PhD in Contemporary Communication and Information

They will be able to access, without needing to take additional training:

• Students from official master's degrees with research output that offer exclusive content in Journalism, Audiovisual Communication and Advertising and Public Relations.
• Students with the DEA degree obtained through the specific programs of Audiovisual Communication, Journalism or Advertising and Public Relations.
• Students of related degrees: All master's degrees with research output in the broad area of Social Sciences will be considered a related degree, except for those specific to Journalism, Audiovisual Communication or Advertising and Public Relations.

Foreign students:

Graduates will be able to access it according to foreign educational systems, without the need for approval, after verification by the University that it accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish university master's degree and that it entitles the country issuing the degree to the access to doctoral studies. This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party or its recognition for purposes other than access to doctoral education.

Formation activities

• Qualitative research methods seminar E3021A01
• Quantitative research methods seminar E3021A02
• Seminar on research methods applied to communication E3021A03
• Dissemination of scientific results E3021A04

Training complements

• Documentation. Data management and visualization. P3382101
• Journalistic innovation: new formats, products and supports P3382103
• Qualitative and quantitative research methods P3382201
• Communication in democracy laboratory P3382204
• Journalism and communication in the network society P3382206
• Ideation, creativity and storytelling P3382207
• Production, valuation and extension P3382209
• Products focused on the audience P3382210
• Cultural products in the communicative ecosystem of the networked society P3382212
• Hearings and information strategies P3382214

In the case of other types of profiles different from the previous ones, the Academic Committee will establish the requirement to pass specific communication training complements that may be chosen from the contents of the Master in Journalism and Communication: New Trends in Production, Management and Dissemination of Knowledge offered by the USC.

The Academic Committee will evaluate each case individually to determine the obligation to take a complementary training itinerary through passing specific communication subjects (a maximum of up to 15 ECTS) that may be chosen from the offer contemplated in the Master in Journalism and Communication: New Trends in Production, Management and Dissemination of Knowledge offered at USC. This determination will be established from the memory of the original training (Master or DEA), as well as the subjects of these programs taken by each student, paying special attention to the skills acquired by the applicants in specific topics in the field of communication.

The main purpose of this Doctorate is to guarantee learning that satisfies the demands of students who completed a degree in Journalism or Audiovisual Communication, and also in other degrees, mainly in Social Sciences, and who wish to continue their research training.