Political and Social Sciences

The UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences is an academic community consisting of lecturers, assistants, scholarship holders, associates and doctoral students carrying out research and teaching in the disciplines of political science and Administration, sociology and social psychology. It is noted for its strong international dimension, the dynamism of its research, the interdisciplinary nature of its teaching, the quality of its third cycle and its support for mobility among its students. Its staff is heterogeneous, comprising a balanced mix of permanent lecturers, researchers with ICREA and Ramón y Cajal contracts, visiting professors from foreign universities and government professionals who contribute their experience as adjunct lecturers. The doctoral programme in Political Social and Sciences complies fully with the European Higher Education Area and adopts the Salzburg Principles. 

UPF master's degrees that can be taken prior to this doctorate  

• Master in Research in Political Sciences 
• Master in Sociology and Demography
• Master in Current Democracies: Nationalism, Federalism and Multiculturality
• Master in Political Philosophy 
• Master in Immigration Management

Training objectives

• Training of top level researchers and analysts in the field of political and social sciences.
• Training of specialists in the Department's research areas related to the knowledge area of Political Sciences and Administration, Sociology and Social and Political Psychology.
• Development of innovative lines in the Department's research areas.
• Development of general competences to improve the career prospects of future doctors.

Academic contents

The doctorate training programme consists of a series of training activities, some of which are for first-year students, while the rest apply to all doctoral students. These are as follows:

• Research tools seminar
• Research design seminars
• Thesis seminar
• Forum
• Thematic seminars
• Methodological seminars
• Defense of the thesis project

Lines of research of the doctorate

• Comparative Politics
• Government & Administration
• Health Inequalities
• Immigration & Cultural Diversity
• Political Behaviour
• Political Theory
• Social & Political Psychology
• Sociology and Demography
• Survey Methodology & Public Opinion
• Public Policy

Requirements

• In order to be admitted to Biomedicine PhD Programme offered by UPF, candidates must provide accreditation that they have obtained an accredited undergraduate degree (Bachelor degree or recognised equivalent degree from an accredited Higher Education Institution).  
• Moreover, they have to proof that they have obtained or are in position to obtain an accredited graduate/master's degree(equivalent to a Spanish Master Universitario/Oficial, Master's of Research.... ) which enables them to access a Phd programme in their home country. 
• In order to access a doctoral programme at UPF, you need to have completed 300 ECTS credits, 60 of those have to correspond to an official graduate, research orientated master's programme.
• A photocopy of the undergraduate degree/diploma or Certification/proof of degree completion  (Bachelor degree or recognised equivalent degree from an accredited Higher Education Institution).
• A photocopy of the official final undergraduate transcript. 
• A photocopy of the graduate/master's degree/diploma or Certification/proof of degree completion.
• A photocopy of the official final graduate/master's transcript .
• A signed declaration of obtaining your graduate/master's degree before the commencement of the master's programme 
• A photocopy of the provisional graduate/master's transcript.
• Identity Card or Passport.
• Proof of English language (level B2.2) 
• To submit a research project in any of the research lines of the Department, using this template  
• Two academic recommendation letters.
• Motivation Letter, using this template 
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Identity Card or Passport.