Escuela Internacional de Doctorado

Doctoral Programmes.

Depending on the origin of the degrees that give you access to Doctoral studies, applications for admission to our doctoral programmes will be as follows:

1. Your university degrees are issued by a foreign university belonging to the European Higher Education Area. Please proceed as follows:

Please download and fill in the updated application form for admission to a doctoral programme (a new version is published every year. Please be sure you are using the last one). It will be plublished here by June every year: http://www.um.es/web/vic-estudios/contenido/doctorados/preinscripcion

Together with the forms duly filled in, please send to:

Universidad de Murcia

 Sección de Posgrado, Edif. Rector Soler, 3º

 30100 Campus de Espinardo

 Murcia

E-mail: 3rciclo@um.es

the following documents:

- Completed application form (*1)

- Certified copy(*2) of your national identification card or passport

- Certified copy of your Bachelor’s degree and a sworn translation into Spanish.

- Certified copy of your Bachelor’s academic transcript of records (a document which certifies the official length of the study programme, list of completed subjects, hours per subject and marks obtained) and a sworn translation into Spanish.

- Certified copy of the Master ́s degree (postgraduate) with a sworn translation into Spanish.

- Certified copy of your academic transcript of the master ́s degree (a document which certifies the official length of the study programme; completed subjects, hours per subject and marks) with a sworn translation into spanish.

- Curriculum vitae of the student, accompanied by a translation (not necessarily sworn)

IMPORTANT: please note that only Postgraduate Master ́s degrees give access to Doctoral programmes. In some countries, a Master ́s degree is awarded as the last year of an undergraduate programme, so in this case the degree would not entitle to access the Doctoral Programmes in our University.

2. Your university degrees are issued by a foreign university outside the European Higher Education Area.

Please proceed as follows:

Students with degrees issued by non-European universities will have to ask for a LEVEL VERIFICATION at the Section of Postgraduate Studies. To do so, please proceed as follows:

Ask for your level verification at our Section of Postgraduate Studies, by filling in (*1) the corresponding forms.

a) Request for verification level of a Bacherlor's degree

b) Request for a verification level of a Master's degree

Together with the forms duly filled in, please send to:

Universidad de Murcia

 Sección de Posgrado, Edif. Rector Soler, 3º

 30100 Campus de Espinardo

 Murcia

E-mail: 3rciclo@um.es

the following documents:

- Certified  copy(*2) of the national identification card or passport.

- Certified copy of the Bachelor’s degree (title) and the corresponding academic certificate (transcript of records). Both documents previously legalized (*3). Both documents must be accompanied by an official or sworn translation (*4)

- Certified copy of the Master's degree (title) and the corresponding academic certificate (transcript of records). Both documents previously legalized and accompanied by an official or sworn translation.

- Curriculum vitae of the student, accompanied by its translation (nor necessarily legalized. No sworn or official translation is needed).

- A certificate issued by the home university declaring that your Master’s degree gives access to doctoral studies (original or certified copy and official/sworn translation)

- Receipt of payment of the fee for Level Verification (55€)

(*1) Please tick all the boxes at the end of the form, corresponding each of them to one of the compulsory documents mentioned above.

(*2) Copies are considered to be properly certified when they:

• Are endorsed (signed and sealed) by any diplomatic or consular representation of the Spanish State abroad (a Consulate, the Embassy)

the Spanish State abroad (a Consulate, the Embassy)

• Are endorsed by the diplomatic or consular representation in Spain of the student’s country of origin.

• Are endorsed by any official institution in the country of origin (Ministry, issuing university or any other public office or administration etc.). Certification of these copies should include the name and official identification of the civil servant who certifies.

(*3) Documents are considered to be duly legalized when they include the Apostille of the Hague (for countries having subscribed the corresponding agreements) or by means of other diplomatic channels.

(*4) Translations are considered official or sworn when:

• Are endorsed (signed and sealed) by any diplomatic or consular representation of the Spanish State abroad (consular office or embassy)

• Are endorsed by the diplomatic or consular representation in Spain of the student’s country of origin.

• Are carried out by a sworn translator abroad.

Given the high price and long time it takes to legalize copies, the university offers the possibility of handing in original documents at the Section of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Murcia, together with a simple copy of them that will be compared with the original documents by the section staff and legalized with no cost.

MORE INFORMATION IN ENGLISH ON: http://www.um.es/web/vic-estudios/perfil/international/phd#2

ATTENTION: SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT OR QUERY ON THE PROCEEDINGS ABOVE, PLEASE CONTACT JUAN ANTONIO BUENDÍA at the SECTION OF POSGRADUATE STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA (TEL. +34 868 888341, E-mail: jabs@um.es