Entrance requirements
As established in article 6 of Royal Decree 99/2011 of 28 January 2011, which governs official doctoral studies, as amended by Royal Decree 576/2023 of 4 July:
1. In general, admission to an official doctoral programme shall require holding an official Spanish bachelor's degree, or equivalent, and a master's degree, or equivalent, provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been passed in these two degrees together.
2. Access shall also be open to those who are in one of the following situations:
a) Holding official Spanish university degrees or equivalent Spanish degrees, provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been passed in these degrees as a whole, and accrediting level 3 of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education.
b) Holding a degree obtained in accordance with foreign education systems belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), without the need for homologation, which accredits a level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework. This degree must entitle access to doctoral studies in the country in which it was issued. This admission shall not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party nor its recognition for purposes other than that of access to doctoral studies.
c) Holding a degree obtained in accordance with foreign education systems outside the EHEA, without the need for its homologation, after verification by the university that it accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish university master's degree and that it entitles the holder to access doctoral studies in the country in which the degree was issued. This admission shall not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party nor its recognition for purposes other than that of access to doctoral studies.
d) Holding another doctoral degree.
e) Access shall also be open to university graduates who, after obtaining a place in training in the corresponding entrance exam for specialised health training places, have passed with a positive evaluation at least two years of training in a programme to obtain an official qualification in one of the specialities in health sciences.
Admission criteria
Doctoral studies at the University of Valladolid are organised through PhD programmes, so you must choose which one you want to enrol in. You can check the faculty staff, the research lines and all the available information. Moreover, you can contact the corresponding PhD coordinator, whose contact details are available in each doctoral programme website.
Once you have chosen the programme, and before pre-enrolling, please check that you meet the admission requirements and, if applicable, the specific admission criteria of the PhD programme. Please note that each doctoral programme may establish additional requirements and criteria for selection and admission, such as:
- The endorsement of a researcher as a thesis supervisor
- The proposal of a tutor and a thesis supervisor
- The requirement of specific further training
- The submission of a thesis project