Doctoral Programme on Historical and Social Studies on Science, Medicine and Scientific Communication

• Summary
• Structure
• Organisation
• Competencies
• Admission
• Research lines
• Quality

Basic competencies:

1. Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and methods of research associated with that field.
2. Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
3. Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
4. Ability to carry out a critical and assessment analysis and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
5. Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and society in general about their areas of knowledge in the ways and languages commonly used in the international scientific community.
6. Ability to promote, within academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advancement in a knowledge-based society.

Personal abilities and skills:

1. Knowing how to handle certain tasks in contexts where there is little specific information.
2. Finding the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
3. Designing, creating, developing and launching new and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
4. Working both in team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
5. Integrating knowledge, handling complexity, and making judgments with limited information.
6. The criticism and intellectual defence of solutions.

Other competencies:

1. The ability to conveniently treat and interpret specialized scientific information and to know the dissemination processes and mechanisms through which information is transformed in a comprehensible and useful discourse for the general public.
2. Solve tasks related to the management, inventorying and conservation of the scientific patrimony.
3. Managing important scientific sources for the history of science and scientific communication.