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Doctoral Programme in Marketing

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.

Official accreditation of a B2 level in both Spanish and English is required. Official accreditation of a B2 level in Spanish is required for those students whose mother/native language is not Spanish. Likewise, official accreditation of a B2 level in English is required for those students whose mother/native language is not English. The means of official B2 accreditation are as follows: (i) Official examinations (internationally recognized): certificates established by the University of Valencia in Agreement 156/2018, of July 10, which sets out the Table of Equivalences for L2 Language Accreditation at the University of Valencia; (ii) Certifications in Spain: Official Language Schools (EOI) and universities: certificates bearing the ACLES seal (Association of Language Centres in Higher Education); and (iii) Academic accreditation (universities): passing specific subjects taught in the language to be accredited, by completing a bachelor’s degree or a university master’s degree of at least 60 credits.

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.