Overview
Key Features
The Society, Technology and Culture doctoral programme from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is a multidisciplinary doctoral programme halfway between Social Sciences and Humanities. Among other areas, but not exclusively, it focuses on growing inequalities, various forms of discrimination, sustainability, social and economic innovation, civic mobilization and centre-periphery tensions in increasingly digitized cultural contexts. Technology is considered a mediator in social and cultural processes, assuming that it plays a predominant role in the (re)distribution of power.
The focus is on digital technologies and infrastructures, and the non-digital technologies that make up the key infrastructures of contemporary societies are also examined. Technologies (digital and otherwise) are undergoing constant transformation, and it is necessary to continue to study their effects on society and culture in greater depth.
The analysis of different social, political, economic, and cultural systems from the perspective of the intermediation of technology goes beyond the traditional disciplinary fields. The STC doctoral programme is consequently based around integrating various theoretical, epistemological and methodological approaches to create relevant knowledge.
The doctoral programme is linked to the research that takes place in the IN3 research institute and in the Arts and Humanities, Health Sciences, Information and Communication Sciences, Law and Political Sciences, Economics and Business Studies, and Psychology and Education Sciences faculties.
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
- Doctoral students will have to study and pass during the first year of the doctoral program (and particularly, during the first semester), if they have not previously done so, the courses in advanced research methodologies that correspond to their research itinerary within the program. Due to its relevance, all students are recommended to take the subject "Research Design".
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
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Application period: From 1st of December to 12th of February
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Area & Cultural Studies Sociology General Engineering & TechnologyExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic 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.
Other requirements
General requirements
In addition to the general and additional requirements stipulated by the University itself, the Society, Technology and Culture doctoral programme has the following specific requirements:
- University studies in social science or humanities in a broad sense.
- If you're not a citizen of an English-speaking country, you must provide proof of a level of English equal to or higher than B2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Higher levels of proficiency (C1 or C2) will be valued as a plus.
- If you have attended school or have completed a bachelor's or master's degree in English in a country where English is an official language, you will be deemed to have an equivalent level to the one required.
- You may also demonstrate your linguistic competency in English by means of another official certificate that proves you have a level equivalent to or higher than the one required.
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702 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 702 EUR per year during 36 months. -
EU/EEA
702 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 702 EUR per year during 36 months.
- Price per credit: 32,28 €/credit
- Price per learning resources credit: 15,16 €/credit
Funding
UOC is awarding 12 predoctoral grants for doctoral Theses in the framework of the doctoral programmes. UOC's grant will consist of hiring trainee predoctoral researchers, specifically under predoctoral researcher training contracts. Predoctoral grant holders will have all those employment and other rights relating to social security deriving from the contract signed with the UOC. The potential beneficiaries of a UOC predoctoral grant for doctoral programmes include individuals who, at the time of applying, fulfill the access requirements for the organized research period on a doctoral programme at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The specific requirements can be consulted on the UOC website.
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