Doctoral Studies

The Oñati M.A. also provides an excellent preparation for a Doctoral programme in a student's home country, or anywhere in the world.

The taught courses give a firm grounding both of skills acquired and contacts within the socio-legal community, and the Master's dissertation often provides the basis for further topics to be researched at the Doctoral level. Many of the best Master's theses are available in the Institute's library and/or in the international journals Oñati Socio-legal Series and Sortuz.

- Why do a PhD?

- How to choose a PhD programme

- How do PhDs in different countries differ?

- How to find a supervisor

- How to write an application

- What kind of scholarships are available?

- Where to find PhD funding

Studying for a doctorate at the UPV/EHU
At the UPV/EHU Doctoral School (DOKe), you can choose from between 67 doctoral programmes covering all areas of knowledge to prepare your thesis. You can also broaden your training at other national and international institutions (for example, by means of co-supervision agreements with other universities) and obtain several special mentions (industrial, international…) in the same doctoral thesis.

Around 4000 students study for a doctorate at the DOKe every year, and approximately 25% of them are from overseas. With this in mind, we have over 3000 internationally renowned researchers who supervise the doctoral theses, 43% of whom are from overseas.

We would like to invite you to check out our current offer, where you will find 15 doctoral programmes in Science, 16 in Engineering and Architecture, 10 in Health Sciences, 17 in Social and Legal Sciences, and 9 in Arts and Humanities.

The UPV/EHU doctoral programmes are connected with the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) and they offer a unique and highly valuable experience.