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The University of Barcelona is a university with a standing commitment to excellence in teaching, research and knowledge transfer. It strives to develop and implement learning methodologies uniquely adapted to each stage of higher education.

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the website of the Doctoral School of the University of Barcelona (EDUB). Taking a doctoral programme is a fascinating way to take your first steps in research, developing an initial idea into a complex research study, from the basic research question to a completed thesis that contributes to wider scientific progress. It requires years of effort, countless hours of laboratory or field work and extensive reading and writing. It involves carrying out original research in a laboratory, with a research group, at a research centre or institute, under the guidance of a supervisor who will accompany you as you put together your doctoral thesis. The programme culminates in the formal reading and defence of the thesis, after which you will receive the highest qualification in the university system: the doctoral degree. It is also the pathway to a career in research, university teaching and many areas of professional practice.

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14th Ganimedes Congress of Early-Career Researchers in Classical Philology

Barcelona will host the 14th Ganimedes Congress, organized by the national association of early-career researchers in Classical Philology. The congress will take place on March 10 and 13, 2026, offering master’s and PhD students a space to present their research on classical studies, languages, and their legacy. The initiative is led by doctoral students from the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with active involvement from members of the UB’s Faculties of Philology and Communication and History and Geography.

Call from the Doctoral School to promote the mobility of research personnel in training at the University of Barcelona

You can che the state of the call here

New instruction on the enrollment regime for PhD students with disabilities

The Vice-Rector for Doctoral Studies, Research Staff in Training, Talent Attraction and Outreach has issued INSTRUCTION 6/2025, dated October 1st, regarding the application of the enrollment regime for PhD students with a disability degree equal to or greater than 33%.

Call for Montcelimar 2025

We inform you that the period to participate in the Montcelimar 2025 call for grants for stays abroad will be open until March 7, 2025 (at 2:00 p.m.)

Call for FPU 2024

We inform you that it has been published on the web page Research Staff Grants the Call for applications for grants for University Teacher Training (FPU) for the year 2024. The deadline for submitting applications will be from 17 January to 14 February 2025, at 14:00 (peninsular time)

Minutes of the meeting of the Evaluation Commission of the candidates to the ‘The Feed-Protect-CareGlobal Collaborative PhD platform’.

Minutes of the meeting of the Evaluation Committee for the selection of trainee researchers from the University of Barcelona for the second phase (2025-2027) of ‘The Feed-Protect-Care Global Collaborative PhD Platform’, focused on ‘how food systems can play a crucial role in improving public health outcomes, particularly for the most at-risk populations, and in preventing the rise of chronic diseases globally’.

Feed, Protect, Care Global Collaborative PhD Platform

The University of Barcelona has joined the Feed-Protect-Care Global Collaborative PhD Platform, which will offer training opportunities to PhD students in the field of sustainable development sciences. The selected applicants will participate in annual, week-long, in-person or on-line events hosted by a University from the consortium, in Spring 2025, and the University of Pretoria (South Africa), in fall of 2025. You have until 5 of December to apply

CALL FOR GRANTS FROM THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL TO PROMOTE THE MOBILITY OF RESEARCH STAFF IN TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY.

THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED! The list of beneficiaries of the grants of the Doctoral School to promote the mobility of the research staff in training of the University has been published on the electronic office.

Mobility grant aid for young researchers and university teaching staff - AMICS DEL PAÍS

The Barcelonesa Economic Society of Amics del País and the Barcelonesa Foundation of Amics del País, in collaboration with Don Javier Godó, Conde de Godó, and the La Caixa Foundation, awards scholarships to teaching and research staff in Catalonia and doctoral students linked to universities and research centres, ICREA of Catalonia, under 35 years of age, to spend a minimum of three months in research centres and foreign universities, with the aim of promoting the development of research and teaching at Catalan universities. Each scholarship will have a financial endowment of 4,500. The call is open from November 4 to December 31, 2024.

Award to the representative of the UB in the final of the contest "Present your thesis in 4 minutes"

UB doctoral student Raquel Serrano has been awarded the special mention "Assumpció Català i Poch for the best thesis in Catalan language in the seventh edition of the contest "Present your thesis in 4 minutes"

Representant de la UB al concurs "Tesis en 3 minuts"

El doctorand Jesús Daniel Gómez, del programa de doctorat en Biomedicina, serà el representant de la Universitat de Barcelona en el concurs Tesis en 3 Minuts, del Grup Coïmbra. El doctorand ha estat seleccionat d’entre altres investigadors en un acte que ha tingut lloc el dilluns 18 de març. Hi ha quedat finalista Laura Guzmán, del programa de doctorat en Recerca, Desenvolupament i Control de Medicaments

Premis Antoni M. Badia i Margarit a la millor tesi doctoral escrita en català

L’Aula Magna de l’Edifici Històric ha acollit el lliurament dels Premis Antoni M. Badia i Margarit a la millor tesi doctoral escrita en català, en la tercera edició. L’acte ha inclòs un diàleg entre l’historiador de la ciència Josep M. Camarasa i el biòleg i divulgador Ramon Folch sota el títol «El Manifest de Prada (1973) i la reivindicació del català com a llengua científica».