As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:

As a specific requirement must be met:
(a) Previous studies
(a.1) They must have completed the Master’s Degree in Biodiversity or the Master’s Degree in Integrative Evolutionary Biology of the University of Valencia associated with the doctoral programme. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats
(DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have been completed within Doctoral Programmes related to this.

(a.2) Also may be admitted who have completed other master’s degree studies or others studies of a similar level, whether they come from higher education systems which do not provide the Master’s degree -- with related content in the field of biology and its methodologies that represent at least 30 credits.
(b) Recommendation.
Although letters of recommendation are not required, it is recommended that the candidate for admission establish prior contact with any of the professors of the programme for a future direction or co-direction of the doctoral thesis.
(c) Languages
Applicants must demonstrate their knowledge of the English language equivalent to level B1 (European classification).
If applicants do not have the certification and English is not their first language, they will be able to take an ad hoc exam. For this, if the applicant has a disability, the Unit for the Integration of People with Disabilities of the UVEG will be consulted in order to ensure the appropriateness of the exam. The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

Admission criteria:
STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS:
Regarding to entry systems and procedures adapted to students with special educational needs, the University of Valencia has the  Unit for the Integration of People with Disabilities (UPD), which ensures  the respect for the principle of equal opportunities and non discrimination and  supports the collective of students with special educational needs. The “Service Charter” of this unit  (http://upd.uv.es/index.php/cartaservicio.html), informs about  quality commitments and rights and duties of users.
Likewise, and according to the Royal Decree 1892/2008, of 14 November, which  regulates the conditions for accessing to official university  undergraduate degrees and the admission procedures to Spanish public universities , the 5% of places available will be reserved for students  who have a recognised disability of at least 33%, as well as for those students with permanent special educational needs associated with personal circumstances of disability, who during their previous academic life have needed resources and support for their full  educational  normalisation.

3101  Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology

• Diversity, Physiology and Vegetal Development
• Integrative Water Ecology
• Developing and Behavioural Ecology
• Terrestrial Animals Ecology and Diversity
• Vegetal Ecology and Development
• Virus and Bacteria Development and Variability
• Evolutionary Genetics
• Essential and applied Etymology
• Limnology
• Paleonthology
• Microbial Diversity Taxonomy and Conservation
• Marine Zoology 

Entry requirements:

1. To have taken and completed a minimum of 60 ECTS of the followings Master’s Degrees of the University of Valencia:

• Master’s Degree in Biotechnology and Assisted Human Reproduction
• Master’s Degree in Molecular, Cellular and Genetic Biology
• Master’s Degree in Molecular Approaches in Health Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

2. To have passed 60 credits included in one or more University Master’s degrees.

This modality may include training complements

3. To hold a Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Tertiary Education Diploma) obtained according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 77/1998, 30 April, or to have reached the research proficiency regulated by the Royal Decree 185/1985, 23 January.

4. To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration according to the rules of Community Law is at least of 300 credits.

In the cases 2, 3 and 4 of the entry requirements and depending of the project Doctoral thesis presented, the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will consider if the studies taken are equivalent to those required for accessing to the research period of this programme (case 1) and, if applicable, the student is required to take any module or curriculum of some of the Master’s Degrees mentioned in the section 1.

The admission in the Programme of students from another country requires that their Master’s degree should be recognised in the University of Valencia.

3173   Biomedicine and Biotechnology

1. Biotechnology of assisted human reproduction
2. Biomedicine
3. Microbiology and Microbiological Biotechnology
4. Plants Biotechnology
5. Food Biotechnology
6. Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
7. Molecular Biology and Genetics

Entry requirements: They should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
Ideal entry profiles: Having completed a Master’s degree in Chemical, Industrial, Environmental, Agricultural or Civil Engineering, Biotechnology or other studies of the same level and branch of knowledge with equivalent contents. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– ,they must have been completed within Doctoral Programmes related to Chemical Engineering.
Other Profiles: For students with additional entry profiles (master’s degree in the fields of Chemistry and Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences), Specific bridging courses, with a total of 30 credits, are stablished. These courses are explained in detail at section 3.4 of COMPLEMENTARY TRAINING.

3132  Chemical, Environmental and Process Engineering

Research lines

Research team 1: ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING

1. Development of processes for the treatment and valorisation of waste water.

2. Treatment of air emissions. Synthesis of biofuels and bioproducts.

Research team 2: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

3. Experimental determination and theoretical estimation of thermodynamic and transport properties.

4. Heterogeneous catalysis.

5. Polymer technology, electrochemistry and sustainability.

In addition to meeting the requirements for admission to doctoral programmes stipulated in RD
99/2011, the following entry profiles to the Doctoral Studies are stablished:
1. To hold the Master’s Degree in Electrochemistry: Science and Technology or to hold the Diploma d’ Estudis Avançats (a tertiary education degree) in the Doctoral studies in Electrochemistry: Science and Technology regulated by the Royal Decree
778/1998.
2. To hold a EHEA Master’s Degree with a training equivalent to the Master’s Degree in Electrochemistry: Science and Technology.
3. To hold a degree which give access to the doctoral programme in areas of Chemistry, Engineering
or related fields including at least 16 ECTS credits and methodological training in research or
equivalent, and have completed the Master’s Degree Final Project, undergraduate degree or equivalent of research nature.
4. To hold a degree which give access to the doctoral programme in areas of Chemistry, Engineering
or related fields not included in point 3
The Doctoral Programme Academic Committee will be responsible for establishing the degrees considered in points 2, 3 and 4 of this rules of admission.

3118  Electrochemistry, Science and Technology

• Basic and Applied Electrocatalysis
• Electronic transfer in Molecular Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology. Basic and Applied Aspects
• Development and Modelling of Techniques and electrochemical processes
• Spectroscopic and nanoscopic studies of electrochemical processes Photoelectrochemistry
• Development and characterization of new materials
• Development of new analytical methods based on electrochemical and spectropic techniques
• Electrochemical properties of electrodes modified by organic molecules
• Environmental Electrochemistry
• Applied electrochemistry: Energy storage, corrosion, electrosynthesis

• As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of
  such Royal Decree. Without prejudice to the specific details of Article 6 and the second additional provision, the access requirements to the doctoral
  programme are:
  1.- To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which give access to the Master’s Degree and they should have passed at least 300 ECTS credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
  2.- To hold a Spanish official qualification of Graduate with at least 300 ECTS and take on complimentary training unless
  they include credits of research training.
  3.- Having passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations in Health Sciences and do not
  have a place in entry test to specialized medical training places.
  4.- To hold a foreign qualification if this accredits the same training level as the Spanish Official Master’s Degree
  5.- To hold a Spanish Doctoral qualification.
  6.- Being studying a doctoral programme under previous regulations, after application for admission.
  7.- To hold a qualification as graduate, Architect or Engineer and the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (a tertiary education degree) or the research proficiency
  Ideal entry profile: Students who have studied the Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering or the Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering associated to
  this doctoral programme, or an official master from other university of similar or equivalent content. In the event of holding the Diploma
  d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
  Other entry profiles: It may also be admitted who have completed other master’s studies assigned to the area of engineering and architecture
  (e.g. Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical, Automation, Computer Science or Telematics), in which case they may require to take on specific complementary
  training at Master’ degree level according to the criteria specified in section 3.4.
  Students who fulfil the requirements shall have access to the doctoral programme, being the Doctoral Studies
  Academic Committee responsible of verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

El Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica de la Universitat de València es el encargado del doctorado. Las dos líneas de investigación principales de este programa de doctorado son:

• Tecnología electrónica.
• Procesado digital de la señal y tratamiento de datos.

Los miembros del departamento organizan su investigación en un total de 7 grupos de investigación.

El Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica de la Universitat de València es el encargado del doctorado. Los miembros del departamento organizan su investigación en un total de 7 grupos de investigación.

1- Grup Investigació Disseny Sistemes Digitals Comunicació.

El DSDC está formado por profesores adscritos al área de conocimiento de Tecnología Electrónica, así como por becarios de investigación de Programas Nacionales y Europeos de I + D. Con líneas de investigación en:

sistemas en tiempo real, aplicaciones tecnológicas en medicina y deporte, sistemas electrónicos de comunicaciones.

2- Grup d'Investigació Laboratori d'Electrònica i Industrial.

El LEII está formado por profesores e investigadores que trabajan en el campo de la electrónica de potencia y de instrumentación industrial, concretamente en el diseño de convertidores DC / DC y AC / DC de alta eficiencia, en el desarrollo de nuevas técnicas conversión energética y en el diseño de sistemas electrónicos de instrumentación industrial.

3- Grup Laboratori d'Anàlisi Dades Intel·ligents.

IDAL té com a principal objectiu l'estudi i aplicació de mètodes intel·ligents d'anàlisis de dades per al reconeixement de patrons, amb aplicacions en problemes de predicció, classificació o determinació de tendències.. Els seus membres apliquen, a grans bases de dades, mètodes estadístics clàssics i tècniques d'aprenentatge automàtic: contrast d'hipòtesi, models lineals, selecció i extracció de característiques més rellevants, xarxes neuronals, algorismes de clustering, arbres de decisió, màquines de vectors suporte, models gràfics probabilístics, visualització per manifolds, lògica borrosa, aprenentatge reforçat, etc.

4- Grup de Processament i Disseny Digital GPDD.

El Grupo de Procesado y Diseño Digitales (GPDD) pertenece al Departament d'Enginyería Electrònica de la Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyería - ETSE de la Universitat de València-Estudi General y tiene como objetivo la docencia e investigación en procesado digital de la señal y la aplicación de técnicas de tratamiento digital en campos tales como la Ingeniería Biomédica, sistemas industriales y arquitecturas hardware para la implementación de procesado en tiempo real.

5- Laboratorio Procesado de Imágenes.

The ISP research group, http://isp.uv.es, has a long tradition in statistical analysis of data coming from imaging systems. These measurements depend on the properties of the scenes and the physics of the imaging process, and their relevance depends on the (natural or artificial) observer that will analyze the data. Our distinct approach to signal, image and vision processing combines machine learning theory with the understanding of the underlying physics and biological vision. Applications mainly focus on optical remote sensing and computational visual neuroscience.

6- MicroElectrònica i MicroSensors.

La actividad investigadora está focalizada en el diseño, modelado, caracterización avanzada e integración de microsensores y circuitos microelectrónicos. En este sentido, y en estrecha colaboración con otros grupos de nuestro entorno más cercano, a nivel estatal y a nivel internacional, se han desarrollado capacidades de diseño de sensores basados en capas nanoestructuradas para el sensado de magnitudes físicas como el campo magnético o la concentración de gases. También hemos demostrado habilidades en el diseño de circuitos de polarización de estos sensores, acondicionamiento de la señal y adquisición de datos.

7- Grup Investigació Tecnologia en detectors de radiació.

El Laboratorio de Tecnología para Detectores de Radiación se dedica a la investigación y el desarrollo de todos los aspectos tecnológicos en torno a las aplicaciones basadas en detectores de radiación: desde la electrónica analógica de front-end hasta los sistemas de adquisición de datos con dispositivos integrados y programables.

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

In general, in order to access the Doctoral Programme in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry and, According to the Royal Decree 99/2011, 28 January, which regulates the official doctoral studies, it will be necessary to hold the Spanish qualifications of Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent, and of University Master’s Degree.
Likewise, access is permitted to applicants under the following circumstances:
a) To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the article 16 of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October, and they should have passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
b) To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration, according to the rules of Community Law, is at least of 300 ECTS credits. Said graduates should compulsorily take the training complements, except the range of courses of the corresponding undergraduate degree includes training credits in research, equivalent in training value to the credits in researche coming from master’s degree studies.
c) The university graduates who, before obtaining a training place in the corresponding entry test for specific health training, have passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations in Health Sciences.
d) To hold a degree obtained according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.
e) To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations.
 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As specific requirement:
Acceptance to the Doctoral Programme will be done according to the following profiles:
a) Ideal entry profile to the Doctoral Programme in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry: the candidates shall have taken the Master’s degree in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry at the UV
associated to this doctoral programme or the Master’s degree in Sensors for Industrial Applications by the Universitat Politecnica de València.
In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have been completed within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Other entry profiles to the Doctoral Programme in Chemical Experimental Techniques can also be accepted if they have taken master’s degrees different to the above mentioned, preferably those who have taken previous Degrees or Llicenciatura in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Food Science and Technology, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology or certificates corresponding to other experimental sciences and technologies and this case, the students may be required to take specific bridging courses at the level of Master’s degree in Chemical Experimental Techniques which is developed at the UV.

The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

3158  Experimental Techniques in Chemistry

• Industrial control and analysis
• Food security
• Pollution and environmental control
• Techniques and Developments applied to bioanalysis
• Green analytical chemistry
• Material synthesis and characterization

This also includes the following sub-research lines, with participation in one or more of the above:

• Signal and Measurement in Chemistry (SYM): Research in biosensors and biosensing

• ECOLagro: Development of research in the agri-food and forestry sectors

• Biomaterials for Nerve Regeneration (BRN)

The profile of the students who access the doctoral programme in Information Technologies, Communications and Computing, is the profile of a graduate in Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics and related, who have taken a Master’s Degree along the same lines.

More concretely, the recommended entry profile corresponds to students who have acquired the prior abilities and knowledge that are obtained when passing some of the following official master’s degree of Universitat de València:

• - Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems (60 ECTS)
• - Systems and Services in the Information Society (75 ECTS)
• - Advanced Sciences of Modern Telecommunications (60 ECTS)
• - Telecommunication Engineering (90 ECTS)
• - Biomedical Engineering (120 ECTS)
• - Web Services and Applications Engineering (60 ECTS)

Nevertheless, it may be considered adequate the obtained profile when passing other related master’s degrees or with a minimum of 60 ECTS that come from different related master’s degrees.

The languages to be used in the training process will be Spanish, English or Valencian, therefore a good level in at least one of these languages is required. Good level in at least one of these languages, both in oral and written expression. It is advisable in any case
It is advisable in any case that the student has an acceptable level of English.

  ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
Besides, the students should fulfil the following specific requirements:
· Having taken and passed the studies conductive to some of the official master’s degrees of Universitat de València associated to the programme (the current list of these master’s degrees is included in “recommended profile” in the previos section 3.1). In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85–, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
· For any other assumption, the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will evaluate whether the carried out studies are equivalent to those generally demanded to access the research period of this Doctoral Programme.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.
The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will study and resolve any admission petition that does not adjust to the criteria previously established, based on the available information.

      3159   Information Technologies, Communication and Computational Mathematics

1. Computer modelling and simulation
2. Machine learning
3. Advanced and Empirical Software Engineering Techniques
4. Gender impact in software development
5. Development of self-adaptive systems with human participation (human in the loop)
6. Development of self-explanatory autonomous systems
7. Machine learning/Maching Learning
8. Human-computer interaction and usability
9. Natural Language Modelling (NLP)
10. Multimodal, adaptive and non-intrusive interaction design
11. Computational electromagnetics
12. Measurement of antennas and telecommunication devices. Electromagnetic field measurements
13. Modelling the evolution of complex systems Interaction networks
14. Metagenomic analysis techniques and tools
15. Processing of large volumes of genomic information
16. Multimodal integration systems
17. Virtual reality
18. Augmented reality
19. Data mining and machine learning
20. Applied artificial intelligence
21. Data analysis and visualisation
22. Pattern recognition and computer vision
23. Parallel computing and distributed systems
24. Signal processing (Sound)
25. Intelligent tutoring systems
26. Telecommunication networks and systems
27. Bioinformatics
28. High performance systems

The Specific Entry Requirements to the Doctoral Programme in Mathematics are the following:
-The admission of students to the Doctoral Programme in Mathematics will be carried out by the Academic Committee, appointed for that purpose. All those students who have completed the credits corresponding to the Inter-University Master’s Degree INVESMAT and defended their Master’s Degree final Project can take these Doctoral Studies. Likewise, all those students who are holders of a Diploma d’Estudis Avançats (A tertiary education degree) obtained by the doctoral programmes of the Royal Decree 778/1998 “Cross-disciplinary Mathematics” of the Department of Applied Mathematics of the UPV and the “Inter-department Doctoral Programme” of the Faculty of Mathematics of the UV.
-Those students who have completed a number of credits equivalent to the Master’s Degree INVESMAT in other Master’s Degrees, both from Spain and abroad which are within the field of Mathematics or that come from other Doctoral Programmes both national (Royal Decree 778/1998) and foreign countries, always that the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will issue a favourable report. Such Academic Committee will require the information necessary of the students about their knowledge and they will make a proposal on the admission conditions of the students, establishing if necessary the tutelage that consider academically appropiate.

Linear Algebra

    Matrix theory and applications to control systems   

    Iterative solution of linear systems and applications

Analysis

    Operator theory

    Vector and multilinear Fourier analysis

    Spaces and algebras of differentiable functions

    Methods of functional analysis for mathematical analysis

    Dynamic linear systems: chaos

Applied Mathematics

    Numerical analysis, images and simulation

    Resolution of equations and nonlinear systems

    Nonlinear partial differential equations

Mathematical Modeling

    Stochastic differential equations and their applications

    Modeling the spread of infectious diseases and social habits

    Mathematical modeling for metabolic and energy engineering

    Mathematical models in physics

Algebra, Geometry and Topology

    Theory of representations of finite groups

    Arithmetic and structural properties of groups and applications

    Theory of singularities: generic geometry and morphology

    Diffuse metrics and quasimetrics: applications

As a general access requirement, students must be in one of the situations listed in article 6 of RD 99/2011 or in the second additional provision of said Royal Decree.

Recommended entry profile: Students must have completed at least 60 ECTS of the Master's degree in Molecular Nanoscience and Nanotechnology or any other Master's degree related to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

In this formative stage, the student should have developed the following abilities:

1. Ability to analyse and synthesise scientific problems.

2. Ability to develop the different stages involved in a research project (from the bibliographic search to the statement of objectives, the design of the experiment through the use of the appropriate methodology, the analysis of the results and the drawing of conclusions).

3. Multidisciplinary training in chemistry, physics and materials science, including biochemical aspects, enabling him/her to communicate with experts in these areas and to understand the language of nanoscience.

The student must demonstrate a B2 level knowledge of English, which guarantees that they will be able to make the presentations of their research work in English at local or international meetings and conferences.

ADMISSION CRITERIA

To have a letter of acceptance from a research group participating in the doctoral programme to carry out the doctoral student's doctoral thesis within it.

3167  Nanoscience and nanotechnology

1. Supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition and molecular self-assembly in Nanoscience

Design of molecules and molecule-based nanostructures. Organisation of molecules in surfaces and interfaces. Studies of crystalline materials under extreme conditions. Crystalline Engineering and Molecular Materials Design, Molecular Electronics, Molecular Nanomagnetism and Molecular Nanoscience Applications.

2. Crystalline Engineering and Molecular Materials Design

Molecular conductors and superconductors, Molecular Magnetic Materials, Molecular Photonic Materials. Multifunctional Molecular Materials. Switchable molecular materials. Porous coordination polymers (MOFs) and 2D materials.

3. Molecular electronics

Preparation, study and theoretical modelling of materials, nanostructures and optoelectronic devices (solar cells, OLEDs, OFETs, molecular lasers, ...). Carbon nanostructures (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene) and their use in molecular electronics. Preparation, study and theoretical modelling of unimolecular devices.

4. Molecular Nanomagnetism

Preparation, study and theoretical modelling of molecular nanomagnets and molecular nanostructures. Molecules and materials for molecular spintronics. Magnetic molecules for quantum computing. Structural, electronic and magnetic characterisation of magnetic molecules and nanomaterials by proximity microscopy techniques (STM, AFM, MFM).

5. Applications of Molecular Nanoscience

Applications of Coordination Chemistry in Molecular Magnetism and Spintronics. Applications of coordination chemistry in molecular electronics. Biomedical applications of molecular molecules and nanomaterials. Molecular sensors. Molecular optoelectronic devices (solar cells, OLEDs, molecular lasers...). Direct production of fuel oil with sunlight. Molecular spintronic devices (spinmolecular valves, spin-OLEDs, spin-OFETs...).

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
a) Appropriate profile. Those students who have taken the Master’s degree in Basic and Applied Neurosciences by the UV or the Euromediterranean Master’s degree in Neurosciences
and Biotechnology in the ISIS-Tempus consorce. These master’s degree are associated to this doctoral programme. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98 or have obtained the Research Proficiency according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85–, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Other profiles. B) Those who have completed other master’s studies different to those mentioned before may be also admitted. The Doctoral Studies Coordinating Committee will study each particular case and will determine, if necessary, the need to take complementary training while taking the master’s degree.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the
compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 1- Neurobiología molecular, funcional y comparada.

Líneas de investigación

1. Neuroanatomía de la conducta

2. Mecanismos neurales de la conducta social, sexual y parental. Neuroanatomia de la amígdala. Neurobiología de los sistemas olfativo y vomeronasal

3. Neurodesarrollo, neurobiología celular y molecular, factores neurotróficos, ratones transgénicos, neurogénesis y diferenciación, precursores neurales y células madre, epigenética de las células madre, neurodegeneración, enfermedad de Parkinson

4. "Deep Networks" en el cerebro visual: de la neuroimagen a la decodificacion de la información visual

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 2- Función cognitiva y motora. Mecanismos. Deterioro neurológico. Mecanismos y terapéutica.

Líneas de investigación

1. Función cognitiva y motora. Mecanismos. Deterioro neurológico. Mecanismos y terapéutica.

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 3- Neurobiología.

Líneas de investigación

1. Plasticidad estructural neuronal: Implicación en desórdenes psiquiátricos.

2. Microcircuitería del bulbo olfatorio de mamíferos

3. Epilepsia experimental

4. Estudio de sistema nervioso central de modelos animales de síndrome de Down.

5. Asimetrías hemisféricas morfofuncionales en población neuropsiquiatrica y en cerebro normal

6. Bases moleculares y modelos de enfermedades neurológicas: ataxia de Friedreich y esquizofrenia

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 4 - Neurogenética y Neurobiología del desarrollo.

Líneas de investigación

1. Neurobiología del Desarrollo

2. Neurogenética

3. Células Madre y Envejecimiento

4. Bases Moleculares de la Neurodegeneración

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 5- Mecanismo de acción del etanol en el sistema dopaminérgico mesolímbico.

Líneas de investigación

1. Acciones del etanol sobre la actividad del sistema dopaminérgico mesolímbico: papel de los metabolitos originados a nivel cerebral

2. Patrones de actividad neuronal en los circuitos prefrontal e hipocámpico en modelos de estrés y depresión

3. Efectos sobre el tráfico intracelular en patología neurales

4. Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Alcohol

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 6 – Psicobiología.

Líneas de investigación

1. Neurociencia social: bases biológicas de la interacción social. Vulnerabilidad y biomarcadores de los efectos del estrés en el procesamiento afectivo y cognitivo. Quejas subjetivas y deterioro cognitivo según edad y sexo. Función cognitiva y conductes adaptativas en pacientes diabéticos.

2. Consecuencias del consumo de alcohol tipo Binge Drinking y del estrés social crónico sobre la memoria durante la adolescencia y juventud (un estudio longitudinal en humanos. Consecuencias del consumo de alcohol tipo Binge Drinking y del estrés social crónico sobre la memoria durante la adolescencia en animales y humanos.

3. Neuropsicología de la epilepsia. Estrés y toma de decisiones.

4. Brain-computers-interfaces

5. Neurocriminología, cooperación y empatía

6. Neurociencia de las emociones y de los procesos cognitivos superiores.

7. Neuropsicología

8. Salud cerebral y mecanismos de protección frente al estrés y deterioro cognitivo asociado a la edad. Estrés asociado a la situación de cuidado de enfermos crónicos: consecuencias psicosociales

9. Neurología - Epilepsia

EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 7- Neurociencia del desarrollo, regeneración y neuroanatomía clínica y del dolor.

Líneas de investigación

1. Sustrato anatómico del dolor y la analgesia. Tratamiento del Dolor

2. Neurociencia del desarrollo, regeneración y neuroanatomía clínica y del dolor

3. Neurobiología del zinc, reprogramación celular.

4. HER-2 en cáncer de mama

5. Aspectos básicos y aplicados de la reprogramación y transdiferenciación celular

6. Esclerosis Múltiple y regeneración

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As specific requirement:
a) Students should have taken the Master’s Degree in Advanced Physics of the University of Valencia associated with this Doctoral Programme or any other Master’s degree
in Physics of the EHEA. Students holding a Master’s degree in engineering focused on physics, a Master’s degree in Chemistry or Mathematics of EHEA may be suitable profiles. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis
Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98
– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree
185/85–, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Also applicants who hold a qualification in
Physics, engineering focused on physics, Chemistry or Mathematics, obtained
according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification
by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent
to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country
of the degree the access to doctoral studies. The affinity of
this qualifications will be determined by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme in
Physics. As a guiding criterion, it is considered appropriate studies of two cycles,
one basic and one of specialization, with a duration of
five years of University studies.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the
doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee
will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above
requirements for the admission of the applicant.

3126  Physics

• Observational Astrophysics, theoretical and computational
   
• General relativity, gravitation and cosmology
   
• Electroweak theory and its extensions, astroparticle
   
• Quantum chromodynamics and hadron physics: QCD
   
• Experimental Physics of High Energies
   
• Nuclear and experimental physics, applications
   
• Image creation and reconstruction and medical and biomedical applications
   
• Semiconductor Physics
   
• Photonics
   
• Quantum optics, nonlinear optics and photonics, complex systems, information and quantum computing
   

 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As specific requirement:
a) Students should have taken the Master’s Degree in Pollution, Toxicology and Environmental Health associated to this doctoral programme. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have been completed within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Also, the students who have taken other Master’s Degree different to the ones mentioned above always that these are similar to the Master’s Degree in Pollution, Toxicology and Environmental Health in this case, student may be required to take specific bridging courses. The Academic Committee of the doctoral programme with determine if the master’s degree studies completed by the candidate are similar to this. Master’s Degree studies similar to this are those that have subjects related to Environmental Pollution, Environmental Toxicology or to Environmental Health. The Bridging courses coincide with the subjects of the Master’s Degree in Pollution, Toxicology, and Environmental Health.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

 3108 Pollution, Toxicology and Environmental Health

• Response and resistance to xenobiotics in animals
• Ecophysiological characterisation of species and populations in relation to natural and anthropogenic factors
• Determining and monitoring the effects of chemical and physical pollutants on organisms through field and laboratory studies
• Ecotoxicological implications of chemotherapeutic products used in aquaculture
• Development and application of methodologies for determining the environmental status of the epicontinental aquatic ecosystems
• Microbial ecology and decontamination methodologies for environmental matrices Bioremediation
• Water quality assessment
• Preservation and restoration of ecosystems
• Environment and health.
• Determination of pollutants in biota and in different environmental matrices.
• Effect of environmental factors on human and animal reproduction.
• Human activity in coastal environments.
• Beliefs, attitudes and values in environmental education.
• Effects of pollution in agricultural ecosystems
• Soil contamination
• Composting of waste

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As specific requirement:
a) Students should have taken some of the university master degrees of the University of Valencia detailed in the section 3.1. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have been completed within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Also, the students who have taken other Master’s Degree studies different to the ones mentioned above can be admitted, whenever they are Master’s degree related to these or to the research lines of the doctoral studies.
c) The accreditation of the carrying out od a research work of at least 6 credits in thematic related to the ones od the Master’s Degree associated with the doctoral programme will be required. For this, it is recommended to include within the pre-enrolment documentation a summary of the research work (of a page as maximum) 

The students who fulfil the aforementioned requirements will enter the doctoral programme, being the Joint Academic Committee of the doctoral programme the one responsible for verifying the fulfilment of the aforementioned requirements for the admission of Doctoral students.

3120  Statistics and Optimisation

- Bayesian Methods
- Validation and Selection of Statistical Models
- Statistical methods spatiotemporal
- Environmental Statistical Methods in Life Sciences and
- Statistical analysis of images
- Statistical Quality Control
- Design of experiments and industrial statistics
- Multivariate Data Analysis and Data Mining
- Survival and reliability
- Multivariate Statistical Methods projection to latent structures (PCA, PLS, Multiway models ...)
- Predicting time series
- Tours and Distribution Problems
- Mathematical Programming and Optimization
- Sequencing Problems and Planning
- Cutting and Packing Problems
- Financial modeling

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As specific requirement:
a) Students should have taken the Master’s Degree related to this Doctoral Programme. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have been completed within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Also, the students who have taken other Master’s Degree studies different to the ones mentioned above can be admitted, whenever they are Master’s degree related to these or to the research lines of the doctoral studies.

Students who fulfil the requirements shall have access to the doctoral programme, being the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee responsible of verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

3160  Teledetection

• CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF SENSORS. Radiometric calibration of sensors in different spectral ranges using ground and atmospheric measurements. Validation of products derived from remote sensing using match-up ground and atmospheric measurements.
• ENERGY FLOWS AND CO2 MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING. Physical modeling of the processes governing the exchange of energy (net radiation, sensible heat, evapotranspiration) and CO2 between the land surface and the atmosphere. Measurement of these quantities using remote sensing and in situ instrumentation techniques.
• RADIOMETRY. Techniques for measuring electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or emitted by the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere through radiometers and spectroradiometers in field and in laboratory. Radiometric measurements in the solar, thermal and microwave spectrum.
• MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF ATMOSPHERIC AND BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS. Measurement and análisis of fundamental radiative parameters in the atmosphere such as aerosols, single-scattering albedo, etc. Study of clouds and their characteristics. Climatic parameters. Measurement and analysis of biophysical parameters (NDVI, chlorophyll, reflectivity, etc.)
• DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE SENSORS AND MISSIONS. Study of technical requirements (radiometric, spectral, orbital) for the design of new sensors and remote sensing missions. Simulation of measures, images and products derived from these new sensors.
• DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS. Development of new algorithms for the advanced digital processing of remote sensing images. Restoration, correction, classification and parameter estimation techniques from remote sensing images. Image fusion and change detection.
• REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. Remote sensing operational applications in various scientific fields related to the study of the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and inland waters and the cryosphere. Development of new remote sensing applications. Numerical simulation models of processes.

To access the Doctoral Programme it will be necessary to own a Spanish  official qualification of Degree or an equivalent and a University Master’s Degree.
We recommend that the students who enter to the doctoral studies should have completed an Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry, Physics, Material Sciences or fields related and they should completed at least 60 ECTS in the Master’s Degree in “Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling”, or Master’s degrees in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Material Sciences with an important theoretical content and research-based approach.

Likewise, access is permitted to applicants under the following circumstances:
- To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the article 16 of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October, and they should have passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
- To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration, according to the rules of Community Law, is at least of 300 ECTS credits. These graduates should take compulsorily the bridging courses, unless the curriculum of the corresponding degree includes training credits in research, equivalent to the research credits of the Master’s degree studies.
To hold a degree obtained according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.
Holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85
- To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations.

The two Master’s Degree indicated (“Theoretical Chemistry and Computing Modelling” and “Theoretical and Computing Chemistry) are the common path for the students of this doctoral programme and it guarantees that they have the previous knowledge necessary for entering to the doctoral studies. However, they are not the exclusive path for accessing, other research master’s degree taught by the participating universities are also specially considered. Students who have entered through other Master’s degree may be required to take part of the subjects of these Master’s Degrees as bridging courses.

The processes relating to the development and presentation and the defence of the doctoral theses are regulated by the Doctoral Studies Regulations of the UV.

3156  Theoretical Chemistry and Computing Modelling

Research lines

• 01 - Molecular Structure and Chemical Reactivity
• 02 - Development of Methods for Chemical Simulation
• 03 - Excited States and Photochemistry
• 04 - Computational Organometallic Chemistry
• 05 - Computational Bioxhemistry
• 06 - Laser-Induced Processes
• 07 - Surfaces & Solids
• 08 - New Materials Study

Como requisito general de acceso deberán estar en alguno de los supuestos del artículo 6 del RD 99/2011 o de la disposición adicional segunda de dicho Real Decreto.
Para acceder al Programa de Doctorado en su periodo de investigación será necesario estar en posesión un título oficial de Máster Universitario, u otro del mismo nivel expedido por una institución de educación superior del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior.
Además, podrán acceder los que estén en posesión de un título obtenido conforme a sistemas educativos ajenos al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, sin necesidad de su homologación, pero previa comprobación de que el título acredita un nivel de formación equivalente a los correspondientes títulos españoles de Máster Universitario y que faculta en el país expedidor del título para el acceso a estudios de Doctorado. El acceso por esta vía no implicará, en ningún caso, la homologación del título previo de que esté en posesión el interesado, ni su reconocimiento a otros efectos que el de cursar enseñanzas de Doctorado.

REQUISITOS/CRITERIOS DE ADMISIÓN:
Como requisito específico:
a) Haber superado un mínimo de 60 créditos ECTS en los másters universitarios de la Universitat de València o de la Universitat Politècnica de València (Master universitario en Técnicas Experimentales en Química, en Sensores para Aplicaciones Industriales, en Química Orgánica Experimental e Industrial, en Química Sostenible, en Química Teórica y Computacional, en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, en Contaminación y Toxicología Ambientales, en Ciencia y Tecnología de los coloides e interfases, en Ingeniería Ambiental) o en másters universitarios cuyos contenidos se incluyan dentro del cuerpo doctrinal de la química. En caso de estar en posesión del Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA), obtenido de acuerdo con lo dispuesto en el RD 778/98 o haber alcanzado la Suficiencia Investigadora según lo regulado por el RD 185/85, deberán haberlo cursado en programas de Doctorado afines a éste.
b) También podrán ser admitidos quienes hayan cursado otros estudios de máster diferentes a los señalados en el punto anterior, en particular que no acrediten perfil investigador o vengan de estudios de master que en los estudios de origen requieran cursar créditos adicionales para iniciar los estudios de doctorado. Los complementos formativos serán de carácter obligatorio para aquellos estudiantes que accedan al programa de doctorado con un título de grado cuya duración sea de al menos 300 ECTS, salvo que el plan de estudios del correspondiente título de grado incluya créditos de formación en investigación, equivalentes en valor formativo a los créditos en investigación procedentes de estudios de máster. En los casos señalados se les exigirá cursar aquellos complementos de formación de nivel de máster dentro de las asignaturas de los másteres indicados en el apartado a) que les doten de los conocimientos no acreditados. La Comisión Académica estudiará cada caso particular y establecerá las asignaturas a cursar. La superación de las mismas avalará la obtención de las competencias.
Los estudiantes que cumplan con los requisitos anteriores podrán acceder al programade doctorado siendo la Comisión Académica del programa de doctorado la encargada deverificar el cumplimiento de los requisitos anteriores para la admisión al doctorado

3177  Chemistry
 

• 01 Miniaturisation and Total Methods of Analysis
• 02 Fundamental Aspects in Chromatography
• 03 Solutions and Innovation in Analytical Chemistry
• 04 Liquid Chromatography and Electrophoresis
• 05 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. Polymers. Fuel Cells.
• Fuel Cells.
• 06 Coordination Compounds with Biological Activity.
• Switchable Molecular Materials
• 07 Materials Science
• 08 Asymmetric Catalysis with Metal Complexes and Organo-Catalysis
• 09 Organic Crystal Engineering and Homogeneous Metal Catalysis.
• Regio- and Stereoselective Transformations, Methods and Mechanisms.
• Mechanisms
• 10 Organofluorinated Chemical Compounds
• 11 Organic Chemistry of Metal Complexes
• 12 Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry

Podran sol·licitar l'admissió els qui complisquen els requisits d'accés al doctorat establits en el Reial decret 99/2011 de 28 de gener, així com els requisits i criteris addicionals que es fixen per a seleccionar i admetre als doctorands en cada Programa de Doctorat.

Amb caràcter general, per a l'accés a un programa oficial de doctorat serà necessari estar en possessió d'un títol oficial de Grau o equivalent i un Títol oficial de Màster Universitari.

Així mateix podran accedir els qui complisquen algun dels següents requisits:
a) Estar en possessió d'un títol universitari oficial espanyol, o d'un altre país integrant de l'Espai Europeu d'Educació Superior, que habilite per a l'accés a Màster d'acord amb el que s'estableix en l'article 16 del Reial decret 1393/2007, de 29 d'octubre i haver superat un mínim de 300 crèdits ECTS en el conjunt d'estudis universitaris oficials, dels quals, almenys 60, hauran de ser de nivell de Màster.
b) Estar en possessió d'un títol oficial espanyol de Graduat o Graduada, la duració de la qual, conforme a normes de dret comunitari, siga d'almenys 300 crèdits ECTS. Aquests titulats hauran de cursar amb caràcter obligatori els complements de formació, llevat que el pla d'estudis del corresponent títol de grau incloga crèdits de formació en investigació, equivalents en valor formatiu als crèdits en investigació procedents d'estudis de Màster.
c) Els titulats universitaris que, prèvia obtenció de plaça en formació en la corresponent prova d'accés a places de formació sanitària especialitzada, hagen superat amb avaluació positiva almenys dos anys de formació d'un programa per a l'obtenció del títol oficial d'alguna de les especialitats en Ciències de la Salut.
d) Estar en possessió d'un títol obtingut conforme a sistemes educatius estrangers, sense necessitat de la seua homologació, prèvia comprovació per la universitat que aquest acredita un nivell de formació equivalent a la del títol oficial espanyol de Màster Universitari i que faculta al país expedidor del títol per a l'accés a estudis de doctorat. Aquesta admissió no implicarà, en cap cas, l'homologació del títol previ del qual estiga en possessió l'interessat ni el seu reconeixement a altres efectes que el de cursar ensenyaments de Doctorat. El títol de Doctor així obtingut tindrà plena validesa a Espanya.
e) Podran ser admesos als estudis de doctorat conforme al RD 99/2011, els Llicenciats, Arquitectes o Enginyers que estigueren en possessió del Diploma d'Estudis Avançats obtingut d'acord amb el que es disposa en el Reial decret 778/1998, de 30 d'abril, o hagueren aconseguit la suficiència investigadora regulada en el Reial decret 185/1985, de 23 de gener.
f) Estar en possessió d'un altre títol espanyol de Doctor obtingut conforme a anteriors ordenacions universitàries.
Com a criteri d'admissió s'establirà amb caràcter general, el millor expedient entre els sol·licitants, tenint en compte la capacitat per a admetre nous estudiants dels diferents equips d'investigació que compondran el programa.
Com a criteri/requisit específic:
1.- Hauran d'haver cursat els màster/és associat/s a aquest programa de doctorat o altres estudis del mateix nivell i branca de coneixement. En el cas d'estar en possessió del Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA) obtingut d'acord amb el que es disposa en l'RD 778/98 o haver aconseguit la Suficiència Investigadora segons el regulat pel RD 185/85 hauran d'haver-lo cursat en programes de Doctorat afins.
En coherència amb els requisits establits per les diferents Universitats participants per als seus títols de grau i màster, serà requisit d'accés el coneixement de la llengua anglesa a nivell B1 o superior.
Els estudiants que complisquen amb els requisits anteriors podran accedir al programa de doctorat sent la Comissió Acadèmica del programa de doctorat l'encarregada de verificar el compliment dels requisits anteriors per a l'admissió del doctorand.

3155  Sustainable Chemistry

1.  Sustainable Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Advanced Materials.
2.  Methodologies in Sustainable Chemistry.
3.  Catalysis for sustainable processes, energy conversion and storage. Photochemistry and health.
4.  Microwaves in sustainable organic chemistry. Nanochemistry.
5.   Advanced functional photoactive nanomaterials.

3176 Accounting and Corporate Finance

• Audit, corporate governance and quality of financial and non-financial information..
• Accounting regulation, corporate finance and behavioural economics.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
As general entry requirement students should meet some of the assumptions contemplated in the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
ADDITIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
1.- Those students who have completed a research oriented Master’s degree in Business Organization or Management, or those having completed a professional oriented Master’s degree in Business Organization or Management proving research experience may be admitted. And also those students holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98, or the Research Proficiency, according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85, in Doctoral Programmes in Business Management may be also admitted.
In all cases, the mastery of both spoken and written Spanish (C1 level) is required.The required level of English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​is B1.
The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will be responsible for verifying these requirements. In the event that the Committee considers that this prior research training is not enough, it may recommend performing any of the bridging courses that the programme offers according to each student profile.
2.- Those having completed a master’s degree in the field of Business Organisation and Management who do not accredit research experience may also be admitted to the programme. In this case, the programme has a number of mandatory bridging courses. In all cases the mastery of both spoken and written Spanish (C1 level) is required.The required level of English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​is B1.

3113  Business management

Research line 1

Strategy, competitiveness, and performance

The line studies the relationship between different strategies and business performance. Success factors, competitive and corporate strategies and cooperative enterprise are also studied. The main focus of this research line is competitiveness and its determining factors. The relationship between different strategies and business performance is studied. It includes various aspects such as competitive and corporate strategies, business success factors, organizational performance and value creation, competitiveness and intangible assets, innovation management, corporate sustainability and the study of competitiveness in different types of organizational models such as international companies, family companies and cooperative and social economy companies

Researchers ascribed to research line 1:

• Camisón Zornoza, César
• Campos Climent, Vanessa
• Cruz Ros, Sonia
• González Cruz, Tomás
• Guillen Parra, Manuel
• Martínez Fuentes, Clara
• Mohedano Suanes, Antonia
• Sanchis Palacio, Joan Ramon

Researchers ascribed to Research Line 4:

                - Alegre Vidal, Joaquín

                - Balbastre Benavent, Francisco

                - Canet Giner, Teresa

                - Escribá Moreno, María Ángeles

                - Fernández Mesa, Ana Isabel

                - Ferreras Méndez, José Luis

                - García Granero, Ana

                - Llopis Córcoles, Óscar

                - Lloria Aramburo, Begoña

                - Moreno Luzón, María

                - Olmos Peñuela, Julia

                - Oltra Comorera, Víctor

                - Redondo Cano, Ana

                - Revuelto Taboada, Lorenzo

Research line 5

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Responsibility

The line studies the processes of business creation and the tools and methodologies of diagnosis and technological auditing. The creation of companies, gazelle companies and the born-global are also the object of study. Technology-based companies, industrial districts, location, turnaround strategies and social responsibility policies are also integrated into this line of research, which has three differentiated sub-lines:

- Entrepreneurship and business creation. It analyses aspects such as the detection of opportunities and the individual characteristics of the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial intention. It includes research on different segments of entrepreneurs such as those from developed countries, emerging countries, immigrant entrepreneurs and gender in entrepreneurial activities. Entrepreneurship in SMEs, large corporations and social entrepreneurship is analysed. Likewise, the impact of digital transformation on entrepreneurship is studied.

- Innovation and technology-based companies. Analyses technology management strategies in companies and the relationship between innovation and business competitiveness.

- Clustering, local networks and location modes. It focuses on the analysis of companies located in industrial clusters. The performance of these companies - survival, growth and competitiveness -, their strategies - innovation, market orientation and internationalization - and their location strategies are analysed

Researchers ascribed to Research Line 5:

                - Benavides Espinosa, Mar

                - Dasí Rodríguez, Sonia

                - Garzón Benitez, Dolores

                - March Chordà, Isidre

                - Mas Tur, Alicia

                - Puig Blanco, Francisco

                - Ribeiro Soriano, Domingo

                - Roig Dobón, Salvador

Quality, Innovation and Human Resources Practices: It focuses on analysing how HR practices facilitate learning and promote innovative behaviour of employees. It also studies the synergies between advanced models of quality and sustainability, HR practices and the behaviour of workers and managers.

Quality Management, Innovation and Learning: It focuses on the analysis and measurement of the impact of the application of quality management systems on the organizational variables analysed: formalization, organizational culture, innovation, learning and ambidexterity capacity.

Research line 2

Internationalisation: strategic opinions and human resources

This research line covers the internationalization of the firm from a broad perspective: SMEs and multinational, manufacturing and service companies. The influence of globalization and territory, as well as the theoretical foundations of strategic management are present in the research as a generic frame of reference.

The research line is made up of different sub-lines that include specific aspects of the international management of the company:

- International competitiveness of SMEs. It studies essential aspects of strategic management that drive the internationalization of SMEs in their strategic context. Includes applications to traditional manufacturing sectors and industrial clusters. It also considers the relationship between digital transformation, new business models and the internationalization of companies.

- Globalization, ethics and social responsibility. Study of globalization at different levels and its drivers. Analysis of the mechanisms developed by supranational institutions, sectoral organizations, non-governmental organizations and companies to anticipate, avoid and sanction the downside of globalization on people and the environment.

- Operation modes, internationalization process and international strategy. The study of the different foreign operation modes and the factors that influence their selection, combination and change. The internationalization process from a dynamic perspective. The digital transformation and its impact on the management of the different activities of the value chain, both in the relationship with suppliers and collaborating companies and in the relationship with customers.

- Organizational variables, strategic approaches and subsidiary roles. The study of the most classic organizational structures and the new organizational models of the international company, as well as the organizational processes that flow throughout the structure and that favour the international strategy to be implemented according to the guidelines of the headquarters. Foreign subsidiary roles, embeddedness and development.

- Expatriation and Cross-Cultural Management. Study of culture and its implications for the management of international companies. The dimensions that characterize the cultural differences between countries and their measures. Analysis of the specific peculiarities of the human resources management process in international companies. New forms of expatriation and international assignments. Virtual and intercultural work teams. International negotiation.

Researchers ascribed to Research Line 2:

                - Camps Torres, Joaquín

                - Dasí Coscollar, Àngels

                - León Darder, Fidel

                - Pla Barber, José

                - Sánchez Peinado, Esther

                - Villar García, Cristina

Research line 3.

Top management teams: Skills and organizational change.

This line of research studies the influence of the characteristics of the human team and corporate governance on company performance and organizational change. It includes aspects such as the study of the Top Management Team, high performance practices, ethics and social responsibility, corporate governance. The line of research includes two sub-lines:

- Top management teams, business strategy and corporate governance. It studies the characteristics, structure, processes and incentive systems of the management bodies of companies, and in their relationship with the strategies they use, as well as with the results of the organizations. The team specializes in competitive and corporate strategy, and in the approaches of senior management teams (Upper Echelons), Corporate Governance, and sustainable competitiveness. Among other aspects, the strategy watch and competitive positioning, strategic orientation of organizations, internationalization strategies, diversification strategies, entry modes, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, etc. are analysed. In relation to the management teams and governing bodies, the composition of the teams, the diversity, the structure of power and participation, the distribution of functions both hierarchically and horizontally, the interaction processes, cognitive conflict and affective values, shared values, incentive systems, as well as the demographic and psycho-sociological characteristics of specific members of the management, etc.

- Organizational change. This sub-line of research analyses organizational change management processes in companies and organizations. It studies aspects such as change modes, the facilitators, methods and results of change, and resistance to change

Researchers ascribed to Research Line 3:

- Dolz Dolz, Consuelo

                - Escribá Esteve, Alejandro

                - Iborra Juan, María

                - Pardo del Val, Manuela

                - Safón Cano, Vicente

                - Salas Vallina, Andrés

                - Sánchez Peinado, Luz

                - Saorín Iborra, María del Carmen

Research line 4

Organizational Learning and Quality.

The general objective of this line is to analyse whether organizational learning and quality management can serve as a driving force for innovation, and what role human resource practices play in these relationships.

This line of research is made up of three sub-lines:

Organizational Learning and Innovation: It focuses on studying the innovative company by investigating the organizational processes behind a new product, a new service or a new technological development.

DOCTORAL STUDIES ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
According to the Royal Decree 99/2011, 28 January, which regulates the official doctoral studies, it will be necessary to hold the Spanish qualifications of Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent, and of University Master’s Degree. Likewise, applicants under the following circumstances also can access:
· To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October, and they should have passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
· To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration according to the rules of Community Law is at least of 300 credits. Those certificates have to take compulsorily the bridging courses established in the provisions of the article 7.2 of these regulations, unless the curriculum of the corresponding undergraduate degree includes research training credits, whose training value is equivalent to the research credits to those from Master’s studies.
· The university graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding entry test for specific health training, have passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations in Health Sciences.
· To hold a degree obtained according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral studies. This admission doesn’t not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.
· To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations.
Recommended entry profile: To hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent in Law, Political Sciences, Sociology, International Relations, Humanities, Philosophy and a master’s degree in areas related to Human Rights. Additional entry profile: To hold an undergraduate and a master’s degree, in any other academic area different from the previous ones, and certify professional activity in the field of Human Rights.
The students that had taken the Master’s degree in Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice or another of the master’s degree listed in the recommended entry profile, do not have to take any bridging course once they have been admitted, as it is understood that the methodological and research training acquired is enough as for not requiring them.

3110   Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice

• Law philosophy, citizenship and globalisation
• Fundamental Rights and Social Rights
• Human Rights, Process and Equality
• Criminal Law and Human Rights
• International and transitional Human Rights Law

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article
6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
As specific requirement:
a) Applicants should have completed the Master’s Degree in Industrial Economy (research and academic nature)
by the University of Valencia and 60 ECTS associated with this doctoral
programme or the Master’s Degree in Banking and Quantitative Finance (of research nature)
by the Universities of Castilla-La Mancha, Basque Country and the University
of Valencia of 120 ECTS. In the event of holding the Diploma
d’Estudis Avançats (DEA- a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 778/98
or to have reach the Research Proficiency according to the regulations of the RD 185/85,
they should have taken it in Doctoral programmes related to this one.
b) Also the applicants who have completed other official Master’s studies
different to the ones mentioned but which have the same nature and they are issued by an institution
within the European Higher Education Area.
c) Also applicants who hold a degree obtained according
to foreign educational systems, without the need
of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a
level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s
Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral
studies. This admission doesn’t not imply, in any case, the accreditation
of the previous degree or its recognition for other
purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.
d) Likewise, the applicants who meet some
of the following requirements also can acces:
1) To have passed 60 credits included in one or more University Master’s degrees.
2) To hold a Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Tertiary Education Diploma) obtained according
to the provisions of the Royal Decree 77/1998, 30 April, or to have reached the
research proficiency regulated by the Royal Decree 185/1985, 23 January.
3) To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration according
to the rules of Community Law is at least of 300 credits.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of
the applicant.

3114   Industrial Economy

• Line 1. Microeconomics, Information Theory, Applied industrial organization, Quantitative Methods, Game theory and economic applications.
• Line 2. Macroeconomic applications.
• Line 3. Culture, organizations, institutions and their dynamics and Economics of the environment and natural resources.

Generally, for accessing to the official doctoral programme will be necessary to hold the Spanish qualifications of Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent, and of University Master’s Degree.
Likewise, applicants under the following circumstances can also access:
To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October, and having passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration, according to the rules of Community Law, is at least of 300 credits.
To hold a degree obtained according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies. To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations.
Holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85.

ADMISION CRITERIA

a) Specific admission requirement: those candidates who have coursed the master’s degree in Tourism Management and Planning or the master’s degree in Economic Globalisation: Intervention and International Trade will have preference to join the doctoral programme. This is because these master’s programmes are associated to the doctoral programme and other doctoral studies of the same subject.

In case that you have the Master of Advanced Studies (DEA*) in accordance to the RD 778/98 or having obtained Certificate of Research Proficiency as set out in the RD 185/85, you must have coursed them in programmes that are related to it.

b) Candidates who have coursed other master’s studies can also be admitted. Nonetheless, the master must be related to the subject of the doctoral programme. The academic commission of the programme will be responsible of valuing the suitability of different master’s degrees.

In addition, the academic commission of the doctoral programme will value that the candidates:

- Have a good academic record

- Have a strong academic education in econometrics and quantitative methods

- Speak, read and write English properly; as well as Spanish (See the table of language equivalences https://www.uv.es/fatwireed/userfiles/file/taula_acred_l2-1(2).pdf)

- Have a coherent research project related to the research lines of the Institut d'Economia Internacional http://iei.uv.es/areas/.

Regarding this last issue, the candidates will have to propose a research project linked to a professor of the doctoral programme who is interested in the subject of such project and to whom the candidate has already spoken to http://iei.uv.es/investigadores/. The submitted research project must be signed by the candidate and the professor.  Were you admitted to the doctoral programme, this information will be taken into account by the academic commission of the doctoral programme for assigning the director of the doctoral thesis.

The students who fulfil the requirements will be able to access the doctoral programme. The academic commission of the doctoral programme will be the responsible of verifying the fulfilment of the requirements to access the doctorate”.

3115  International Economics and Tourism

• International Economics and Integration
• International Marketing and Tourism

Number of places: The Faculty of Law offers 50 new admission places each year. Of these, 20 are full-time and 30 are part-time.

General access requirements: RD 99/2011, 28th January, which regulates official doctoral studies.

Specific admission requirements for the program:

• Hold a university master's degree in the field of Law, Political and Administrative Sciences, or Criminology. In the case of holding the Diploma of Advanced Studies or having obtained the Research Proficiency, these must have been obtained in Doctoral Programs related to this one in terms of content.

• Applicants may also be admitted if they have completed undergraduate or bachelor's studies in Law, Political and Administrative Sciences, or Criminology and hold a master’s degree or meet the legal access requirements; if they hold a master's degree in Social Sciences provided it is related to one of the doctoral research lines (the same applies to those with the DEA or Research Proficiency from those same fields); and professionals or researchers from the legal field, Public Administration, Criminology or Political Science, regardless of their previous university specialization, when there is curricular affinity with the objectives and research lines of the doctoral program, and provided they meet the legal requirements for higher university qualifications.

• Spoken and written command of at least one of the two official languages of the Valencian Community (Catalan and Spanish) at a B2 level.

Ideal profiles:

1. Students with a master’s degree in Law, Political Science, or Criminology, completed in its research-oriented track, and that provides skills and knowledge in one of the program's research lines.

2. Students who have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in official university studies, of which at least 60 must be from a master’s degree in the aforementioned areas, and at least 10 of those credits must correspond to courses in methodology and introduction to research in social and legal sciences.

Other admissible profiles:

1. Students who have completed a bachelor’s or undergraduate degree in Law, Political Science or Criminology and a master’s degree in the same fields in a non-research-oriented track or in a different area; in this case, they must take the training supplements established by the doctoral program:
   52399 Research Methodology in Law, Political Science and Criminology

2. Professionals or researchers from Public Administration and linked to the legal field, Criminology or Political Science, regardless of previous university specialization, provided they meet the following:

   • They are career public servants in professional group A or, in a comparable professional category, are public employees of Local Entities or governed by their own specific legislation (Arts. 2, 3 and 4 of the Revised Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees).

   • Regardless of the qualification used to access their position, the position can be accessed with any of the three degrees covered by the doctoral program (Law, Political Science and Criminology).

   • They meet the legal requirements for higher university qualifications and, in the opinion of the Doctoral Coordination Committee, there is curricular affinity with the program’s objectives and research lines. This affinity will be assessed by the Committee.

Specific documents for the doctoral program:
https://links.uv.es/Ru8dde8
• Preferred research line(s) form
• Curriculum vitae, justifying the evaluation criteria stated in the admission scoring system. (Program form required)
• Motivation letter

The research lines presented by the programme are:
01.- Civil Law
02.- Commercial Law
03.- Financial and Tax Law
04.- Political and Administrative Sciences
05.- Constitutional Law
06.- Criminology
07.- Criminal Law
08.- International Law
09.- Procedural Law
10.- Labour Law and Social Security
11.- Basic Legal Sciences (History of Law, Roman Law and State Canon Law, Legal Philosophy...)
12.- Administrative Law

Research line election form (PDF) (See attached document)

According to the RD 99/2011 January, the entry requirements to the doctoral studies are the following:
1. Generally, for accessing to the official doctoral programme will be necessary to hold the Spanish qualifications of Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent, and of University Master’s Degree.
2. Likewise, applicants under the following circumstances can also access:
a) To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country
of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of article 16 of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October,
which establish the organisation of official university studies and having passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies,
having passed at leat 300 ECTS credits from the academic programme
from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies. csv: 1089623
b) To hold an Spanish Undergraduate Degree, whose duration, according to the regulations of the Community Law, is at least 300 ECTS. Those graduates must attend compulsory training complements.
c) To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations.
In case of holding any title from any educational foreign system,
with no need of accreditation, but after verification that the degree certifies a level of education equivalent to the corresponding Spanish
Master’s degrees and empowers in the issuing country for accessing to doctoral studies. entry to Doctoral Studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.

Specify entry requirements:
a) The doctoral students should have completed the Master’s Degree in Development Aid, the Master’s Degree in Management and Promotion of Local Development, or the Master’s Degree in Water Resources Management associated to this Doctoral Programme. In case of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85, they should have attended it in Doctoral programmes related to this one.
b) Those that have completed other master’s studies different to those mentioned before may be also admitted if the academic committee determines that the content is similar to those previously named.

Likewise, students coming from other Master’s Degrees
will be also accepted as long as they attend complementary training
specified in the 3.4 point.
Students who meet the above requirements shall have access to the doctoral programme.
The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will be responsible for verifying these requirements.
The Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

311 Local Development and International Cooperation

The programme consists of four research lines. Each one of them involves doctors from the three participating universities:

• Land planning and Social cohesion  
• International Cooperation for Development and Territory 
• Learning networks and innovation 
• Water economy

The recommended entry profile for the programme includes students who have completed and official Master’s Degree or Degree with level 3 of the MECES (Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education) with content in marketing, marketing management, market research, management or management of companies or organisations, management and research techniques and data analysis. Examples include the Master’s Degree in Marketing and Market Research, MBA, IMBA, Master’s Degree in Tourism Management and Planning, Master’s Degree in Quality Management, Master’s Degree in Creating and Managing Innovative Companies, Master’s Degree in Economic Internationalisation, Master’s Degree in Social Economics (Cooperatives and Non-Profit Organisations), Master’s Degree in Data Science, among others.

Accreditation of B2 level in both Spanish and English is required. Accreditation of a B2 level of Spanish is required for students whose native language is not Spanish. Likewise, students whose native language is not English are required to accredit a B2 level of English. However, students who do not meet the language requirements will be considered as exceptional, according to the merits provided by them under the following assumptions that must be accredited: (I) be involved in a research project that does not require knowledge of the second language; (ii) have completed at least one year of study at a university in the second language; (iii) have worked for at least one year in a company using the second language; and (iv) have completed a Degree or Master’s Degree in Spanish or English.

In the documentation to be submitted, it is necessary to add proof of work experience, both teaching and any other kind, certificates of knowledge of languages, in particular, English or Spanish, and a complete CV of the candidate where the training, experience (certify), participation in conferences or research projects (certify), production of articles, books or chapters in books (publication, doi or link), knowledge of languages (certify), work experience (certify), thesis project to be carried out (write a 1000-word document explaining it) and other information of interest to know the candidate's profile.

3168   Màrqueting

1. Distribució comercial i Serveis

2. Comunicació i Noves Tecnologies

3. Aplicacions Sectorials del Màrqueting

Equips d'investigació

1. To have passed 60 credits included in one or more University Master's Degrees;
2. Being in possession of the Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA, a tertiary education degree), obtained in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 778/98, of 30 April, or having achieved the Research Proficiency as regulated by Royal Decree 185/85, of 23 January;
3. To hold a Bachelor's or Graduate's degree with a duration of at least 300 credits, in accordance with the rules of Community law. However, in any case, both the required academic and professional profile must be in accordance with the main object of study of the doctorate, so that the basic academic competences are available for its effective use. In addition, the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will be responsible for establishing the bridging courses it considers appropriate in each case.

3172 Physical Activity and Sport

1. Physical activity and health: this research line aims to incorporate the ‘sensu lato’ movement, as another parameter in the primary prevention of pathologies and in the preservation of people’s health. This dual purpose is approached from different perspectives: biomechanical, clinical, physiological and social.
2. Sports performance: this line studies the different factors that contribute to the improvement of sports performance in all contexts, modalities or types of population. It analyses traditional aspects such as those related to the psychophysiological and biomechanical profile of sports practice, or the control of the load and its repercussion on the improvement process. It promotes knowledge on mediating factors such as motivation, the coach-athlete relationship or communication models in sport. It also seeks to generate transmission to the productive sector of materials and physical environments of sport practice.
3. Physical activity, education and society: this research line deals with the teaching-learning of physical activity and sports in formal and non-formal contexts, as well as the psych-socio-cultural dimension of those practices carried out by different social groups, both vulnerable and non-vulnerable. It encompasses a wide range of subjects studied from different perspectives (educational, psychological, sociological or public health) ranging from the didactics of school physical education to the construction of sporting identities, including motivation to physical exercise.
4. Sports management: this research line is characterised for addressing the consumption of sport and physical activity by citizens, as well as the planning, direction and management of sports activities, centres and events. The analysis of the demand for physical activity and sport, as well as everything related to the use, design and construction of sports equipment and facilities, is also the object of this research line. The ultimate aim of the research line in sport management is to offer and provide citizens with activities, services, events, equipment and sports facilities that meet their needs in a way that improves their well-being and quality of life.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
As a general entry requirement they must be in one of the cases of article 6 of RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of said Royal Decree.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As a specific requirement:
[It is important to differentiate between: a) ideal entry profile: b) other entry profiles that, in their case, may require to take bridging courses]
a) They should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
Ideal entry profiles: apart from the degree or the equivalent licenciatura, having studied a Master’s Degree in issues geared towards to the improvement of the life quality from Psychology, Physical Activity and Sport, Medicine, Physiotherapy, Sociology, Social Work, Nursing or other studies of the same level and field of knowledge with equivalent training to the one incorporated to the Master’s Degree in Master's Degree in Social and Health Care. The access is universal and therefore these competencies and contents as advanced and specific training may proceed from different disciplines providing that the knowledge in the field of people who are dependent upon others is credited, the social resources available for providing their autonomy and quality of life; the appropriated techniques for the design and application of services for promoting their autonomy and social care for dependent people.
b) Those who have completed other master’s studies different to those mentioned before may be also admitted [in which case, they may be required to study specific training complements at the level of the Master’s Degree].
Students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

3169 Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Social and Health Care for Dependent People

•     New technologies in Autonomy and Dependency
•     Biological and psychosocial perspective in Autonomy and Dependency
•     Sensitive groups
•     Measures and design of intervention and evaluation programmes
•     Quantitative and qualitative data analysis in social and health sciences

1. Generally, for accessing to the official doctoral programme will be necessary to hold the Spanish qualifications of Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent, and of University Master’s Degree.
2. Likewise, access is permitted to applicants under the following circumstances:
a) To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the article 16 of the Royal Decree  1393/2007, 29 October, and they should have passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
b) To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration, according to the rules of Community Law, is at least of 300 ECTS credits. The said graduates should compulsorily take the training complements included in the article 7.2 of this regulation, unless the range of courses of the corresponding undergraduate degree includes training credits in research, equivalent in training value to the credits in research coming from master’s degree studies.
c) The university graduates who, before obtaining a training place in the corresponding entry test for specific health training, have passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations in Health Sciences.
d) To hold a degree obtained according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.
e) To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations. 

Furthermore, according to the Article 7 of the said Royal Decree, in the Doctoral Programme in Psychology of Human Resources, it stablishes the following specific requirements
- Having taken and passed the 60 ECTS credits of the first year of the Master’s Degree in Psychology of Work, Organisations and Human Resources and the official Master’s degree in Psychology of Work, Organisations and Human Resources (Erasmus Mundus). In this case, the activity  will be focused on the development of the thesis.
- Having completed and passed the Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and Development (research profile), Master’s degree in Psychology of Work and Organisations, and Master’s degree in Psychology of Social and Community Intervention, University of Seville.
Having taken and passed a minimum of 60 credits in other related master’s studies such as those related to human resources management or prevention of occupational risk. In this event, students must take 24 ECTS credits during their first year of the research period, in the modules detailed in the section ‘Complementary training’.

3152    Psychology of Human Resources

• Human capital: labour insertion, entrepreneurship, labour flexibility and psychological contract.
• Conflict management. Coalitions and prosocial behaviour in organizational contexts.
• Collaborative virtual working, digitalisation and innovation.
• Occupational health psychology: stress and quality of life at work and analysis and prevention of psychosocial risks.
• Organisational processes in service organisations and in high-reliability organisations.

Specific admissions requirements

In general, for the access and admission to Doctoral Studies will be applied with the provisions of articles 6 and 7 of R.D. 99/2011 28th January, by which official Doctoral Studies are regulated, as well as of articles 2, 3 and 4 of the UPV/EHU Doctoral Studies Regulations Managment, approved by the Governing Council.

In the same way, the Academic Comittee of the Doctoral Programme may stablish other additional criteria to access the programme.
The application for admission of applicants with foreign qualifications of countries outside the EHEA will be remitted by the Academic Comittee of the Doctoral Programme to the Doctoral Subcomittee, to its definitive authorisation.

The qualified candidates to access, will apply to the doctoral academic comittee the admission thereof. To the admitted, the name of the assigned tutor will be notified. In the case of students with foreign quaifications of countries outside the EHEA, the academic comittee of the doctoral programme will provide their documentation to their definitive admission by the competent body of the University.

The admission to the doctoral programme will be subject to the formalisation of the registration in the Doctoral School of the University in any case.

3125 Quantitative Finance and Economies
 

1. Banking and Finance
2. Economic Policy and Public Policy Design and Evaluation
3. International Economics
4. Energy markets
5. Macroeconomics
6. Quantitative Metohds in Finance
7. Industrial Organization
8. Game Theory
9. Time Series Analysis

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of
such Royal Decree.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As a specific requirement:
a) The ideal candidates will be those who have completed the official Master's degree “Reading and comprehension” or “Cognitive Neuroscience and special educational
needs” partner to this doctoral programme. The same criteria will be applied to students who have completed official postgraduate studies
whose curricular contents match those mentioned first in a percentage equal to or greater than 75%. In the event of
holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98 or have obtained the Research Proficiency
according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85–, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
b) Other profiles. Those who have completed other master’s studies which include reading research among its
contents may be also admitted.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies
Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant..

3134  Reading and Comprehension

1. Analysis of brain activity underlying orthographic coding during word reading.
2. Modelling of language learning processes.
3. Assessment of digital reading comprehension processes.
4. Interventions to improve digital reading comprehension.
5. Aids to facilitate the comprehension of texts. Narratives, expository texts and multiple texts.
6. Aids to facilitate mathematical competences. Calculus and problem solving.
7. Research and optimisation of reading in vulnerable groups (specific learning disabilities, hearing or intellectual disabilities and other causes of reading difficulties).
8. Research and optimisation of reading in applied settings (traffic signs and other visual devices).
9. Literary reading in public and school contexts (children's and young people's literature, reading promotion, literary education).

In order to access to the Doctoral Programme according to the Article 6 of the RD.
99/2011, to hold Spanish official degree studies,
or equivalent and of Master’s degree.
The students who meet the requirements of the Article
6.2 of the same R.D can also access
The access through this second path doesn’t imply, in any case, the recognition
of the previous studies of the applicant, or its recognition to other
purposes than taking this doctoral studies.

3116   Social Economy (Cooperative society and Non-profit organisation)

• 1st Main line of research in Social Economy, Economics, Business and Social Sciences.

• 2nd Line of interdisciplinary research and Social Economy law.

Research Topics

• Social Economics. Theoretical approaches
• Strategic Management of Cooperative Enterprises and Social Economics
• Quantification of Social Economics. National Accountancy and Satellite Accounts.
• Social economics, employment dynamics and collective self-employment
• Cooperative Law and Social Economics.
• Public policies and Social Economics. Policies to promote cooperatives. Design and evaluation
• Information and communications technology applied to Social Economics. Participation through ICTs. ICT and basic rights
• Labour companies, Professional Societies, Investees
• Structural modifications. Transformation, merger, spin-off and global assignment of assets and liabilities, segregation, vertical mergers. Groups of companies of social economy.
• New models of supply of social welfare services - dependency services. Social Services, Social Action and Third Sector
• Labour and social policies. Basic rights in the employment contract. Social rights
• Taxation of cooperatives, non-profit organisations and other entities of Social Economy
• Social Economy in the treatment of State aids and services of general economic interest
• Ethical or responsible consumer behaviour. Consumer behaviour about fair trade
• Foundations, Associations. Patronage and fundraising
• Local Development and Territory, and Social Economics
• Social Economics, gender and women
• Corporate social responsibility. Marketing and corporate social responsibility
• Integration Enterprises and Social and Labour market inclusion. Special Employment Centres.
• Housing cooperatives
• Economy for the Common Good. Solidarity Economy
• Social companies
• Business creation and entrepreneurship
• Economic analysis and Management of Non-Profit Sector/Third Sector. Volunteering and volunteer management
• Accounting for cooperatives and social economy organisations.
• Government, self-management and economic democracy.Management, participation and representation of social economy enterprises. Organisational aspects and relationship with third parties.
• Transitions to word of work in at-risk populations
• Food and agricultural Cooperativism
• Social marketing and marketing in non-profit organisations
• Social innovation and business networks
• Cooperative credit, microcredits and other financial institutions of the social economy

General entry requirements: Applicants should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Those students meeting the general entry requirements previously mentioned shall be admitted in the Doctoral Programme in Specific Didactics if they meet any of the following requirements (RE1 to RE4), and also all the RE5 and RE6 requirements, always referred to the specific didactics in which the student wishes to specialize.
RE 1 (Ideal entry profile). To hold the University Master’s degree in Research in Specific Didactics from the University of Valencia (General Studies) or to hold an official master’s degree from other Spanish university which provides a research training equivalent to the previous one.
RE 2 (Ideal entry profile). To hold the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency -under the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– obtained in a programme specialised in the corresponding specific didactics.
RE 3 (Ideal entry profile). To hold an official postgraduate degree of research nature from any country belonging or foreign to the EHEA which provides an equivalent training to the mentioned Master’s in the RE1 requirement and which enables in the issuing country for accessing to doctoral studies.
RE 4 (Ideal entry profile). To hold an official master’s degree of research nature, of DEA, Research Proficiency or of any official postgraduate degree in a country belonging or foreign to the EHEA which enables in the issuing country for accessing to doctoral studies different from those mentioned in the RE1 to RE3 requirements. Applicants with this profile should submit documentation which justifies undergraduate disciplinary knowledge needed to develop the research activities of the specific teaching chosen. The CAD will examine individually each entry application form and will assess the need for each applicant to course certain specific research training supplements in the Master’s degree in Research in Specific Didactics of the University of Valencia.
RE 5 (requirement for all entry profiles). Submit a written proposal for research topic, likely to become a doctoral thesis project, in which research goals or hypotheses are specified, relevant publications related to the proposed topic are mentioned, an appropriate theoretical framework is defined and a research methodology is outlined.
RE 6 (requirement for all entry profiles). To hold a reading comprehension level in English equivalent to that required for the B1 level. Applicants who do not hold any certificate or diploma proving the B1 level or higher in English, may perform an internal test of the doctoral programme to meet this requirement.

3112  Specific Didactics

•      Research in Teaching Physical Education
•      Research in Music Education
•      Research in Teaching Visual Arts
•      Research in Teaching Experimental Sciences
•      Research in Teaching Social Science (Teaching Geography  and History)
•      Research in Mathematics Education
•      Literary Research in Education and Linguistics

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS / ADMISSION CRITERIA:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Recommended entry profile: having completed the master’s degree in “Human Rights, Peace and Sustainable Development”, with research orientation, or other equivalent national or foreign master’s degree which includes a methodological or introduction to research module. To have a good oral and written knowledge of Spanish (official certificate B1). It is recommended to have an upper-middle knowledge of any of the other
languages that can be used in the doctoral programme.
Preferential entry profile: Having completed the Master’s degree in “Human rights, Peace and Sustainable development” with professional orientation, or other national or foreign master’s degree which deals with issues related to the contents of this master’s (human rights, development cooperation, peace and non-violence, international justice, sustainable development) or any of the specific branches in the area of Social and Legal Sciences or Humanities.
To have a good oral and written knowledge of Spanish (official certificate B1). It is recommended to have an upper-middle knowledge of any of the other languages that can be used in the doctoral programme. If these master’s do not include a methodological module, students shall take the methodological bridging courses set for this purpose.
Other profiles: Having completed other national or international official master’s degrees, not equivalent or similar in content to the Master’s degree in Human rights, Peace and Sustainable Development which are validated by the Doctoral Programme Academic Committee. Holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85. In this case students must take specific bridging courses in Human Rights set for this purpose. And, if necessary, methodological
bridging courses.
The body responsible for verifying the fulfilment of requirements for the admission of applicants to the doctoral programme will be the Doctoral Programme Academic Committee, established in Article 12 of the Postgraduate Studies Regulations of the Universitat de València.
This Committee is composed of five doctors: the director of the doctoral programme and two doctors belonging to each of the two research lines.
This Committee will also be responsible for verifying, when appropriate, whether studies completed by the candidate may be considered equivalent to those required generally for access to the doctoral programme. It will be considered as “equivalent” to the Master’s degree in Human Rights, Peace and Sustainable Development those other master’s or studies of the same level that have been studied abroad or in other Spanish universities,
provided that they have been developed in a related field of human rights and have an equivalent number of credits.

3109  Human Rights, Peace and Sustainable Development

1. Challenges of globalisation

2. Towards a new paradigm: human security, sustainability and peace

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CRITERIA:
As specific requirement:
a) Students should have taken some of the university master degrees of the University of Valencia associated with the Doctoral Programme in their researching pathway. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85– , they must have completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
Students who have completed the Master’s Degree in Gender and Equality Policies in their professional pathway could be admitted as well. In this event, they should carry out the following specific training complements of the level of the Master’s:
-Research techniques: epistemological and methodological options from a feminist perspective. 10 ECTS.
-Induction to research 6 ECTS.

c) Those who have studied a Master’s Degree or equivalent to those in the point above. Depending on the academic trajectory and professional experience of the candidate, the CADP will estimate if it is necessary that additional courses of specific training during the Master’s degree are required. In the case that they are, they will be the following:

- Research techniques: epistemological and methodological options from a feminist perspective: 10 ECTS

- Introduction to research: 6 ECTS

Those students who fulfil the above mentioned requirements may entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

Recommended admission profile:

• Previous training equivalent to a university master's degree in research, preferably in gender studies, as well as related subjects, whose access requirements and admission criteria are indicated above.
• Defined research interest related to the subject matter of the program.
• Ability to collect information about gender inequalities in different socioeconomic, cultural and political contexts.
• Ability to identify the keys to gender violence and other inequalities.
• Integrate multidisciplinary knowledge to understand the complexity of gender inequalities and design possible solutions.
• The languages used for this Doctoral Program are, in addition to the official languages of the University of Valencia:
  • English: Level B2 or equivalent.
  • French and German: in a subsidiary manner, depending on the specific topic of the research thesis.

Interdisciplinary research in gender, subjectivity and equality policies

Interdisciplinary research in socio-economic inequalities and public policies from a gender perspective

Com a requisit general d'accés hauran d'estar en algun dels supòsits de l'article 6 del RD 99/2011 o de la disposició addicional segona d'aquest Reial decret.

REQUISITS/CRITERIS D'ADMISSIÓ:
Com a requisit específic:
a) Hauran de posseir estudis a nivell de postgrau en l'àrea de coneixement de Ciències Socials i Jurídiques, i dins d'aquesta àrea preferiblement en les següents matèries: Ocupació i Relacions Laborals, Recursos Humans, Prevenció de Riscos Laborals, Gestió Cultural, Sociologia, Antropologia, Demografia, Sostenibilitat, Benestar Social, Política econòmica i Economia pública. Serà la Comissió Acadèmica del programa de doctorat l'encarregada de verificar el compliment dels requisits anteriors per a l'admissió del doctorand.

En cas d'estar en possessió del Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA), obtingut d'acord amb el que es disposa en l'RD 778/98, o haver aconseguit la Suficiència Investigadora segons el regulat pel RD 185/85, hauran d'haver-lo cursat en programes de Doctorat afins a aquest. L'afinitat serà determinada per la Comissió Acadèmica del programa de Doctorat.

RESEARCH TEAM 1: RESEARCH IN EMPLOYMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND PREVENTION

Research line 1: Employment and labour relations

Research line 2: Human resources

Research line 3: Occupational risk prevention

RESEARCH TEAM 2: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WELFARE, MIGRATIONS AND LIFE COURSE

Research line 4: Social welfare

Research line 5: Life course and precariousness

Research line 6: Migration, mobility and social change

RESEARCH TEAM 3: RESEARCH IN SUSTAINABILITY, CULTURE AND POLITICS OF PLACES

Research line 7: Culture and politics of places

Research line 8: Sustainability

RESEARCH TEAM 4: RESEARCH IN CRITICAL THEORY

Research line 9: Social pathologies of contemporary societies

Research line 10: Social and sociological theory

Research line 11: Pathologies of reason

RESEARCH TEAM 5: RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS

Research line 12: Sociological analysis of social inequalities and community-education relations

Research line 13: Sociology of educational trajectories and social change.

Research line 14: Sociology of Higher Education

RESEARCH TEAM 6: RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS

Research line 15: Economic Policy

Research line 16: Public Economics

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

As a general entry requirement they must be in one of the cases of article 6 of RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of said Royal Decree.

1. Generally, for accessing to the official doctoral programme will be necessary to hold the Spanish qualifications of Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent, and of University Master’s Degree.
2. Likewise, applicants under the following circumstances also can access:
a) To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October, and they should have passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.

b) To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration, according to the rules of Community Law, is at least of 300 ECTS credits. Those graduates have to take compulsorily the bridging courses established in the provisions of the article 7.2 of these regulations, unless the curriculum of the corresponding undergraduate degree includes research training credits, whose training value is equivalent to the research credits to those from Master’s studies.

c) The university graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding entry test for specific health training, have passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations in Health Sciences.

d) To hold a degree obtained according to foreign educational systems, without the need of its accreditation, after verification by the university that it certifies a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish qualification of the Master’s Degree and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the accreditation of the previous degree or its recognition for other purposes different to the access to Doctoral Studies.

e) To hold other Spanish Doctoral qualification obtained according to previous university regulations.

f) To hold an official university degree that has obtained the correspondence to level 3 of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education, in accordance with the procedure established in Royal Decree 967/2014, of 21 November, which establishes the requirements and procedure for the homologation and declaration of equivalence to an official university degree and academic level and for the validation of foreign higher education studies, and the procedure for determining the correspondence to the levels of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education of the official degrees of Architect, Engineer, Graduate, Technical Architect, Technical Engineer and Advanced Diploma.

Second additional provision. Integration into new doctoral teachings established in the present royal decree.
1. PhD students who have started their doctoral programme under previous university ordinations, will be able to enter the doctoral courses covered in this Royal Decree, upon admission of the university in accordance with the provisions of this Royal Decree and the rules of the own university.
2. Graduates, architects or engineers holding a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA, a tertiary education degree) obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Royal Decree 77/1998, 30 April, or having achieved Research Sufficiency as regulated by Royal Decree 185/1985, 23 January, would be admitted to the doctoral studies regulated in the present royal decree.

Recommended entry profile:
a) Students with the appropriate access profile to the doctoral programme must have completed the Master’s Degree in Research and Rational Use of Medicines associated with this doctoral programme.
Students who have completed Doctoral Programmes related to health sciences, such as those provided by the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Physiology and others related, holding the Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA, a tertiary education degree), obtained in accordance with the Royal Decree 778/98 or the Research Proficiency, according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85 are also considered ideal entry profiles.

ADDITIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

It is required that students take at least 20 ECTS selected from the list detailed in section 3.4. of the Curriculum as specific training supplement. Students entering under the assumption 2.c do not need to carry out the aforementioned specific training.
The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

3170  Biomedicine and Pharmacy

Research lines and groups

1. Psoriasis
2. Mechanisms of inflammation
3. Cardiovascular Pharmacology
4. Preformulation
5. Pharmacokinetic evaluation of intravenous, oral and cutaneous drug administration
6. Drug absorption through intestinal mucosa, cornea and skin Modulation through excipients Biopharmaceutical evaluation
7. Design of materials for drug and cosmetic vehicularisation
8. Welfare Pharmacy
9. Neurobiological mechanisms involved in alcohol addiction
10. Development of new drugs for the treatment of alcohol relapse
11. DOREAL: Pain and relapse in alcoholism: pain-induced alterations in the opioidergic system
12. Metabolism-mediated drug-drug interactions
13. Development of micro- and nanoparticles of drugs
14. Search for natural products, mainly phenols and terpenes, with anti-inflammatory activity
15. Gene therapy and anti-tumour vaccines
16. Pharmacogenomics
17. Modulation of epithelial autophagy by macrophages: relevance in Crohn's disease and NSAID-gastroenteropathy
18. Study of cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating antiretroviral therapy-induced vascular toxicity
19. Characterisation of cellular mechanisms of antiretroviral-induced toxicity
20. Mitochondrial-endothelial dysfunction, reticulum stress and autophagy in type 2 diabetes: pathophysiological and therapeutic implications
21. Composition of essential oils with chemotaxonomic interest
22. Pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic modelling
23. Pharmaceutical and health legislation
24. Systemic inflammation
25. Nuclear receptors
26. Type 2 diabetes (DMT2) and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
27. Drug Use
28. Pharmacology of the respiratory system and associated diseases
29. Pharmacology and Pathophysiology of the skin
30. Synthesis of new drugs

Entry requirements:

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

The recommended entry profile is for the student to have taken official master’s degree studies with advanced and accredited contents in research methodology; preferably, the Master’s Degree in Oncologic Nursery, Master’s Degree in Social and Health Care in Dependency, Master’s Degree in Public Health and Sanitary Management, Inter-University Master’s Degree in Development Cooperation, Research Orientation Specialized in Health in developing countries and Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies.

Another recommended entry profile is that of the university graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding entry test for specific health training, have passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations If this is not possible, meetings may be held biannually throughout the five years of doctoral programme.in Health Sciences.

The Doctoral Programme in Nursing offers the possibility of accessing it through the master’s degrees related to health sciences. In this case, if an adequate training is not accredited, access to the doctoral programme will be subject to training complements which will have to be taken at the master’s degree programmes which offer the so-called.

The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme, depending on the candidate’s training curriculum will assess their adaptation to the access to the programme and, in its case, will determine if they are required to take some modules from the Master’s degree level as an specific training complement. In any case, may the bridging courses exceed 30 credits.

Entry requirements:

As specific requirement:

a) They shall have taken the Master’s Degree in Oncologic Nursery, Master’s Degree in Social and Health Care in Dependency, Master’s Degree in Public Health and Sanitary Management, Inter-University Master’s Degree in Development Cooperation, Research Orientation Specialized in Health in developing countries and Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies. Holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.

b) Those who have completed other master’s studies different to those mentioned before may be also admitted. In these cases, specific training complements will be required in the level of Master’s degree being adequate and coherent to the scientific field of the doctoral programme.

The students who fulfil the requirements will entry the doctoral programme, and the Doctoral Studies Academic Committee will be the responsible for verifying the compliance of the above requirements for the admission of the applicant.

c) Candidates will be required to have a B1 level of English.

3119  Clinical and Community Nursing

Lines of Research Clinical and Community Nursing

1. Cellular senescence and immune and inflammatory markers in chronic pathologies.
2. Care for people with chronic conditions and their families
3. Care for people at risk or suffering from complex wounds
4. Comprehensive palliative care, humanisation of health care and validation of measurement instruments applicable to the care setting
5. Frailty syndrome, cognitive impairment and delirium
6. Cancer-related health problems and their treatment
7. Physical and emotional consequences of stigma towards people with mental health problems
8. Palliative care training for nursing professionals and teaching methodologies applied to undergraduate nursing degree training
9. Children and the environment
10. Atmospheric pollution, meteorology, weather, climate and health
11. Physical activity, school environment and health promotion
12. Lifestyles and health in special populations

Requisitos específicos:
1.- Deberán haber cursado el Máster en Avances en Investigación y Tratamientos en Psicopatología y Salud asociado a este programa de doctorado u otros estudios del mismo nivel y rama de conocimiento.
2.- En el caso de estar en posesión del Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA) obtenido de acuerdo con lo dispuesto en el RD 778/98 o haber alcanzado la Suficiencia Investigadora según lo regulado por el RD 185/85 deberán haberlo cursado en programas de Doctorado afines al área de conocimiento.

Solo se aceptará a aquellos candidatos que cumplan con los requisitos de entrada y que además presenten una carta donde se presente el compromiso de algún director de Tesis Doctoral del Programa de Doctorado Psicología Clínica y de la Salud a dirigir la Tesis Doctoral del solicitante (con la firma correspondiente en dicho documento).

           UNIQUE LINE OF RESEARCH

• Clinical and Health Psychology 

Description: The fundamental objective of this line of research in clinical and health psychology is the study of health promotion and well-being, as well as the knowledge of mental disorders and their treatment. The latter is addressed both from the classic therapeutic models and their subsequent developments, as well as from more current ones that emphasize the process of change and are based on evidence.

Within the field of Clinical and Health Psychology, research in psychobiology of stress and health, lifestyles and health, promotion of well-being, promotion of health behaviors from different areas, including sports, health and quality of life, biopsychosocial aspects of illness, stress, coping and health should be highlighted. Gender and health, chronic pain, health psychology and fibromyalgia, health psychology and morbid obesity, psycho-oncology, coping with chronic, severe or life-threatening illness and assessment and intervention in caregivers of dependent people, personality disorders, personality, trauma and survival, Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, normal and complicated grief: predictive factors (risk and protective), psychopathology of emotional disorders, eating disorders and obesity, personality and drugs, interpersonal violence: psychosocial determinants and consequences, coping and solution strategies, adoption, rehabilitation and insertion of schizophrenic patients, the study of the process of change in linguistic assessment therapy, the assimilation of problematic experiences, evaluation and change of beliefs and attitudes towards hypnosis: dissemination of scientific hypnosis and the Valencia model of awake hypnosis and its clinical applications. Design and validation of cognitive-behavioral treatment programs for emotional disorders, eating disorders and obesity.

General requirement of acces:

They should be covered by the article 6 of RD 99/2011 or by the second additional disposition of said Royal Decree. http:// www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2011-2541

-To access it is necessary to hold a Spanish official university degree or other issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that authorise in the issuing country to access the doctoral education.

-Also, the graduates according to educational systems external to the European Higher Education Area can access without the need of the approval of their qualifications, prior verification by the university that they prove a training level equivalent to the pertinent Spanish official university degrees and that authorise in the degree issuing country to access postgraduate education. The access through this pathway will not imply, in any case, the official approval of the certification prior to the possession of the person interested, nor its recognition to other effects apart from studying the Master’s Degree

-To hold a graduate certification of at least 300 credits. As specific criteria/requirement:

1.-Applicants must have studie a Master’s Degree or other studies of the same level and field of knowledge. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85–, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programme of Physiopathology of Stomatognathic System.

2.-Or either holding a title equivalent to the previous non-related to the EEES, following verification of the UV.

3.-Or either having passed 60 credits in one or several Master’s Degrees in fields of knowledge in Dentistry or Stomatology.

4.-To hold an Undergraduate Degree in Dentistry of at least 300 credits. The necessary training complements that are listed under the article 6.2 of the R.D. 99/2011 will correspond to the basic research module in Dentistry of the Master’s Degree in Dental Sciences of the UV or either having carried out a Master’s Degree which include the research complements equivalent to 15 credits ECTS. The details of the basic research module in Dentistry of the Master’s Degree in Dental Sciences of the UV are those listed under the section 3.4.

3143  Dentistry

•  Basic and clinical research in odontostomatology
   

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.

SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Recommended entry profile
This programme is aimed at those who wish to be trained as researchers in the field of Food Science. The programme is designed to develop the skills to conduct research and perform high quality teaching careers.
In addition, the student must demonstrate their proficiency of languages ​​in which teaching is taught in the training period of the Doctoral Programme (Spanish).
The recommended entry profile consists of those students who have completed formal studies that lead to the Doctoral Programme in their training period, in any of the fields related to:
· Food Quality and Safety
· Nutrition
The Master’s Degree in Food Quality and Safety of the UV is the most recommendable access path for students in this doctoral programme, ensuring the background needed. However, it is not the only access path, considering other university studies or professional
experience previously acquired who have provided students advanced knowledge of any of the following themes related to food science as Nutrition, Dietetics, Diet Therapy,
Food Science, Food Technology, Food Biotechnology, Food Toxicology, Food Quality Management, Food Hygiene, etc. which provide these students the following skills and competences:
· abilities and generic skills such as analysing, evaluating and synthesizing new and complex ideas in a critical way, including several paths: research, creative from innovative designs, and the driving force of various technology disciplines, just like the independent development of their own learning and their involvement in a teamwork environment.
· specific competencies related to de advanced knowledge acquisition and skills in the application of technology in the field of design, analysis, quality control and food safety from a researcher approach on the field of food science and to study doctoral studies, as: To be able to assess the influence of food components on the quality of food, to handle the statistical methodology and be able to analyse problems. Having knowledge of regulatory procedures in the management of food quality and ability to adapt processes related to current food hygiene regulations and food quality management systems, possessing the technical skills and analytical methods to assess various aspects of food safety. Knowing scientific basis of nutrition and managing skilfully the necessary tools to assess eating habits for techniques, strategies and models of nutritional intervention in special physiological situations, as well as the most prevalent diseases or those related with food, being able to recognize nutritional needs of specific communities.

STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: Regarding to entry systems and procedures adapted to students with special educational needs, the University of Valencia has the Unit for the Integration of People with Disabilities (UPD), which ensures the respect for the principle of equal opportunities and non discrimination and supports the collective of students with special educational needs.

RESEARCH LINES

• Food safety and mycotoxins.
• Bioactive compounds in food: stability, bioavailability and biological effects.
• Sustainability of the agri-food chain, nutritional implications and healthy diet.
• Novel functional food ingredients. Microbiota and health.
• Food stabilisation and preservation technologies. Microbiological risks. Contaminants and chemical residues.
• Fruit post-harvest and fruit quality.
• Innovation and processes: sensory and consumer perception, quality and development of foods derived from cereals and foods of animal origin.
• Natural antifungal ingredients.
• Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of bioactive compounds of natural origin.
• Omic techniques for the study of metabolites produced by toxigenic fungi.
• Alternative methods for determining toxic effects and risk assessment of contaminants and mixtures.

El requisito general para el acceso deberá estar recogido en alguno de los supuestos
del artículo 6 del RD 99/2011 o de la disposición adicional segunda de dicho
Real Decreto.
Como perfil idóneo de acceso se establece el haber cursado el “Master Universitario
en Enfermedades Parasitarias Tropicales” de la Universitat de Valéncia – Estudi
General (UVEG), o bien estar en posesión del “Diploma de Estudios Avanzados
(DEA)”, obtenido de acuerdo con lo dispuesto en el RD 778/98, o bien haber alcanzado
la “Suficiencia Investigadora” según lo regulado por el RD 185/85, siempre
en el ámbito de la Parasitología, y muy especialmente en el marco de los Programas
de “Parasitología Humana y Animal” de otros RD. En este supuesto, la Comisión
Académica del Programa de Doctorado aplicará directamente la consideración
de los criterios básicos de valoración de méritos, sin necesidad de requerir complementos
formativos específicos.
También podrán ser admitidos otros perfiles de acceso diferentes al anterior supuesto
y que hacen referencia a haber cursado estudios de Máster Universitarios
diferentes al señalado en el punto anterior, e incluso en Programas de Doctorado
diferentes (con o sin DEA o Suficiencia Investigadora), pero en cualquier caso siempre
afines al Programa para el que se solicita el Verifica. Como estudios afines se
considera aquellos estudios de contenidos relacionados con la Parasitología y que
pueden estar integrados en ramas de la salud humana (como por ejemplo, enfermedades
tropicales, enfermedades infecciosas, etc.) y animal (como por ejemplo,
zoonosis, enfermedades parasitarias, etc.).
En estos supuestos, la Comisión Académica del Programa de Doctorado decidirá
sobre su admisión y valorará la pertinencia de llevar a cabo unos complementos de
formación apropiados.

3145   Human and Animal Parasitology

• Chagas disease; Malaria
• Human and animal fascioliasis; Genotyping and phenotyping of parasites and vectors; Influences of climate change and globalisation on parasitic diseases; Immunopathology and the underdevelopmental impact of parasitic diseases; and Molecular epidemiology of parasitic diseases.
• Immunoparasitology and Molecular parasitology
• Epidemiology of human and animal parasitic infection

As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
Ideal entry profile:
· Holding an official Spanish Undergraduate Degree in Medicine, or equivalent, and level III MECES
· Holding an official Spanish Undergraduate Degree belonging to the area of sciences or health sciences, or equivalent, and also an official Master’s degree.
Other entry profiles:
· In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the
Royal Decree 778/98– or the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85–, they must have been completed it within Doctoral Programmes related to this.
· The university graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding entry test for specific health training, have passed with a positive assessment at least two training years of a programme for obtaining the official certificate of any of the specialisations in Health Sciences.
· Holding an official Spanish Undergraduate Degree belonging to the area of sciences or health sciences, or equivalent, and also an official Master’s degree.
To hold a Spanish university qualification or from other country of the European Higher Education Area, which gives access to the Master’s Degree, according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October, and having passed at least 300 credits of their official university studies, from which at least 60 have to be of Master’s studies.
· To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration according to the rules of Community Law is at least of 300 credits.
For the access profiles 5,6 and 7, the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme will assess if the studies carried out are equivalent and bear any relation to those identified as suitable access profile. In this event, the Academic Committee will require students to carry out, as a complementary training, the module of Biomedical Research Methodology belonging to the Master’s Degree in Biomedical Research of the UV.

3139 Medicine

1. Addictions
2. Anatomy
3. Pathological Anatomy
4. Surgical Anatomy
5. Anaesthesia
6. Biophysics and Medical Physics
7. Cell Biology
8. Biomechanics
9. Metabolic Biochemistry
10. Ischemic Heart Disease
11. Surgery
12. Cardiovascular Surgery
13. General and digestive system surgery
14. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
15. Plastic Surgery
16. Thoracic Surgery
17. Endocrinology and Nutrition
18. Metabolic diseases
19. Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
20. Schizophrenia
21. Medical ethics and forensic sciences
22. Respiratory and skin pharmacology
23. Digestive and inflammatory pharmacology
24. Physiology
25. Pathophysiology
26. Medical genetics
27. Haematology
28. Histology and tissue engineering
29. Histopathology
30. Oral and dental histopathology
31. History of medicine
32. Infertility and reproductive pathology
33. Medical-health and scientific information and documentation
34. Immunocytometry
35. Vascular immunopharmacology
36. Heart failure
37. Medicine
38. Maternal-fetal medicine
39. Menopause
40. Medical microbiology
41. Pneumology
42. Neurobiology
43. Neuroscience
44. Neurosurgery
45. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Regenerative Medicine
46. Ophthalmology
47. Oncology
48. Otorhinolaryngology
49. Respiratory Pathology
50. Cutaneous tumour pathology
51. Paediatrics
52. Clinical Psychiatry
53. Occupational Health
54. Public Health and Environmental Health
55. Synthesis of new drugs.
56. Gene therapy and pharmacogenomics
57. Drug Toxicity
58. Bipolar Disorder
59. Addictive disorders
60. Eating disorders
61. Traumatology and Orthopaedics
62. Central Nervous System Tumours
63. Paediatric Solid Tumours
64. Urology
65. Drug Utilisation