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Doctoral Programme in Local Development and International Cooperation Doctoral Programme

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.