• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Molecular Medicine
• Evolutionary Biology and Complex Systems
• Biomedical Informatics
• Genetics 
• Neurosciences
• Systems Bioengineering
• Public Health and Education in Health Sciences 
• Science Communication 
• Clinical and Translational Research

In order to be admitted to Biomedicine 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. 

To access a PhD programme at UPF you must have an official university degree and a master's degree, and have passed at least 300 ECTS credits. 

You can also access the doctorate with: 

• an official Spanish university degree or equivalent, as long as at least 300 ECTS credits have been passed and a level 3 of the MECES is accredited; 
• a degree from the European Higher Education Area (non-Spanish) that accredits a level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework, as long as this degree entitles to access a PhD in the issuing country; 
• a foreign title (non-EHEA) of a training level equivalent to a Spanish university master's degree and that entitles to access a PhD programme in the issuing country; 
• a doctoral degree; 
• a minimum of two years of positively evaluated training programme leading to the obtaining of the official title in one of the specialties in the field of health sciences.

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).
• A photocopy of the official final undergraduate transcript. 

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

• A signed declaration of obtaining your graduate/master's degree before the commencement of the PhD programme. 
• A photocopy of the provisional graduate/master's transcript.

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. 

The PhD Programme in Biomedicine requires that the research group hosting the PhD student has funds to guarantee the viability of the research project and the thesis supervisor must declare in the letter of acceptance (see below under mandatory documents) the name and reference of the project that will provide funds to conduct the research of the doctoral student.

• Letter of acceptance into a laboratory  (one supervisor)
• Letter of acceptance into a laboratory (two supervisors)

• Personal and research data of the ​PhD thesis supervisor (Only in case the PhD thesis supervisor does not belong to the UPF)
  • Please, ask your future thesis supervisor to complete this form in order to collect this personal and research data. 
  • Once filled, he/she will receive a copy of the responses via email. Ask him/her to keep a copy of these answers in a pdf document so you can upload during the registration process.
• Acceptance letter signed by a UPF Principal Investigator to act as tutor of the student. (Only in case the PhD thesis supervisor does not belong to the UPF/CRG/IBE/EMBL) 
• Research project (Short description of the future project that will be developed to specify the field of research).     
• Identity Card or Passport.

Take into account that the programme has a limited number of admitted students for each academic year, up to 120. In case of receiving more than 120 applications, the CA will have to use the research evaluation criteria to assign the admission registers available.  
 

ADMISSION CRITERIA
In addition to having met the general access requirements established by current regulations, in the event that the number of applications submitted exceeds the number of places offered, the following admission criteria will be applied to applicants, which will be counted out of a maximum of 10 points:

• The suitability of the applicant's research interests to the lines of research defined in the research programmes of the DCEXS (MELIS) or to the lines of research of the collaborating institutions (EMBL, CRG) (up to 5 points).
• The suitability of the applicant's research interests to the lines of research developed by the biomedical research institutions located in the PRBB environment (IMIM, BBRC, CBC, ISGlobal, IBE) (up to 3 points).
• That the research to be developed by the applicant has the support of a DCEXS (MELIS) researcher (up to 4 points).
• That the research to be developed by the applicant has the support of a researcher from the collaborating institutions (CRG, EML) (up to 2 points).
• That the applicant has obtained or formally applied for a predoctoral scholarship (up to 1 point).

• Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
• Pharmaceutical Industry and Biotechnology
• Biomedical Research
• Public Health