The PhD Programme in Biomedicine forms part of the UPF Doctoral School and provides graduate students a training framework to develop a research project and complete a doctoral thesis in the fields of health and life sciences that allows them to become scientists. More than 400 doctoral students are currently enrolled in the programme, most of them conducting their research in public institutions within the PRBB. All its training activities are carried out in English and every year the programme attracts a large number of students from abroad. The awarded PhD degree complies with the requirements of the Spanish National Agency for the Evaluation, Quality and Accreditation (ANECA) and on October, 2011, the Spanish Ministry of Education awarded the ‘Mention towards Excellence’ (MEE2011-0323).

The UPF’s PhD programme in Biomedicine follows the latest regulations for doctoral studies in Spain, the so-called Royal Decree (RD) 99/2011, which were introduced to comply with the guidelines and recommendations of the European  Higher Education Area (EHEA) on doctoral studies. The contents of this doctoral programme have been accredited by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalonia) with the highest qualification of progressing towards excellence.

All of the PhD programme activities are carried out in English, and every year attracts a large number of international students. These activities aim at preparing students to become independent researchers pursuing a scientific career. Successful candidates will have access to a wide range of academic activities, as well as ad hoc training in scientific skills, and access to the PRBB Intervals programme, an interdisciplinary education programme for professionals working in the PRBB.