) regulated in Spain's Royal Decree 185/1985, of 23 January.
- An official university degree that corresponds to level three of the Spanish higher education qualifications framework (MECES), in accordance with the procedure established in Spain's Royal Decree 967/2014, of November 21, establishing the requirements and procedure for homologating and declaring equivalence for degrees and official academic levels, and for validating foreign higher education studies, and the procedure for determining correspondence with the MECES levels of Spain's official arquitecto, ingeniero, licenciado, arquitecto técnico, ingeniero técnico and diplomado qualifications.
- If you are not a citizen of an English-speaking country, you must provide proof of English language competencies equal to or higher than B2 in the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
- If you have attended school or have completed a bachelor's or master's degree (or equivalent qualification with regards to enrolment in the doctorate programme) in English in a country where English is an official language, you will be deemed to have an equivalent level to the one required.
- You may also demonstrate your linguistic competency in English by means of another official certificate that proves you have a level equivalent to or higher than the one required. You can consult this equivalency table to see examples of certificates that correspond to these levels.
- Purpose and justification of the research, explaining its fit with the chosen line of research and the thesis proposal
- Theoretical foundation and brief state of the art of the chosen topic
- Problem and research questions
- Outline of the research methodology and context
- Expected results
- Bibliography
- Specific research training (master's programmes, courses, etc.).
- Research experience: participation in research projects or contracts, research stays at universities or research centres, membership in a research group, publications and presentations at conferences, etc.
- General and specific academic or professional experience in the field of education and ICT: activities and projects, positions of responsibility and duties, other publications (non-research), etc.
All applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be evaluated by the PhD programme's Academic Committee using a rubric, based on the criteria and merits shown in the table below.
CRITERIA (Dimension) |
CRITERIA (Items, Merit) |
DOCUMENTS/ EVIDENCE |
MAXIMUM SCORE |
---|---|---|---|
Academic record |
Bachelor's Grade Point Average (GPA) |
Calculation of the average
|
15 25 |
Research Project |
Suitability of the project: - Degree of definition of the research idea, relevance, interest, and fit - Knowledge of the field (correct problem approach, appropriate references) - Proficiency in research (adequacy of methodology, correct formulation of questions, consistency of results) |
Research Project | 15 |
Research Training | Specific research training (masters, courses, etc.) |
CV Letter of motivation Evidence and arguments (optional) |
10 |
Research experience |
-Participation in research projects or contracts -Research stays -Membership of a research group -Previous research work - Publications / conferences |
CV Letter of motivation Evidence and arguments (optional) |
10 |
General and specific academic or professional experience in the field of education and ICT |
Activities and Projects Positions of responsability and duties Other publications |
CV Letter of motivation Evidence and arguments (optional) |
10 |
Personal skills Availability |
- Attitude towards work, persistence, motivation and long-term commitment - Academic skills (academic writing, use of information sources, use of data for decision-making, etc.) - Communication skills, consistency and structuring of arguments - Proactive attitude and problem solving abilities - Teamwork skills - Conditions under which you propose to do the PhD and compatibility with other activities and commitments |
Evidence and arguments (recommended) Letter of motivation |
15 |
TOTAL SCORE | 100 |
1 December 2022: Start of the call for applications for access and admission to doctoral programmes.
12 February 2023: End of the call for applications for access and admission to doctoral programmes.
15 February 2023: Publication of the provisional lists of applications to be assessed. The lists will be published on the Doctoral School website.
16 February to 25 February 2023: Period for appeals of the applications to be evaluated.
27 February 2023: Publication of the final lists of applications to be assessed. The lists will be published on the Doctoral School website.
2 May 2023: Publication of the provisional resolution on the accepted online and granted candidates. The lists will be published on the Doctoral School website.
3 May to 19 May 2023: Period for appeals of the selection of online and granted candidates.
26 May 2023: Publication of the final resolution on the candidates admitted to the doctoral programmes and those who are granted. The lists will be published on the Doctoral School website.
July 2023: Start of the enrolment period 2023-24.
September 2023: Start of the academic year 2023-24.