Perfil de ingreso y criterios de admisión Doctorado en Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental

Access requirements

Article 7 of Rector's Resolution 42/2012 of February 6, ordering the publication of the Doctorate Regulations of the University of Murcia, establishes the requirements to access a doctoral programme:

1. According to that established in Article 6 of the Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, in general, for a candidate to access any doctoral programme, they must be in possession of an official bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, and a master’s degree.
2. In addition, students who are in any of the following cases may also access:
   1. 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 stipulated in Article 16 of 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.
   2. Have an official Spanish Graduate Diploma containing, according to EU law, at least 300 ECTS. These graduates must compulsorily complete the training supplements referred to in article 7.2 of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, unless the syllabus of the corresponding degree includes credits in research training that are equivalent in training value to research credits in master's programmes.
   3. University graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding test to access specialised health training, have successfully passed at least two years training in a programme to obtain the official title of one of the specialities in Health Sciences.
   4. Have a qualification obtained in accordance with foreign education systems, it need not be officially recognised, the General Doctorate Committee will verify that this qualification 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 recognition of a student’s previous degrees nor its recognition for purposes others than accessing doctoral education.
   5. To be in possession of another Spanish title of doctor obtained according to previous university regulations.

Admission profile

The recommended admission profile corresponds to university graduates with academic and scientific curricula related to the scope of knowledge of the Doctoral Programme in Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Biology, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences, Pharmacy, Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Veterinary, Agro-environmental Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Forestry Engineering, Geological Engineering, Chemical Engineering...).

Admission Criteria

The academic committee of the Doctoral Programme will be in charge of carrying out the selection using the following criteria:

• Academic records (70%)
• Professional and research experience (15%)
• Capacity for analysis, attitude, and motivation to carry out the Doctoral Thesis, evaluated through a personal interview (15%)

It is understood that the basic criterion for our student selection must be the academic aspect (adequacy of the academic background to the studies to be carried out and performance, as expressed in the academic transcript of records), as it is an objective criterion, whilst being the criterion that best guarantees that the students have the required knowledge and capacities to successfully achieve the academic level in their doctoral studies. However, when necessary to select students among those who meet the academic requirements, personal interviews will be conducted with the applicants to assess aspects such as personal maturity, motivation, initiative and capacity to work autonomously or as part of a team.

No additional training is required to enter the Doctorate Programme Biodiversity and Environmental Management. However, when the applicants do not hold a master's degree related to the scope of knowledge of the doctoral programme, the Academic Commission will establish the training activities that students must carry out in each case.

The final admission decision is the responsibility of the International School of Doctorate Studies at the University of Murcia (EIDUM) to which the Programme is attached.

The lists of admitted candidates to the doctoral programme will be published in the TOUM (official notice board of the University of Murcia). Other means of publishing might also be established by resolution of the rector.

All provisions held in the regulations and instructions of admission and registration approved by the University of Murcia each academic year will apply to the admission procedure.

In the case of students with special educational needs deriving from disability, the selection and admission systems and procedures must include appropriate support and counselling services in order to assess the need for possible curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies.

In any case, the student must be previously accepted by a professor of a research line included in this Programme as supervisor or tutor of their thesis work, which will value their prior training. To this end, the supervisor or tutor will pay special attention to the knowledge previously acquired by the candidate in the disciplines directly related to the Doctorate Programme in Biodiversity and Environmental Management.

Part-time students will follow the same guidelines for admission as for other students.

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 the access conditions and integration in all aspects. To do so, the Service of Attention to Diversity and Volunteers (ADV) will evaluate the need for possible syllabus adaptations.

Number of places offered: 30

Regulations and oral defence of doctoral theses

All Regulations governing the official teaching of Doctoral Programmes at the University of Murcia, in Chapter II of the BORM 11-02-2012 (approved by the Governing Board on the 27 January 2012 and amended by the Governing Board on the 26 July 2013) can be found in Spanish on: http://www.um.es/web/vic-estudios/contenido/doctorados/tesis