Education and Cognitive Processes

The access criteria to the PhD program are detailed in the following section, and are those established by the law for this purpose. Therefore, any candidate who meets these criteria would have legal access to the program.

• In addition to the general access requirements set forth in current legislation, the recommended profile for entering this PhD program is that of a graduate in some degree in the area of education (Teachers of Early Childhood Education or Primary Education, Pedagogues, Educational psychologists and other graduates with postgraduate training in degrees related to education), who also provides a university master's degree whose structure contains at least 16 ECTS credits in subjects related to research, including the Master's Final Research Project.

• A second admissible profile will be that of someone who accesses after having completed an official Master's degree that does not meet the requirements indicated above. In this case, if the candidate were admitted, he would also have to complete the necessary training supplements in accordance with what is established by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program. To this end, the candidate will be offered training supplements in research methodology for applied education, in accordance with the gaps in training evaluated by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral program.

Likewise, it is advisable to have an English proficiency equivalent to a B2 level, and a B2 level also in Spanish in the case of international PhD students.

In general, to access an official doctoral program it will be necessary to have the official Spanish degrees of Bachelor's Degree (Grado) or equivalent, and University Master's Degree. Those who are in any of the following cases may also access it:

• a) Have an official Spanish university degree, or of another country that is part of the European Higher Education Area, that enables access to the Master's degree in accordance with the provisions of article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007 of October 29, and have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in all official university studies, of which, at least 60 must be of Master's degree level.
• b) Have an official Spanish Graduate degree, whose duration, according to rules of community law, is at least 300 ECTS credits. Said graduates must attend the complementary training courses referred to in article 7.2 of RD 99/2011, unless the curriculum of the corresponding Bachelor's degree includes research training credits, equivalent in educational value to the research credits in Master's degree studies.
• c) University graduates who, after obtaining a place in training in the entrance exam corresponding to specialized health training, have at least two years of positive evaluation in a training program to obtain the official degree of any of the specialties in Health Sciences.
• d) Have a degree obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems, without the need for homologation, after verification by the university that it accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish Master's degree and that it authorizes access to doctoral studies in the country issuing the degree. This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the interested party's previous degree or its recognition for any other purposes than that of accessing Doctoral studies.
• e) Having another Spanish Doctorate degree obtained according to previous university ordinances.
• f) Have a Bachelor's, Engineer or Architect degree, qualifications all prior to the regulations of RD 1393/2007, in accordance with the equivalence regulations of the previous official Spanish degrees regulated in Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29 for the purpose of accessing official doctoral studies regulated in RD 99/2011, approved by the Government Commission of the Antonio de Nebrija University on 01/19/2016.

The following scale is established for accessing these doctoral programs:

• (60%) Currículum Vitae y formación pre-doctoral del candidato. Se evaluará particularmente el CV, el plan de estudios del Máster, el expediente académico que obtuvo en el programa cursado y el Trabajo de Fin de Máster (o trabajo de investigación equivalente)
• (20%) Entrevista personal con el coordinador del programa de doctorado, que documentará mediante informe justificativo. La entrevista versará sobre la formación académica pre-doctoral, la formación en metodología de investigación, la experiencia investigadora en procesos cognitivos y la experiencia profesional vinculada a la educación, los intereses investigadores del candidato, el nivel de dominio del inglés y/o español. Esta entrevista podrá realizarse por medios telemáticos en caso de que el candidato resida en el extranjero.
• (20%) Adecuación del perfil del candidato a alguna línea de investigación (de entre las que consten en el registro de grupos de investigación de la OTRI), valorando la formación pre-doctoral del candidato y sus intereses investigadores.

• Completed and signed application
• Updated Curriculum Vitae
• Certified copy of the Bachelor's (or undergraduate) degree diploma*
• Certified copy of the official Master's degree diploma*
• Certified copy of the curriculum certificate for Master's degree studies (or similar)*
• Copia compulsada del certificado académico del Grado*
• Copia compulsada del certificado de la universidad de origen que acredite la posibilidad de acceso a estudios de doctorado en su país desde la titulación obtenida (en caso de estudios extranjeros).
• Photocopy of ID (Spanish) or passport (foreigners)
• A photo (passport size)
• A PDF copy of your Final Research Project or Diploma of Advanced Studies (if applicable)
• A letter of recommendation (from your Final Research Project director, or from anyone who can refer research experience)
• Proof of work activity (if applying for part-time admission)
• A thesis project outline containing Objectives (and/or Research Questions) / Methodology / Expected Results

* 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]

Provisional resolution admission

Send the completed admission application and claims to [email protected]

• September 1-23
  Send the completed and signed admission application by email, along with the required documentation of the program.
• September 26-29
  Notification by email of the provisional decision of those admitted to the doctorate.
• September 26-29
  Provision of a period of three days, from the notification of the provisional decision of those admitted, to submit any claim by email.
• Until October 2
  Resolution of claims.
  Email notification of the final list of admitted students.
• September 26 to October 13
  If you are admitted, send the completed and signed application along with the documentation sent earlier in the admission process, by mail to:

  Universidad Nebrija – Escuela de Doctorado
  Campus de La Berzosa
  28240 Hoyo de Manzanares (Madrid).

  If the required documentation is not provided within the established period, the Doctoral School will proceed to cancel the enrollment application.
• October 3-28
  Self-enrollment through the Universitas XXI application.
  Send by email ([email protected] and [email protected]) proof of payment corresponding to the registration fees and annual tutelage fees in the doctorate.
  Students who are admitted and do not formalize their enrollment within the period indicated by the Doctoral School will lose their place in the program.

Those candidates admitted to the program but who do not have sufficient specific training in research methodology in applied education must take additional actions to their previous training.

Specifically, they will have to take a maximum of 12 ECTS credits, between 6 and 12 depending on the assessment of the candidate's training made by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral program. Given their complementary nature, these credits must be taken by students during the first year of the doctorate.

The criteria and procedures that will be applied to assess whether or not candidates have sufficient specific training in Research Methodology will be:

• Analysis of his curriculum vitae and the curriculum with which he has completed his Level 7 studies (Master's degree or DEA).
• Analysis and evaluation of the research methodology with which the candidate carried out his supervised Master's degree or DEA research work.

The subjects proposed as a complement to training are the following:

• Introduction to educational research (6 ECTS credits)
• Research design and data analysis in Education (6 ECTS credits))

• Procedures and assignment of tutor and thesis director
• Commitment

In each academic year, until the reading of the thesis, the student must renew the registration within the established period.

• In the first year the PhD student must pay the registration fee and the annual supervision fee:
  • Full-time: €450 registration fee and €1100 annual supervision fee.
  • Part-time: €980 registration fee and €570 annual supervision fee.
• From the second year until the end of the thesis, you will have to pay the annual supervision fee, full time €1,100 or part time €570.
• In order to be able to defend the thesis, the PhD student must pay the thesis deposit: €1,600.
• Issuing of the doctoral degree: €311.

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.