Applicants for admission to this Doctoral Programme must provide, in addition to what is indicated on the Doctoral School's website, the following documents:

 

· CURRICULUM VITAE with supporting documents, stating the following information: the student's complete address postal, a contact telephone number and email address; the Master's or postgraduate programmes and courses followed and passed by the student and related to research interests; the student's previous scientific production (scientific articles, conference communications); participation in research projects; obtaining research grants; and level of English.

 

· LETTER including an expression of interest showing the objective, methodology initially proposed and line of research of the Doctoral Programme related to the project. This expression of interest, with a minimum length of 500 words and a maximum of 2000 words, must reflect the objectives/hypothesis of the research project, the methodology to be developed (study design, variables and their measurement, and planned procedure) and the research line of the program in which the project would be developed. This document must indicate the signed approval of a researcher as thesis supervisor. The suitability of this expression of interest to the lines of the program as well as the signed approval of the supervisor is an essential requirement for admission. In addition to this expression of interest, the doctoral student may also explain his/her motivation for undertaking the doctorate with a maximum length of 200 words.