Perfil de ingreso y criterios de admisión Doctorado en Física de la Materia Condensada, Nanociencia y Biofísica (Interuniversitario)

Access requirements

In accordance with that established in Article 6 and the second section of the second additional disposition of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, in order to access an official doctoral programme, the student will be required to be in one of the following situations:

  1. Be in possession of an official Spanish Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and a university master’s degree.
  2. Have an official Spanish university degree, or that of another country belonging to the European Higher Education Area, giving access to a master’s degree programme according to that established in Article 16 of the Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29 October, and have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS of official university studies, of which, at least 60 must be at master's degree level.
  3. Have an official Spanish Graduate Diploma consisting of at least 300 ECTS, as established by EU law. These graduates must compulsorily complete the training supplements referred to in article 7.2 of Royal Decree 99/2011, unless the syllabus of the corresponding degree included credits in research training that are equivalent in training value to the research credits in master's degree programmes.
  4. University graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding exam to access specialised health training, have successfully passed at least two years training in a programme to obtain the official qualification of one of the specialities in Health Sciences.
  5. Have a qualification obtained in accordance with foreign education systems, it need not be officially recognised, the university will verify that it accredits a training level equivalent to that of the official Spanish Master's degree and gives access to doctoral studies in the country where it was issued. This admission does not imply, in any case, the official homologation of a student’s previous degrees nor its recognition for purposes others than accessing doctoral studies.
  6. Be in possession of another Spanish title of doctor obtained according to previous university regulations.
  7. Graduates, architects or engineers who have the Diploma de Estudios Avanzados obtained according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 778/1998, of 30 April, or who have reached research sufficiency regulated by Royal Decree 185 / 1985, of 23 January.

Admissions profile

The Doctoral Programme in Physics of Condensed Matter, Nanoscience and Biophysics is oriented to graduates in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Materials Engineering, Environmental Sciences and similar; with a master’s degree related to the doctorate’s specialisations: Physics of Condensed Matter, Biophysics, Nanotechnology, Photonics and Materials Sciences.

Students must accredit previous training (at Graduate or Master’s degree level) in research work.

Students must have an intermediate/high level of English (e.g., First Certificate, B2).

In addition to the specific competences related to their research topic, applicants are recommended to have a great capacity for work, research vocation, critical spirit, initiative, creativity, the ability to reason and communicate, ability to work in a team and willingness to collaborate with other national and foreign teams.

Admission criteria

The candidates who satisfy the above-mentioned legal access requisites, will be admitted onto the doctorate programme after the Academic Committee has valued their prior training and appropriateness for the recommended admittance. In particular, the Commission will assess the following aspects of the candidate’s curriculum vitae:

Adequacy of the qualifications accredited by the student to the central theme of the doctorate programme (40%)

Marks obtained by the candidate in the master’s degree (20%)

Marks obtained by the candidate in the degree (20%)

Other knowledge (languages, computing, etc.) and/or relevant qualifications for the execution of the doctoral thesis (20%)

Evaluating the mentioned points will be carried out in equal conditions, independently of their origin and the degree of dedication, full or part time.

In the event that the Commission judges the student’s accredited qualifications to be inadequate for the theme of the doctorate programme, then the candidate will not be admitted to the programme. The following will not be considered adequate: i) master’s degree qualifications or equivalent that do not correspond to scientific or technological areas, ii) prior qualifications that do not include credits for research training.

Students with Special Educational Needs

Article 8 of the Doctorate Regulations of the University of Murcia states that in the event of students with special educational needs derived from a disability, the selection and admissions systems and procedures will include the relevant action to favour, as far as possible, equality in all aspects in the access and integration conditions. To do so, the Service of Attention to Diversity and Volunteers (ADV) will be able to evaluate the need for possible syllabus adaptations.

Places on the programme

Number of places offered: 33 (4 places at the University of Murcia)