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Joint_PhD_ Applied_Psychology

General entry requirements

Candidates must:

  • Hold sufficient ECTS from a Bachelor’s degree and Masters to allow entry onto a PhD in the country where their ECTS were gained. The Masters qualification must be equivalent to a “Merit/Commendation” (NTU), “Notable” (URL), or “Very good” (UCP). Either the Bachelor’s degree or the Master's must be in Psychology or a related discipline (e.g., Educational Sciences, Social Sciences, Life Sciences).
  • Have a certified minimum level of B2 or IELTS 6.5 or above in oral and written English language (non-native English speakers only).
  • Agree to undertake a research internship of 12 months at one of the other universities involved in the programme.

 

Application

A Steering Committee, composed by members of the three partner universities, is responsible for the selection process, which is competitive and achieved through a selection procedure that takes place once a year. Interested students are encouraged to contact the programme coordinators before presenting their applications. The coordinators will respond and provide students with any relevant information and with the documentation needed to pre-enrol in the programme.

Interested applicants must present:

  • Submission of the Identification Data Form or copy of the Identification Document/Passport
  • Undergraduate and Master’s Diplomas and Academic transcripts (with final grade)*
  • Curriculum Vitae - all information referenced in the CV must be accompanied by supporting evidence (photocopies of diplomas, publications, etc.)
  • Research proposal outline of 1,000-2,000 words
  • Certificate of English language level for non-native speakers (the applicants who do not have a certificate will have to take an exam at our University, before the enrolment, to assess their English level)
  • Two letters of recommendation by senior academics (optional)
  • Agreement Form (specific at each university)Undergraduate / Master’s academic transcript

*Documents issued in other countries will have to be legalised by the diplomatic or consular authority in the issuing country, or contain the Hague Apostille.

If the documents are written in a language other than Portuguese, Spanish or English, an official and certified translation to one of these languages must be provided.

During the selection process, applicants may be asked to submit additional documents as evidence that they are prepared and qualified for the programme. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a personal interview (face-to-face or online).

 

Admission and enrolment

The admitting entity will be the Programme’s Steering Committee.

Candidates who fulfil the admission criteria will be put in rank order based on the criteria and can enrol in any of the three universities depending on availability. The university where the student enrols (“Home institution”) will receive the fees for the duration of his/her PhD and will also be responsible for maintaining and updating the students’ records (Doctoral Student’s Activities Document, DAD). Copies of the records will be sent to the partner institutions.

Students will also be ghost enrolled in the other two universities and will have email addresses and access codes of all the three partner institutions. However, the main platform for communication will be Blanquerna platform SCALA (www.scala.blanquerna.edu).

Upon admission, students must have appropriate documentation (e.g. student visa) in order to enrol or conduct research in the countries of the partner institutions. From the start of the programme, the student will be a member of a research team/group and will be provided with appropriate facilities. The student will develop a thesis within the framework of one of the research branches described in the programme and work on his or her thesis with three supervisors, one at each university.