Antonio de Nebrija University presents its new Doctorate Programme, called Doctorate in Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching, that comes up in a scientific, economic and social context characterized by the need to develop the multilingual competency of citizens.
In this respect, this programme aims to develop a line of research focused on applied linguistics to teaching based on the following subjects: Language acquisition and language learning, Sociolinguistics and Language Pragmatics, Linguistic Policies and their relationship with the learning of second, foreign languages or the bilingual condition, Corpus Linguistics, Evaluation and certification of linguistic competence or Professional application of the multilingual condition.
The criteria to access the Doctorate Programme are described in the following section, and are those set by law to that effect. Therefore, any candidate meeting those criteria should have legal access to the programme. Nevertheless, the recommended profile is defined below, which fits better with the priority research areas defined in the programme:
Moreover, every candidate for the research period in order to elaborate the doctoral thesis should:
In general, in order to access an official Doctorate Programme, it is necessary to own an official Spanish qualification/degree or equivalent, and a University Master. Furthermore, those candidates meeting the following cases will be also admitted:
It has been set the following scale to grant access to the above mentioned Doctorate Programmes:
Provisional admission resolution 2021-22
* In the case of non-European diplomas: "apostille" in documents issued in countries that have signed the Hague Convention or legalization through diplomatic channels, in other cases
**If the documentation has not been issued in Spanish, it must be accompanied by the corresponding official sworn translation
Send the application with all the documentation by e-mail to [email protected]
Send the completed admission application and claims to [email protected]
Universidad Nebrija – Escuela de Doctorado
Campus de La Berzosa
28240 Hoyo de Manzanares (Madrid).
PhD Programs | AMOUNT ECTS S/TOTAL 21-22 | Training Complements (6 ECTS) | Training Complements (12 ECTS) |
Doctorate in Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching | 106 € | 636 € | 1.272 € |
Doctoral candidates with the recommended or acceptable profiles holding the needed qualifications to enrol in this Doctorate Programme and who have been admitted, but without enough specific training on Research Methodology in Applied Linguistics, should fulfil complementary training actions to their previous studies, up to a maximum of 12 ECTS credits (between 4 and 12, depending on their profile). This specific complementary training is mandatory for those students who access the Doctorate Programme with a graduate degree of at least 300 ECTS credits, unless the syllabus includes Research Methodology credits equivalent to those of a Master course or those accessing with a B.A. qualification (qualifications prior to RD 1393/2007)
The criteria and procedures applied to assess whether candidates have enough specific training on Research Methodology are the following:
Master partial tuition (between 4 and 12 credits) is considered for those candidates without enough previous training on research methodology in Applied Linguistics. According to their previous formation, they will have to complete 4, 8 or 12 credits. Due to its complementary nature, these credits should be fulfilled by students in their first year of their Doctorate studies.
The three subjects proposed as complementary training are the following:
PhD Programs | AMOUNT ECTS S/TOTAL 21-22 | Training Complements (6 ECTS) | Training Complements (12 ECTS) |
Doctorate in Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching | 106 € | 636 € | 1.272 € |
In each academic year, until the reading of the thesis, the student must renew the registration within the established period.
The Doctoral Commission can also be asked annually for partial exemptions from the doctoral fees for doctoral students who actively collaborate in Nebrija research groups, among others.
The research line of the doctoral program in Linguistics applied to language teaching coincides with the research interests of the LAELE group.
At least one publication in high impact factor journals in the first three quartiles (Q1, Q2 or Q3) of the list of journals in the area of the Program's specialty in which said thesis is registered and referenced in the last list published by the Journal Citation Reports (SCI and/or SSCI) and/or SCOPUS.
Publications listed in CIRC (Integrated Classification of Scientific Journals) with a grade of A +, A, or B.
Book chapters published by high impact factor publishers. Said publishers must appear in the SPI database (Scholarly Publishers Indicators) or another similar selective database, indicating the publisher’s impact factor and its ranking in the area of the doctorate. Contrasting evidence on the publisher's position and quality must be provided. Other contrasted quality indicators may also be provided (number of citations received, reviews, etc.). The Academic Committee may reject the publication if the publisher’s impact factor is not considered sufficient.
PhD students will have to take 125 hours of training, of which 45 hours will be of transversal training (common to all doctoral students of the university) and 80 hours of specific training (of the doctoral program in applied linguistics).
The distribution of the activities in full-time dedication has a decreasing logic and is concentrated in three years, while in the part-time dedication it is distributed over five years of training.
The Academic Committee of the doctoral program is made up of:
All members of the Committee will have a Doctorate degree and will be part of the research team of the doctoral program's verified report.
Most of the doctors completing the Applied Linguistics programme become academics and researchers at Spanish and international universities.
This meeting, organized by the School of Languages and Education, in its interest to promote the use of foreign languages in different areas of society and business, aims to raise awareness in the university community of the importance of the commitment we all have to assume due to our commitment to building a Europe in which its citizens make intercomprehension efforts.