PhD in Philosophy
Each University will have a specific website for the Doctoral Programme. These pages will be linked to the Programme's website, which will be managed by the University of Murcia as coordinator of the Interuniversity Programme.
It should be noted first that, as a common element of the information systems, the University of Murcia manages and supplies information through web pages following “accessibility policy” criteria, so that users with any type of disability or technological limitations are not excluded. Thus, all content is adapted to the WAI 1.0 accessibility guidelines at AA level and standard formats established by the W3C are used. A significant part of the institutional sites on the University of Murcia website managed by the SIU meet a high degree of accessibility, having been validated by the Web Accessibility Test (TAW) and by the W3C xhtml validation test. More information on this subject at:
University of Murcia
University of Alicante
On the other hand, the University of Murcia will enable, through the International Doctoral School a website through which you can consult the university teaching offer of the Doctorate Program in Philosophy.
It will contain the admission profiles, administrative issues related to registration, the objectives and skills associated with each Degree, as well as the scholarships and grants that students can access in order to carry out their studies.
With regard to the dissemination channels aimed at potential students, apart from those already mentioned and in relation to registration, the different universities of the Program will advertise on their Website, as well as in other electronic and analogue media, the registration calendars, in addition to this Report.
Optionally, coinciding with the registration period, the different Centers will publish an annual information brochure containing all the information about the research teams, lines of research, training activities, evaluation regulations, etc., as well as all the email addresses and telephone numbers of interest, especially those of the researchers.
1. In accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Royal Decree 99/2011, access will require the possession of official Spanish Bachelor's degrees, or equivalent, and a Master's degree.
2. Likewise, those who are in any of the following situations may access:
a. Possession of an official university degree from Spain or another country that is part of the European Higher Education Area, which qualifies for access to a Master's degree in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, and having passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in the set of official university studies, of which at least 60 must be Master's degrees.
b. Be in possession of an official Spanish degree of Graduate, the duration of which, in accordance with Community law, is at least 300 ECTS credits. These graduates must take the compulsory training supplements referred to in article 7.2 of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, unless the study plan of the corresponding degree includes research training credits equivalent in training value to the research credits from master's studies.
c. University graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding entrance exam for specialized health training places, have successfully completed at least two years of training in a program to obtain an official degree in one of the specialties in Health Sciences.
d. Possession of a qualification obtained under foreign educational systems, without the need for its homologation, after verification by the General Doctoral Committee that said qualification accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish Master's degree and that it qualifies the applicant for access to doctoral studies in the country that issued the qualification. This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous qualification held by the applicant, nor its recognition for purposes other than access to doctoral studies.
e. Possession of another Spanish doctorate obtained in accordance with previous university regulations.
3. In addition to these general requirements, although it is not considered pertinent to request as an access requirement the accreditation of level B2 in a second modern language relevant and common for scientific communication in the philosophical community, it will be required, in accordance with the communication competence contemplated above, the language commitment of the doctoral student to follow the guidelines of his/her tutor and/or Director leading to the acquisition by the doctoral student, through the personalized research plans, of the "ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages of habitual use in their international scientific community." It will therefore be the tutors and/or directors who, through stays in foreign centres (generally for research fellows) or specific language courses from the different Language Services of the different universities in the Programme, will promote, in accordance with the access commitment of the doctoral students, this capacity for those who do not possess it, so that competence is guaranteed in the process of preparing, writing or defending the Doctoral Thesis. To achieve this end, the signing of international co-supervision agreements with foreign professors will also be promoted.
4. Furthermore, it is considered that Philosophy, due to its transdisciplinary nature, requires that the Bachelor's or Master's degrees with which access to the Doctoral Programme is possible are not limited to Philosophy or Humanities, but that access can be obtained from any degree and area, provided that the Thesis to be completed is consistent with the academic and research training received in the Bachelor's or Master's degree. The Academic Committee of the Programme (through an interview and prior report from the doctoral student) will judge the consistency. If inconsistency is observed, always in agreement with the director and/or tutor, a second commitment for access will be required: to complete an appropriate training complement; either of an academic nature (subjects) or of a research nature (Master's Final Project). This work may be directed by the same director and/or tutor of the Doctoral Thesis and will be defended prior to the reading and defence of the same, in accordance with the current Master's regulations. See below for access profiles.
5. Those who enter the Programme from the Secondary School Teaching Master's Degree must complete and pass a project equivalent to the final master's theses offered in the University Master's Degrees in Philosophy offered by the different universities that make up the Programme. This project may be directed by the same director and/or tutor as the Doctoral Thesis and will be defended prior to the reading and defence of the thesis, in accordance with the regulations of the master's degree in question. Notwithstanding the above, those who have completed the Secondary School Teaching Master's Degree (specialising in Philosophy) and wish to do their PhD in the line of research in Philosophy Didactics or Ethics and Teaching may directly access the Doctoral Programme.
Selection and admission criteria for the Program
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7 of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, the selection and admission to a doctoral program is subject to the following rules:
1. Selection into a doctoral program will be made by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program.
2. To make the selection, the Academic Committee will use the following criteria:
a. An assessment of the academic curriculum (40%).
b. An assessment of merits of special relevance or significance in relation to the doctoral programme (60%).
3. In any case, admission to doctoral programmes shall include the access commitments referred to above. These training supplements shall not be counted towards the limit established for the duration of the Doctorate in article 3.2 of Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January. For the purposes of public prices and the granting of scholarships and study grants, these training supplements shall be considered as training at doctoral level.
In any case, the decision on admission to a doctoral programme will be issued by the Rector of each of the universities, at the proposal of the academic committee of the corresponding doctoral programme and without prejudice to the delegation of powers or signatures that may be made in favour of the deans of the centre or the directors of doctoral schools.
The lists of those admitted to the doctoral programme will be published on the electronic notice boards and those of the Faculties where it is taught, although other means of publicity may be established by resolution of the rector.
Likewise, the regulations and instructions for admission and registration approved annually by the different universities in the Program will apply to the admission procedure.
In the case of students with special educational needs arising from disabilities, selection and admission systems and procedures will include appropriate support and advisory services.
Tuition
Doctoral students admitted to a doctoral program will enroll annually as determined by the agreement.
Enrolment will take place in the management unit authorised for this purpose, in accordance with the requirements established in the complementary regulations and admission and enrolment instructions approved by the respective universities for each academic year.
Rights and responsibilities of PhD students
A doctoral candidate is considered to be one who, after having met the requirements established in Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, has been admitted to a doctoral program and has enrolled in it.
PhD students have the following rights:
1. The common rights of university students and the specific rights of doctoral students established in the University Student Statute, approved by Royal Decree 1791/2010, of December 30.
2. The rights that, as students, are recognized and result from the Statutes of the universities participating in the Program
PhD students have the following duties:
1. Those established in general terms in article 13 of the University Student Statute and in the Statutes of the universities that make up the Program
2. Those specifically resulting from the contractual legal regime to which, where applicable, they may be subject.
3. Fulfill the training commitments included in this Report.
4. Carry out the established training activities and research seminars.
5. Submit the work completed to the director in the format and with the frequency that have been previously agreed upon and submit the thesis manuscript to the director a reasonable time in advance of the agreed date for the deposit, for final review.
6. Consult with your supervisor before undertaking any additional activities at the university, in order to jointly assess the possible impact on your dedication to your doctoral thesis.
7. Comply with the safety requirements at work or any other specific requirements that exist in the place where you carry out your research.
8. Comply with the ethical standards established by the university.
Due to their transdisciplinary nature, PhD studies in Philosophy require that the Bachelor's or Master's degrees that can access the Program are not limited to Philosophy or Humanities. In principle, it is therefore possible to access the Program from any degree and area (having completed 300 credits, between Bachelor's or Bachelor's studies and a Master's degree). However, the different admission profiles require that, as a general rule for admission to the Program, the following instructions be taken into account (in accordance with which the training commitment will be drawn up):
1. Students who have completed their Bachelor's or Master's degrees in Philosophy, Humanities or Social Anthropology at any of the participating universities, as well as all those who have completed their Bachelor's or Master's degrees in Philosophy at any Spanish university, at any other university in the European Higher Education Area or at another university with equivalent studies, may access the Doctorate programme without restrictions, subject to prior recognition by the Doctoral Academic Committee.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous point, those who enter the Programme from the Secondary Education Teaching Master's Degree (specialising in Philosophy) must carry out a work equivalent to the final master's theses in one of the university research master's degrees offered by the different universities in the Programme. This work may be directed by the same director and/or tutor of the Doctoral Thesis and will be defended (in accordance with the regulations for these works) prior to the reading and defence of the Thesis.
3. Those who wish to access the Programme without having completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Philosophy or Humanities must demonstrate that the Doctoral Thesis they intend to carry out is consistent with the academic and research training they have received. The Academic Committee of the Programme (through an interview and a prior report from the PhD student) will be the one to judge the consistency. If inconsistency is found, always in agreement with the director and/or tutor, an appropriate training supplement will be required, which may consist of taking certain subjects from the master's degrees offered by the universities participating in the Programme during the first year and which, in any case, will involve the completion and defence of a final master's thesis (TFM) in the first year of the Doctorate. The supervision of these works will be exercised by the director of the Doctoral Thesis.
(The TFM regulations of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Murcia can be found in the following link)
