PhD enrolment

• First period
  • Applications: 25 June - 9 July 2024
  • Admissions: 2 - 13 September 2024
• Extraordinary period
  This period will only be available for programs that have not filled all their spots during the first period.
  • Applications: 23 - 29 September 2024
  • Admissions: 7 - 11 October 2024
• Second period
  This period will only be available for programs that have not filled all their spots during the first period and the extraordinary period.
  • Applications: 13 - 17 January 2025
  • Admissions: 3 - 14 February 2025

If you meet the general admission requirements you may apply for doctoral programme formalizing the doctoral studies application:

1. Go to the UVic-UCC Virtual Campus:

• If you already have access to the Virtual Campus, use your username and password.
• If you already have access to the Virtual Campus, but do not remember the password, use the 'Forgot your password'? option.
• If you do not have an active user account for the Virtual Campus, use the Create an account form. Once created, do not forget to activate it.

2. Go to "UAcademic" app:

When you enter the Virtual Campus, select the UAcadèmic icon to go to the online academic administration area.

3. Select Master's degrees and doctoral studies:

4. Select doctoral studies application:

Consult the manual to apply for doctoral studies PDF if in doubt during the application process.

5. Academic administration helpdesk:

If in doubt during the application process, contact Academic Administration by email at doctorats@uvic.cat, by phone at +34 938 815 503, or in person.

• General documents:
  • Commitment agreement. This must be signed by the PhD student. Any remaining signatures will be added at a later date by the Doctoral College.
  • Photocopy or certified copy of your identity card or passport.
  • Thesis project proposal.
  • Motivation letter.
  • Curriculum.
• Specific documents:
  • Students who have studied in Spain (see the information in Spanish or Catalan).
  • Students who have studied abroad:
    • Submit a copy of your undergraduate diploma and your postgraduate diploma, or equivalent. If your degree has been recognised in Spain, submit a copy of the recognition certificate issued by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
    • If your degree hasn't been recognised in Spain, submit a certificate issued by the Ministry of Education of the issuing country confirming that the degree grants access to doctoral studies in the issuing country.
    • Submit a copy of your academic records (undergraduate and postgraduate degree) with details of subjects, marks, academic years and the assessment system.
• All documents you submit should be:
  • Issued by the relevant authorities in the issuing country.
  • Legalised by affixation of the Apostille of the Hague or by the appropriate diplomatic channels. This is not required in the case of documents issued by European Union member states and countries signatory to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a bilateral agreement with the European Union.  
    
    More information about legalising documents here.
  • A sworn translation of documents into Catalan or Spanish may be required.
• Other documents required:
  • Currículum of the thesis supervisor (external to the UVic-UCC).
  • References.
  • Certificates or diplomas of competence in a third language.
  • Other merits.
• In case of being admitted, you will have to send certified copies of all the academic documentation submitted to your application (in case you have not submitted it electronically signed and with a secure verification code).

• First period
  • Enrolments: 16 - 22 September 2024
• Extraordinary period
  • Enrolments: 14 - 16 October 2024
• Second period
  This period will only be available for programs that have not filled all their spots during the first period and the extraordinary period.​
  • Enrolments: 17 - 21 February 2025

Consult the Manual for academic registration via UAcademic, if in doubt during the enrolment process.

Consult the UVic-UCC digital services (digital services PDF)

At the end of the online self-registration process, you must send a passport-style photo with the characteristics described above, using the "Change your photo" option in the Virtual Campus.

Your photo will be uploaded to the university's database and will become your profile photo, visible in the Virtual Campus and in "Targeta Universitària Intel·ligent (TUI)", an application for smartphones that identifies you as a member of the Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya university community.