Admission criteria

Admission to the doctoral program is regulated by Royal Decree 1393/2007 and 99/2011 and adapted to European convergence criteria and the regulations of the University of Barcelona. Generally speaking, the admission requirements are that applicants should be in possession of one of the following:

• An official Spanish EHEA bachelor’s degree or its equivalent and an official Spanish university master’s degree.
• An official Spanish university degree or else a degree issued outside Spain but within the legislative framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and, furthermore, a minimum of 300 ECTS credits completed in official university studies, 60 of which at a master’s degree level.
• A degree issued outside the framework of the EHEA but in a legislative framework which, the University of Barcelona recognizes, would entitle the holder to begin a doctoral program and which can therefore be considered academically equivalent to an official Spanish university master’s degree.
• A Spanish doctoral degree qualification.

Admission periods

The University of Barcelona admits new doctoral candidates twice each academic year, usually in the months of October and March. For further details, consult our calendar.

Admission applications

Given the nature of the doctoral program in Organic Chemistry, applicants need to find a researcher in one of our research groups who is prepared to act their Thesis supervisor, include the student in his or her research group and finance that student’s research. If an applicant cannot find a researcher ready to do this, then he or she should speak to the director of the Academic Committee, Dr. Xavier Verdaguer.

Once the applicant has a researcher’s approval, he or she should submit a series of papers to the Faculty, in Catalan, English or Spanish. If the applicant completed his or her master’s degree in the University of Barcelona, in another university in Spain or in another country within the framework of the EHEA, then these papers should be submitted to the director of the Academic Committee, Dr. Xavier Verdaguer, and to the Secretary’s Office at the Department of Organic Chemistry (see applicant categories 1, 2 and 3 below); if the degree was awarded outside the EHEA framework, then these papers should be submitted to the Dean of Faculty and to Manoli Mora, Secretary at the Faculty of Chemistry (see applicant category 4 below). As for which papers are required, this will depend on which of the following four categories the applicant belongs to.

Applicants who have completed the university Master’s Degree in Organic Chemistry

• Duly completed and signed application forms for access, admission and enrolment.
• Thesis supervisor’s pledge.
• Photocopy of the applicant’s national identity card or passport.
• Applicant’s transcript of records of his or her EHEA bachelor’s degree specifying the date of issue of the degree certificate or the date on which this issue was officially requested.
• Applicant’s transcript of records of his or her university master’s degree specifying the successful completion of 60 ECTS credits.

Applicants who have completed another university master’s degree at any other Spanish university or centre of higher education

• Duly completed and signed application forms for access, admission and enrolment.
• Thesis supervisor’s pledge.
• Photocopy of the applicant’s national identity card or passport.
• Certified copy of the applicant’s EHEA bachelor’s degree certificate or an official document certifying its issue.
• Certified copy of the applicant’s university master’s degree certificate or an official document certifying its issue.

Applicants with degree qualifications awarded outside Spain but within the framework of the EHEA

• Duly completed and signed application form for access.
• Photocopy of the applicant’s national identity card or passport.
• Certified copy of the applicant’s EHEA bachelor’s degree certificate or an official document certifying its issue.
• Applicant’s certified transcript of records of his or her university master’s degree specifying the academic years in which the degree course was completed taken, the names of the subjects comprising the course, the number of credits carried by these subjects and the grades awarded to the applicant.
• Certified copy of the document issued by the Ministry of Education or equivalent national authority of the country in which the holder’s degree certificates were issued, testifying to the holder’s eligibility, on the basis of these degree qualifications (bachelor’s and master’s degrees), to begin doctoral studies.
• Applicant’s receipt of payment of the fee for the administrative recognition of his or her previous studies (to be paid according to the prices in the Decree on Prices for international students entering master’s and doctoral degree studies, as stipulated by the Catalan government [Generalitat de Catalunya]).
• Duly completed and signed application forms for admission and enrolment.
• Thesis supervisor’s pledge.

Applicants with degree qualifications awarded outside Spain and outside the framework of the EHEA

• Duly completed and signed application form for access.
• Photocopy of the applicant’s national identity card or passport.
• Certified copy of the applicant’s EHEA bachelor’s degree certificate or an official document certifying its issue.
• Certified copy of the applicant’s university master’s degree certificate or an official document certifying its issue.
• Applicant’s certified transcript of records of his or her university master’s degree specifying the academic years in which the degree course was completed taken, the names of the subjects comprising the course, the number of credits carried by these subjects and the grades awarded to the applicant.
• Certified copy of the document issued by the Ministry of Education or equivalent national authority of the country in which the holder’s degree certificates were issued, testifying to the holder’s eligibility, on the basis of these degree qualifications (bachelor’s and master’s degrees), to begin doctoral studies.
• Applicant’s receipt of payment of the fee for the administrative recognition of his or her previous studies (to be paid according to the prices in the Decree on Prices for international students entering master’s and doctoral degree studies, as stipulated by the Catalan government [Generalitat de Catalunya]).
• Duly completed and signed application forms for admission and enrolment.
• Thesis supervisor’s pledge.

If the Academic Committee considers that the applicant’s academic qualifications do not entirely prepare him or her to begin the doctoral program in Organic Chemistry, it may require the applicant to complete one or more than one train-up subject in order to be admitted to the program. For further details, consult the University of Barcelona’s admission regulations for doctoral programs.