PhD in education
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Galician
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 200 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Doctoral studies in Education are aimed at the training of researchers, with a strong emphasis on both qualitative and quantitative research methodology and techniques.
This program will allow to continue advancing in research in the broad field of knowledge of studies in education, training new researchers, strengthening the lines of study, opening new lines of inquiry, introducing and consolidating the complementarity of qualitative and quantitative research approaches , specializing our students in new methodologies and favoring the transfer of knowledge. All this will contribute significantly to strengthening the methodological, theoretical and technical training in research in Education and, consequently, to carry out quality research.
Lines of investigation
- Learning and development of skills in experimental sciences, social sciences, mathematics, and in literary, linguistic, and artistic languages
- Educational theory, history of education and social pedagogy
- Educational research methodology and psycho-pedagogical and socio-educational intervention
- Training processes in diversified contexts
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Ideal Students
Without training supplements:
Students who completed the following USC master's degrees:
- Master's Degree in Research in Education, Cultural Diversity and Community Development
- Master's Degree in Training Processes
- Master's Degree in Education, Gender and Equality
- Master's Degree in Didactics of Experimental Sciences and Mathematics.
Other profiles:
In the case of other types of profiles different from the previous ones, the academic committee will evaluate each case individually. The possibility of requiring training supplements (maximum up to 15 ECTS) will be considered.
Foreign:
Students with a foreign degree that has not been approved may apply for admission to doctoral studies as long as a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish university master's degree is accredited and entitles the country issuing the degree to access doctoral studies. . This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree or recognition for purposes other than those of access to these teachings.
Admissions
Curriculum
Formation activities
- Collaborative seminars E3061A01
- Research seminars E3061A02
- Congresses and scientific conferences E3061A03
- Stay in other institutions and research organizations E3061A04
- Training course in informational competencies E3061A05
Training complements
- Historical-Comparative Research Methodology in Education P3091101
- Qualitative Methodologies in Socio-educational Research P3091102
- Methodology of the Design and Evaluation of Socio-educational Programs P3091103
- Research Methodology for Socio-educational change P3091104
- Decision Making in Educational Policy P3091105
- Education for Citizenship and Interculturality: Human Rights, Family and Cooperative Learning P3091106
- Education, Culture and Local Community Development P3091107
- Science and its Methodology for Secondary Education Teachers P3241201
- Design of Educational Research in Sciences in Secondary Education P3241202
- Experimental Sciences for Secondary Education Teachers P3241203
- Didactics of Physics and Chemistry in Secondary Education P3241204
- Didactics of Biology and Geology in Secondary Education P3241205
- Design, Planning and Evaluation of Didactic Proposals in Experimental Sciences in Secondary Education P3241206
- Mathematics for Secondary Education Teachers P3241207
- Didactic Analysis of Arithmetic, Algebra and Analysis in Secondary Education P3241208
- Didactic Analysis of Geometry, Measurement of Magnitudes, Probability and Statistics in Secondary Education P3241209
- Design, Planning and Evaluation of Didactic Proposals in Mathematics in Secondary Education P3241210
- Social Sciences and Education I P3241215
- Social Sciences and Education II P3241216
- Learning and Teaching of History and Social Sciences P3241217
- Learning and Teaching of Geography and Social Sciences P3241218
- Philosophy and Education I P3241219
- Philosophy and Education II P3241220
- Learning and Teaching of Philosophy: Topic P3241221
- Learning and Teaching of Philosophy: History P3241222
- Teaching Innovation and Initiation of Educational Research in Social Sciences and Humanities P3241223
- Vocational Training P3241224
- Learning and Teaching Modules for Professional Families in the Service Sector P3241225
- Teaching Innovation and Initiation of Educational Research in the Area of Vocational Training P3241228
- Bases for Teaching and Learning Languages P3241229
- Language and Literature as Educational Knowledge P3241230
- Foreign Language and its Literature as Educational Knowledge P3241231
- Didactics of Language and Literature for Secondary Education P3241232
- Didactics of Galician Language and Literature for Secondary Education P3241233
- Didactics of Spanish Language and Literature for Secondary Education P3241234
- Didactics of Foreign Languages for Secondary Education P3241235
- English Teaching for Secondary Education P3241236
- Teaching of French and other Foreign Languages for Secondary Education P3241237
- Didactics of Classical Culture for Secondary Education P3241238
- Didactics of Classical Languages for Secondary Education P3241239
- Teaching Innovation and Educational Research in the Area of Languages P3241240
- Training Complements for Music Teaching P3241241
- Learning and Teaching of Music P3241242
- Training Complements for the Teaching of Plastic and Visual Arts P3241243
- Learning and Teaching of the Plastic and Visual Arts P3241244
- Teaching Innovation and Initiation of Educational Research in Music and Plastic and Visual Arts P3241245
- Diagnosis and Evaluation in Education P3241246
- Developmental Disorders and Learning Difficulties P3241247
- Social Interaction, Learning and Knowledge Construction P3241248
- Educational Needs and Curriculum Adaptation P3241249
- Models of Guidance and Psychopedagogical Intervention P3241250
- Professional Guidance P3241251
- Research, Evaluation and Educational Innovation P3241252
- Research in evaluations of programs and institutions P3261101
- Research in training and human resources P3261102
- Research in e-learning P3261103
- Educational research designs and techniques P3261106
- Didactics, Curriculum and School Organization P3271101
- The Tutorial Function and Academic Guidance P3271102
- Education and Languages in Galicia P3271103
- Psychological Development and School Learning P3271104
- Education, Society and Educational Policy P3271105
- Vocational Training P3271115
- Teaching Innovation and Initiation of Educational Research in the Area of Vocational Training P3271116
- Learning and Teaching Modules for Professional Families in the Primary and Secondary Sector P3271117
- Research methodology and project design E3061F01
- Research methodology in intercultural education E3061F02
- Research methodology in educational guidance E3061F03
- A research methodology in educational technology E3061F04
- Research methodology in education E3061F05
Program Outcome
This program will allow continued progress in research in the broad field of knowledge of education studies, training new researchers, strengthening the lines of study, opening new lines of inquiry, introducing and consolidating the complementarity of qualitative research approaches and quantitative, specializing our students in new methodologies and promoting the transfer of knowledge.