Innovation and research in the professional field of education
Given the fundamental role of education in promoting cohesion and inclusion of people with different profiles, contexts and abilities (Education and Training Monitor, 2017), the PhD in Education and Cognitive Processes was created with the aim of providing an appropriate multidimensional response to diversity.
The programme focuses its scientific activity on a single line of work aimed at generating basic and applied knowledge that allows us to delve into individual differences, in order to provide an educational response that is truly focused on an understanding of the multidimensionality of diversity. This line of research is defined as "Cognitive processes and individual differences in education", and arises from the confluence of subject areas close to Education, such as Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, and from the interest in providing an educational response based on scientific knowledge to diversity through the study of individual differences.
Quality
Official qualification: Doctorate in Education and Cognitive Processes
Faculty or school responsible: Doctoral School
Number of places available: 8 places per year
Application deadline: 1-23 Sep
Registration: 1-31 Oct
Start date: January 2027
Languages: Spanish and English
Duration: 3 or 5 years
Access to the doctoral programme
The criteria for access to the PhD programme are detailed in the following section, and are those established by law for this purpose. Therefore, any candidate who meets these criteria would have legal access to the programme.
- In addition to the general entry requirements set out in current legislation, the recommended profile for admission to this PhD programme is a graduate with a degree in the field of education (Early Childhood Education or Primary Education Teachers, Pedagogues, Psychopedagogues and other graduates with postgraduate training in degrees related to education), who must also have completed a university master's degree with a structure containing at least 16 ECTS in subjects related to research, including the Master's Thesis.
- A second admissible profile is that of a candidate who has completed an official Master's degree that does not meet the above-mentioned requirements. In this case, the candidate, if admitted, would also have to undertake the necessary complementary training as established by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme. To this end, the candidate will be offered complementary training in applied education research methodology according to the shortcomings of their training as assessed by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme.
Likewise, a command of English equivalent to a B2 level is recommended, as well as a B2 level in Spanish in the case of international doctoral students.
Organisation
According to Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4 July, which amends Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies:
- Full-Time Students:
The duration of doctoral studies will be a maximum of four years full-time, to be counted from the date of enrolment of the doctoral student in the programme until the date of deposit of the doctoral thesis. (Before the end of the aforementioned period, if the application for deposit of the thesis has not been submitted, the academic committee responsible for the programme, at the request of the doctoral student, may authorise the extension of this period for a further year, under the conditions established in the corresponding doctoral programme). - Part-time students:
The academic committee responsible for the doctoral programme may authorise part-time doctoral studies. In order to apply for this modality, candidates will have to accredit some kind of work activity. In this case, such studies may have a maximum duration of seven years from the date of enrolment in the programme until the date of submission of the doctoral thesis. (Before the end of this period, if the application for submission of the thesis has not been submitted, the academic committee responsible for the programme, at the request of the doctoral student, may authorise the extension of this period for a further year, under the conditions established in the corresponding doctoral programme).
Teachers
- President: Claudia Poch
(Programme Coordinator) - Secretary: Jon Andoni Duñabeita
(Principal Investigator) - Member: Nuria Camuñas
(Head of Education Department)
Main employment opportunities
Professionals in the psycho-educational field
Teachers in Higher Education Institutions
Scientists in research centres
Professionals in the psycho-educational field
Teachers in Higher Education Institutions
Scientists in research centres
Agreements
Languages and Education Week
Speakers from the Ministry of Education, Instituto Cervantes, Google or the British Council participated in the different events of the Nebrija University's Education Week.
