Overview
Sustainability from Polytechnic University of Catalonia helps students gain systematic understanding of the field of study and a mastery of the research skills and methods related to the field.
Students at Sustainability from Polytechnic University of Catalonia will have acquired the following competencies, which are needed to carry out quality research:
- An ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
- An ability to contribute to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
- A capacity for critical analysis and an ability to assess and summarise new and complex ideas.
- An ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general as regards their fields of knowledge in the manner and languages that are typical of the international scientific community to which they belong.
- An ability to foster scientific, technological, social, artistic and cultural progress in academic and professional contexts within a knowledge-based society.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Distribution and management of natural resources (including energy and water)
- Climate change impacts and mechanisms for adaptation and mitigation
- Modelling of socio-environmental systems and assessment of their evolution and development
- Poverty and imbalances in urban and rural environments
- Technological innovation and concepts forming part of the construction, design and management of public and environmental services
- Preservation and promotion of environmental and cultural heritage and memories.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Deadline: 30 September
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Climate Studies & Meteorology Sustainable Development Environmental Sciences View 3 other PhDs in Sustainable Development in SpainAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants must hold a Spanish bachelor’s degree or equivalent and a Spanish master’s degree or equivalent, provided they have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on the two degrees
- Entrance qualification.
- Academic transcript of your previous studies.
- If your entrance qualification was issued by a foreign institution, a letter from your home university stating that your qualification qualifies you for admission to doctoral studies in that country.
- CV with references to your research and publications.
- Proof of any grants or financial aid obtained.
Tuition Fee
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International
667 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2001 EUR for the full programme during 36 months. -
EU/EEA
667 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2001 EUR for the full programme during 36 months.
Living costs for Barcelona
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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