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Description
The Doctoral Programme in Design and Communication is a PhD programme promoted by BAU College of Arts and Design of Barcelona (Doctoral Unit) and the UVic-UCC - Faculty of Business and Communication (Department of Communication).
The main objective of the programme is to provide training for researchers as they develop an original research project -the doctoral thesis- in an area of theoretical and/or applied design and communication, which will grant them the right to obtain a PhD.
Distinctive features
Features shared at both institutions:
- The first PhD in Design and Communication in the Spanish university system.
- 3rd cycle studies pioneering in a new emerging area of research: design and communication.
- Developing doctoral theses from applied research projects, by applying reflection, trends in contemporary thought and critical practice.
- Working in a line of research to carry out theoretical and applied research that will revolutionise the future workforce.
- Taught by a group of professors with accredited sexennial service and experience in various fields of communication and design.
- Five consolidated research groups recognised by the Generalitat de Catalunya enrolling doctoral theses and carrying out research projects: Audiovisual Translation, Communication and Territory (TRACTE), Learning Media and Social Interactions (LMI), Education (GREUV), Political Science Institute (IMP) and Design and Social Transformation (GREDITS).
- Strong network of international contacts in the fields of communication and design in some of the most important universities in Europe and beyond.
- Publication of online indexed journals, Obra digital, edited by Dr. Ruth Contreras and Inmaterial, edited by Dr. Mara Martínez Morant and Dr. Ernesto Ramón Ríspoli.
- BAU has become a centre of reference in Barcelona by offering this PhD in Design and Communication together with UVic-UCC.
- Both BAU and UVic have special facilities and spaces to carry out applied research projects.
Center
Doctoral School
Coordinator of the doctoral programme
Dr. Jordi de San Eugenio
Coordinador adjunt: Dr. Jaron Rowan
Academic committee of the doctoral programme
President: Dr. Jordi de San Eugenio
Members: Dr. Joan Frigola Reig and Dr. Alejandra López Gabrielidis
Language of instruction
Catalan, Spanish, English
Places
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