Doctoral Programme in Political Marketing: Actors and Institutions in Contemporary Societies

No training complements:

- In general, students who graduate in Political Science, Journalism and Audiovisual Communication, Economics, Business Administration and Management, Advertising and Public Relations, Management and Public Administration or Law, with a Master's degree, will be able to access this doctoral programme in Political Marketing, Political Communication, Local Government and Public Policies or similar.

- Students with a DEA degree obtained through the Contemporary Political Processes doctoral programme at USC or similar will also have access to the program.

Other profiles:

- In the case of other profiles that have not completed a master's degree, an equivalence of training in research credits will be required, at least equal to those of the master's degree that gives direct access, which will be 9 ECTS.

- For any other profile, the CAPD will study the cases individually, being able to admit or not the students and establishing training complements if necessary. These complements may not exceed 15 ECTS.

Access

1) In general, to access a doctoral programme it will be necessary to be in possession of the Spanish bachelor's degrees, or equivalent, and a university master's degree.

2) Likewise, anyone who is in any of the following cases may access:

a) Be in possession of a university degree from Spain or from another country that is part of the European Higher Education Area that qualifies for access to the master's degree in accordance with the provisions of article 18 of the R.D. 822/2021 and pass a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in all university studies, of which at least 60 must be at master's level.

b) Be in possession of a Spanish graduate degree, the duration of which, in accordance with community law regulations, is at least 300 ECTS credits. These graduates must take the complementary training required by the programme on a compulsory basis, except that the study plan of the corresponding bachelor's degree includes research training credits equivalent in training value to the research credits from master's studies.

c) University graduates who, after obtaining a place in training in the corresponding test for access to specialised health training places, pass with a positive evaluation at least two years of training in a programme to obtain a degree in one of the specialties. in Health Sciences.

d) Be in possession of a degree obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems, without the need for its homologation, after verification by the university that it accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the Spanish University master's degree and that it authorizes in the country issuing the degree for access to doctoral studies. This admission will not imply, in any case, the approval of the previous degree that the interested party holds or its recognition for purposes other than access to doctoral education.

e) Be in possession of another Spanish doctoral degree obtained in accordance with previous university regulations.

f) Be in possession of a university degree that has obtained the correspondence to level 3 of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education, in accordance with the procedure established in Royal Decree 967/2014, of November 21, by which establish the requirements and procedure for the homologation and declaration of equivalence to a degree and to an official university academic level and for the validation of foreign Higher Education studies, and the procedure to determine correspondence to the levels of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education of the titles of Architect, Engineer, Graduate, Technical Architect, Technical Engineer and Diploma.

3) Doctoral students who will begin their doctoral programme in accordance with previous university regulations will be able to access doctoral education upon admission, in accordance with the provisions of the USC Doctoral Studies Regulations. In any case, they must meet the requirements generally established in said legislation for access to doctoral studies.

4) Graduates, architects or engineers who are in possession of the Diploma of Advanced Studies obtained in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 778/1998, of April 30, or who achieve the research proficiency regulated in Royal Decree 185/1985, of January 23.

5) Graduates, architects or engineers who are in possession of a master's degree in accordance with Royal Decree 56/2005 or Royal Decree 822/2021, or have passed 60 ECTS of master's studies, may access doctoral studies.

6) Diploma holders, technical engineers or technical architects who can prove they have 300 ECTS credits in all university studies, of which at least 60 must be at master's level, may also enter.

In the event that the student comes from educational systems where the mother tongue is not Spanish, Galician, Portuguese or English, and given the characteristics and scientific level of the PhD programme, the CAPD will ensure that the student has an accredited level of knowledge of one of the languages used in the programme equivalent to level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The level of knowledge of the language will be accredited with the corresponding official certification of those included in the list of accreditations recognised by the Centre for Modern Languages (CLM) of the USC for the different levels of the Common European Framework.

In the event that the number of preselected students exceeds the number of newly admitted places offered for full-time students, the CAPD will proceed to their admission in accordance with the following criteria cited in order of prevalence:

1. Master's degree holders or graduates/graduates in degrees in the branches of knowledge:

a) Political science and international relations, social sciences, social work, labor relations and human resources, sociology;
b) Journalism, Communication, Advertising and public relations;
c) Gender Studies and Feminist Studies;
d) History, Archaeology, Geography, Philosophy and Humanities (Royal Decree 822/2021).

2. Graduates/graduates in academic disciplines linked to Political Science and Administration. Under the name “Sciences linked to Political Science and Public Administration or Management” all those with a presence in the Study Plans of the Degree Degrees in Political Science and Public Management of Spanish or foreign universities are integrated without distinction.

3. The CAPD will take into consideration, in addition, the following criteria for the selection of students for admission to the program:

a. Academic record. It may not exceed 50% of the total valuation.

b. Evaluation of the academic curriculum. It may not exceed 50% of the total valuation.
In the event that there are several candidates for whom no differentiation criteria could have been established, the student's preparation and motivation will be assessed.

El programa de doctorado podrá extinguirse por alguna de las siguientes causas:

Que no supere el proceso de renovación de la acreditación establecido en el artículo 10 del RD 99/2011.

• Que no acredite el cumplimiento de los requisitos establecidos por la normativa estatal o autonómica vigente.

• Que se formule una propuesta de extinción del programa al amparo de los procesos de revisión y mejora del título de acuerdo con el procedimiento aprobado por la universidad.

• Que concurra cualquier situación excepcional que impida el correcto desarrollo del programa de doctorado.

La extinción producirá los siguientes efectos:

• Comportará la pérdida de su carácter oficial y la baja en el RUCT.

• No se podrá matricular nuevo alumnado en el programa de doctorado.

• En cualquier caso todo el alumnado afectado deberá ser informado de la extinción y de las consecuencias en lo relativo al desarrollo de sus estudios.

La Universidad adoptará las medidas necesarias para garantizar los derechos académicos del estudiantado que esté cursando dichos estudios en los términos establecidos en la resolución de extinción del plan de estudio, y aprobará el procedimiento de extinción de los programas de doctorado en el seno de la universidad.

• Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to that field.
• Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial research or creation process.
• Ability to contribute to expanding the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
• Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
• Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
• Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.

Acquire updated research capacity, that is, incorporating new research models, collective research dynamics (international research groups) and the existence of international reference programmes and sources.
• Master techniques, methods and approaches in political science that allow us to account for the productive nature of preferences and identities, and not merely reflexive and exogenous, of which political activity in contemporary societies consists of.