Recommended entry profile

The recommended general profile for admission to the Doctoral Programme in Specific Didactics corresponds with students who have obtained the Master’s Degree in Research in Specific Didactics or other official master’s degree which provides equivalent training with the necessary skills to deal with research works under the supervision of experienced specialists in one of the specific teaching, who are interested to deepen their research training in one of the specific teaching, and who get involved in the design and development of a research project. In addition, they must have a good reading comprehension level (at least equivalent to level B1), work abilities and enough time to devote to the development of their doctoral thesis.

Specific entry requirements

The Doctoral Studies Academic Coordinating Committee (CAD) is the responsible for verifying and applying the entry requirements specified in the Doctoral Studies Curriculum. Therefore, the CAD will consider those established in the Royal Decree 99/2011, the regulations of the official postgraduate studies of the University of Valencia and the Doctoral Studies Curriculum, in particular regarding applicants with special educational needs resulting from disability. The CAD will evaluate the merits of each applicant based on the criteria set forth below, conducting personal interviews and/or all tests as it deems appropriate to assess and prioritise ,if necessary, the applications.

Those students meeting the general entry requirements (section 2) 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- according to 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). Make a research plan once enrolled.
• 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.