Description

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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