The Doctoral Programme in “Communication” aims to:

-To deep in the knowledge of the basic principles of communication and the shaping of the world view through language and culture.

-To recognise and to reflect around the communicative policies of different media systems.

-To analyse the impact of new technologies in the social and political organisation, at all levels, from administrative and bureaucratic to cultural and economic spheres.

-To achieve the appropriate competencies of media languages used in the communicative flow of the information society.

-To achieve the suitability for teaching performance in the context of training and employment integration within the European Higher Education Area.

-To acquire the competencies and skills needed in the development of media research projects.

Basic competences:

a. The systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and methods of research associated with this field. 
b. The ability to conceive, to design or to create, to implement and adapt a substantial process of research and creation; 
c. The ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research. 
d. The ability to carry out a critical analysis, assessment and synthesis of new and complex ideas. 
e. The ability to communicate to the academic and scientific community and society in general their areas of knowledge in the ways and languages commonly used in the international scientific community. 
f. The ability to promote in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advances in a knowledge-based society.

Personal abilities and skills:

a. To get by in contexts in which there is little specific information. 
b. To find the key questions that should be answered to solve a complex problem. 
c. Designing, creating, developing and launching new and innovative projects in their field of knowledge. 
d. Working both in team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context 
e. Integrating knowledge, handling complexity, and making judgments with limited information. 
f. The criticism and intellectual defence of solutions.