Modes of study: on-site or online.

Barcelona, Spain.

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is a fully accredited online university based in Barcelona with over 70,000 students worldwide. The University welcomes doctoral students who want to develop their research in a highly qualified and international setting and on a doctoral programme that is recognized throughout the European Higher Education Area.

Overview

About

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) arose and have continued to grow and adapt since the mid-20th century. They have gradually crept into all areas of human activity: culture, economy, media, business management, public service management, and even the political system. Analysing how these technologies are used in different contexts and the profound changes they have brought about is key to understanding contemporary society and vital for work and scholarship.

The connections between social, economic, political and cultural systems make it necessary to overcome traditional disciplinary boundaries in order to conduct serious, in-depth analyses. This doctoral programme thus takes an interdisciplinary approach that combines a variety of both theoretical perspectives and methodological tools.

Visit the programme website for more information

Related programmes

Education and ICT (E-learning) Doctoral Programme studies.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes/education-ict/presentation

Network and Information Technologies Doctoral Programme http://studies.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes/technologies-information-networks/presentation

Humanities and Communication Doctoral Programme http://studies.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes/humanities-communication/presentation

Health and Psychology Doctoral Programme http://studies.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes/health-psychology/presentation

Programme structure

The programme offers the following lines of research:

• Basic and Applied Health Sciences
• Communication and New Media
• Information and Knowledge Management
• Psychology, Technology and Society
• Economy, Business and Labour
• Law and Criminology in the Information Society
• Politics, Democracy and Human Rights
• Culture, Society and Language

Key facts

Programme details

Admissions from December 1 2020 to February 12 2021

Starting in September 2021

Programme duration

Part-time 5 years or full-time 3 years

Languages

English, Spanish or Catalan

Delivery mode

On-site at the UOC or online on the Virtual Campus

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Funding

Call for grant applications for the Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Programme. The deadline for applications is 12 February 2021.

The UOC is offering grants for the Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Programme for the 2021/2022 academic year.

These grants are only available to full-time students working on-site at the UOC.

The standard period that the grant covers is three years, and the grants are subject to an annual renewal. This renewal depends on the students' meeting the learning and research objectives established in each particular case. One of these objectives is to complete the thesis in no more than three years.

The programme also includes the possibility to develop an industrial doctorate, with grants for the best applicants with agreements with companies. Doctoral students undertaking an industrial doctorate will have a university supervisor and a tutor at the company.

Prospective applicants can find information on the application procedure, and on the content and organization of the doctoral programmes on the website. We recommend that you apply for access and contact the researcher who is in charge of the thesis proposal you are interested in, and send them a letter of introduction.

Full details: https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/escola-doctorat/beques/beques-uoc-escola-doctorat/index.html