Objectives and competences
The programme offers the opportunity to work with renowned specialists on a wide range of research topics, many related to the priorities of contemporary society in the field of environmental protection.
It integrates two types of studies: students can combine specialized field sampling techniques with sophisticated laboratory methods.
The programme contributes to the understanding of biodiversity, as well as management and conservation techniques.
It is cross-disciplinary, comprising studies ranging from the molecular to the ecosystem level, based on disciplines such as genetics, biology, taxonomy, phylogeny, histology, biochemistry, physiology, ethnobotany, ecology and behavioural sciences.
Basic information
| Type | Doctoral program |
|---|---|
| Faculty or school | Faculty of Biology Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science SED of Medicine and Health Sciences (Clínic) Faculty of Psychology |
| Branch of knowledge |
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| Number of places available | 35 |
| Coordination | Raul Ramos Garcia |
| ramos@ub.edu | |
| EDUB details | Indicators |
| Interuniversity | Yes |
| Universitats | Universitat Barcelona ( Coordinadora ) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
Objectives and competences
Objectives
Competences
a) Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to this field.
b) Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial research or creative process.
c) Ability to contribute to extending the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
d) Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
e) 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.
f) Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress in a knowledge-based society.
Admission pathways
Access
In general, to access an official doctorate program you must have an official Spanish bachelor's degree, or equivalent, and a university master's degree and have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in all university degree and master's studies.It can also be accessed by anyone who is in any of these cases:
a) Be in possession of official Spanish university degrees or equivalent Spanish degrees, provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been passed in the set of these courses, accrediting level 3 of the Spanish Qualification Framework for Higher Education.
b) Be in possession of a title obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EEES), without the need for it to be approved, which accredits a level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework, provided that this title is valid for to access doctoral studies in the country of dispatch. This admission does not imply, in any case, the approval of the previous title that the interested party is in possession of or the recognition for other purposes than that of accessing doctoral studies.
c) Be in possession of a degree obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems outside the EEES, without the need for it to be approved, after verification by the University of Barcelona that this degree accredits a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish master's degree university and which, in the country of dispatch, entitles you to access doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the approval of the previous title that the interested party is in possession of or the recognition for other purposes than that of accessing doctoral studies.
d) Be in possession of another doctoral degree.
e) Equally, university graduates who, after obtaining a place in training through the corresponding test for access to specialized health training places, have passed with a positive evaluation at least two years of training in a program to obtain the title, can access official of one of the specialties in health sciences.
f) The graduates, architects or engineers who were in possession of the diploma of advanced studies obtained in accordance with what was established in Royal Decree 778/1998, of April 30, or who had reached the research sufficiency regulated in Royal Decree 185/ 1985, of January 23.
Admission requirements
The specific admission requirements and selection criteria for the doctoral programme in Biodiversity, which focus on the student's experience and academic record, can be found on the programme's web page ( http://www.ub.edu/biologia/postgraus/doct_bd/ admision.htm ):
1. Research-oriented university master's degree in one of the following subjects: Biodiversity, Biological Anthropology, Primatology, Aquaculture, Terrestrial Ecology or Biodiversity Management (research pathway, with at least 60 ECTS credits for the research module). Holders of master's degrees that do not have a specific research focus will be required to complete bridging courses.
2. A university degree with a study load of, or equal to, at least 300 ECTS credits, provided that the content is related to the general field of biodiversity (experimental sciences, life sciences, humanities, biology, pharmacy, environmental sciences or environmental engineering, anthropology, archaeology, etc.).
Assessment of merits focuses on:
1. The suitability of the candidate's curriculum vitae and academic record.
2. Provisional acceptance of the candidate by a lecturer (thesis supervisor or tutor) involved in the teaching of the doctoral programme.
3. Credit will be given to those candidates who have been awarded a predoctoral grant or any public or private source of funding that will help to ensure the continuity of their research during the doctoral programme.
Lines of research and teaching staff
Research lines
101110 - Biological anthropology101111 - Animal biodiversity
101112 - Plant biodiversity
101113 - Conservation and management of biodiversity
Research plan and progress reports
You can find all the information at the following links:
Training activities
Programme-specific training activities:
- Attendance of seminars or talks given by experts on various areas of biodiversity.
- Oral or poster presentation of a paper at a national or international conference.
- Preparation and submission of a research paper to a high-impact scientific journal in the knowledge area of biodiversity.
- Research visit at a private or public institution in Spain or abroad.
- Giving of a seminar on the thesis research project.
- Participation in collaboration meetings between biodiversity research groups.
- Participation in internal seminars within the research groups in which the student is doing the doctoral studies.
- Participation in workshops or courses for furthering knowledge of specific research methods in the field of biodiversity.
- Presentation of a paper at a departmental scientific conference.
- Participation in a symposium for young researchers.
- Participation in a research project.
Additional cross-disciplinary training:
- Collaboration in departmental teaching tasks.
- Course on quality assurance systems.
- Course on job-searching techniques.
- Course on entrepreneurship and business.
- Course/workshop on teaching innovation.
- Introductory course to teaching.
- Course on project management.
- Language course or course to improve teaching in English.
- Course on statistical techniques.
Doctoral thesis
Criteria for theses by publication:
Two papers published (or accepted for publication) by journals with an impact factor (according to Scientific Reports), of which the doctoral student must be the lead author of at least one.
Thesis languages: Catalan, Spanish or English.
Thesis publication: TDX