Overview
Quality research concerning the reality of human rights today requires a comprehensive analysis that broadens the knowledge frontiers and addresses the consideration of human rights as an ethical, open and plural expression, configured throughout history as the highest expression of the emancipating project of human beings.
Objectives
The objectives of the Advanced Studies in Human Rights program at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are:
- Training new researchers and prepare research teams
- Promoting the training of future teachers
- Improving the professional, scientific, technical and artistic development of the graduates
- Allowing the student's specialization within a scientific, technical, humanistic or artistic field
- Providing tools for theoretical analysis of human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective, that is, basic criteria to be applied to practical issues related to rights in different areas
Programme Structure
Research areas include:
- Human Rights and Fundamental Rights
- Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
- Professional Ethics and Deontology
- Bioethics
- Equality and Non-Discrimination
- International Protection of Human Rights and Vulnerable People
- International Organizations, with Special Reference to the UN
- Legal Instruments and Processes for Human Rights Protection
- Constitutional Justice
- International Criminal Law
- Transitional Justice
- Human Rights and Disability
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
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Legal Studies Political Science View 5 other PhDs in Legal Studies in SpainAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (preferably in Law, Political Science, Sociology, History, Humanities, Philosophy or related areas), and a Master's degree or other postgraduate training in legal areas related to human rights (minimum 60 credits).
Selection is based on merit and capacity of the candidates, for which the following aspects are considered:
- Academic record of previous studies
- Curriculum vitae of the candidate
- Proof of level of English or other European languages
- Endorsement letters from professors from the University or other institutions or organizations with direct knowledge of the capacity and competence of the candidate
- Connection of the thesis project with the lines of research of the Ph.D. Program. The thesis project will be endorsed by a professor from the program
- A personal interview with the candidate can be conducted if necessary, with at least one member of the Academic Committee being present
Tuition Fee
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390 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 390 EUR per year during 36 months. -
EU/EEA
390 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 390 EUR per year during 36 months.
- fee for academic monitoring of Ph.D. training year
Living costs for Madrid
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