Admission requirements

Doctoral programme of the UPF Doctoral School, governed by Royal Decree 99/2011

Duration of the training period	1 academic year (full time [FT]); 2 academic years (part time [PT])
Duration ot the research period	2 academic years (FT); 3 academic years (PT). The legislation provides for the possibility of applying for an extension of one academic year (PT = 2 academic years)
Languages	Catalan, Spanish and English
Places available	30
Organized	Department of Translation and Language Sciences
Calendar and time schedule	From September to June. Full time dedication.
Location	Communication Campus - Poblenou
Doctorate academic website	http://www.upf.edu/dtcl/formacio/postgrau/

Admission requirements to the Translation and Language Sciences - PhD programme

In order to be admitted to Translation and Language Sciences PhD Programme offered by UPF, candidates must provide accreditation that they have obtained an accredited undergraduate degree (Bachelor degree or recognised equivalent degree from an accredited Higher Education Institution). 

Moreover, they have to proof that they have obtained or are in position to obtain an accredited graduate/master's degree (equivalent to a Spanish Master Universitario/Oficial, Master's of Research.... ) which enables them to access a Phd programme in their home country.

In order to access a doctoral programme at UPF, you need to have completed 300 ECTS credits, 60 of those have to correspond to an official graduate, research orientated master's programme.

Mandatory documents to be submitted

• A photocopy of the undergraduate degree/diploma or Certification/proof of degree completion  (Bachelor degree or recognised equivalent degree from an accredited Higher Education Institution).
  • (If the diploma or the academic transcript are not written in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian, you will also have to include the respective sworn translations into Catalan or Spanish).
    
    
• A photocopy of the official final undergraduate transcript.
  
  • (Those students who have taken official studies at the UPF do not need to submit their academic records).
    
  • (If the diploma or the academic transcript are not written in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian, you will also have to include the respective sworn translations into Catalan or Spanish).

If you have finished your Master's degree when you formalise your application, you will need to send us the following documents:

• A photocopy of the graduate/master's degree/diploma or Certification/proof of degree completion.
• A photocopy of your official final graduate/master's transcript .

However, if you have not yet completed your graduate/master's studies when formalising application, you will need to provide us with the following documents: 

• A signed declaration of obtaining your graduate/master's degree before the commencement of the master's programme 
• A photocopy of the provisional graduate/master's transcript.
  
  • (Those students who have taken official studies at the UPF do not need to submit their academic records). 
  • (If the diploma or the academic transcript are not written in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian, you will also have to include the respective sworn translations into Catalan or Spanish). 

Students holding a Spanish DEA (Diploma de Estudios Avanzados) according to  RD 778/1998 / Suficiencia Investigadora according to RD185/1985 or an undergraduate degree of 300 ECTS credits (such as Medicine...) will not need to have completed a master's degree.
 

All candidates must also present the following mandatory documents (please provide a photocopy):

1. Brief doctoral research proposal (3 to 4 pages) within any of the PhD research track, reported favorably by one of the researchers from the doctoral programme.
2. Brief report that proves the candidate's capacity and interest in the research proposal s/he wants to join.
3. Curriculum vitae.
4. Accreditation of English competence and, if the candidate hold it, and if applicable, of other non-native languages.
5. Identity Card or Passport.

Optional supporting documents 

Standardised tests organised by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) which measure verbal and quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing, might also be taken into consideration:

• Test Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (in English). Please introduce the institutional UPF code (4977) so ETS can send us your scores. 
• The Graduate Studies Admission Test (EXADEP) (in Spanish)