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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
€17,737
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
The UOC - Doctoral School grants for completing doctoral theses involve exclusive dedication by the student and their physical presence at the University's facilities. The standard period that the grant covers is three years, and the grants are subject to an annual renewal. This renewal depends on the students' meeting the learning and research objectives established in each particular case.
The UOC is a fully accredited online university. Its headquarters are in Barcelona and its students, from all around the world, total more than 80,000 a year. The UOC welcomes students seeking to develop their research in an international environment, with highly qualified colleagues, and in programmes that adhere to the Bologna Process.
In order to promote the training of researchers in the different research groups at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the UOC is awarding twelve (12) predoctoral grants for doctoral theses in the framework of the doctoral programmes in Society, Technology and Culture; Network and Information Technologies; Education and ICT (E-learning); Humanities and Communication; Health and Psychology, and Law, Politics and Economics.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The salary to be received by trainee predoctoral researchers during this period shall be €17,737.84 gross per year for the first and second years, and €19,004.83 for the third year. The amounts indicated in these rules may therefore be increased.
Predoctoral grant holders will have all those employment and other rights relating to social security deriving from the contract signed with the UOC.
The grant includes a final payment of €1,500 gross which is payable if the doctoral thesis has been defended before the end of the predoctoral contract, and so long as the student has obtained the highest academic grade at the thesis defence: Excellent cum laude. This payment will be made to the beneficiary when they obtain their doctoral degree, in their salary for that month.
Eligibility
- The potential beneficiaries of a UOC predoctoral grant for doctoral programmes include individuals who, at the time of submitting an application, fulfil (or could fulfil by 26 July 2024) the access requirements for the organized research period on a doctoral programme at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.'
- The specific requirements of each doctoral programme can be consulted on the website of the UOC Doctoral School (in the information on each doctoral programme: Call for Applications > General requirements and Admission requirements).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
Spain
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
12 Feb 2025
Candidates will need to complete a grant application linked in the admission form from the Virtual Campus, along with the documentation required to access the specific doctoral programmes (academic record; in the case of candidates from non-English-speaking countries, accreditation of English language skills, etc.) which is given in detail on each doctoralprogramme website (Apply for admission section). The application will be submitted at the same time as the doctoral programme application. The deadline for applications is 12 February 2024.
Take into account that if the UOC does not have all the documents required before the stipulated date, the university cannot be held responsible if the candidate encounters delays in obtaining their visa to enter the country. With this in mind, the UOC cannot guarantee that the grant will remain available.