Informative documentation related to the official nature of the degree: Link to the Register of Universities, Centres and Degrees (RUCT).
Royal Decree 1619/2011, of 14 November, establishing the new system of equivalencies for university-level studies and degrees in Ecclesiastical Sciences with regard to official Spanish university degrees, in compliance with the provisions of the Agreement between the Spanish State and the Holy See of 3 January 1979 on Education and Cultural Affairs. (boe.es)
Members of the academic committee::
- Miren Junkal Guevara Llaguno (PD Coordinator)
- Ianire Angulo Ordorika
- Diego Manuel Molina Molina
Competences of the Program's Academic Committee.
c) The Academic Committee's functions with regard to the supervision of the Doctoral Program are:
i) To organize and coordinate the training and research activities of the Doctoral Program.
ii) To plan and evaluate the acquisition of skills by doctoral students in the Doctoral Program.
iii) To propose to the School Board new lines of research to be incorporated into the Doctoral Program, the maximum number of students to be admitted, and to define the criteria for their selection.
iv) To inform the School Board about the candidates to be admitted to the Doctoral Program.
v) Advise the EDOC on the additional training required for students who need it.
vi) Manage, monitor, control, and evaluate the mobility activities of the Doctoral Program.
vii) Advise the School Board on any additional requirements that may apply to the incorporation of new research groups and the supervision, direction, and reading of doctoral theses.
viii) Report on the incorporation and separation of professors in the Doctoral Program.
ix) Monitor doctoral graduates from the Doctoral Program.
x) Provide and manage the information necessary to maintain the accreditations of the Doctoral Program, as well as that necessary for the University's quality systems. Specifically, it is the responsibility of the Academic Committee to keep the information on the Doctoral Program up to date on the University's website.
xi) Resolve all issues relating to the Doctoral Program.
xii) Any other function that may be assigned to it by the EDOC Management.
d) The Academic Committee's functions with regard to doctoral students are as follows:
i) To monitor, control, and evaluate the Activity Documents of doctoral students, their Research Plans, and their annual Monitoring Reports.
ii) To assign the tutor and director of the students' Doctoral Thesis.
iii) To approve the students' first doctoral thesis project.
iv) To authorize part-time doctoral studies, as well as to authorize changes in study mode.
v) To evaluate co-supervision proposals and report to the School Board.
vi) To ensure that theses submitted for reading meet the minimum requirements.
vii) Authorize requests for international recognition.
viii) Propose to the School Board the members of the committee that will evaluate a doctoral thesis, determining the permanent and alternate members.
3) The Academic Committee of a Doctoral Program may be dissolved by the Rector.
Meetings held to date:
| Year 2020/21 |
| 08/02/21 |
| 15/02/21 |
| 05/03/21 |
Indicative dates for the upcoming meetings:
| April | Week of 19th to 23rd |
| May | Week of 17th to 21th |
| June | Week of 8th to 12th |
| July | Week of 5th to 9th |
* Estas fechas pueden sufrir modificaciones si así lo decide la Comision Académica.
Results over the last five years of Psychology's Programme
|
Indicador/Curso Académico |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
|
Number of places offered |
20 |
20 |
|
Number of newly enrolled doctoral candidates |
12 |
7 |
|
Total number of enrolled doctoral candidates |
35 |
31 |
|
Percentage of international students enrolled with respect to the total |
14,29% |
16,13% |
|
Part-time enrolment rate |
45,72% |
61,29% |
|
Percentage of students enrolled in the Clinical and Health Psychology track |
34,28% |
37,50% (12) |
|
Percentage of students enrolled in the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience track |
45,71% |
34,37% (11) |
|
Percentage of students enrolled in the Psychology, Communication and Digital Society research track |
20,01% |
22,58% (7) |
|
Number of academic staff in the Programme |
25 |
28 |
|
Number of ongoing competitive research projects |
12 |
|
|
Number of doctoral theses defended |
2 |
1 |
|
Rate of full-time doctoral theses defended |
100% |
100% |
|
Rate of part-time doctoral theses defended |
0,00% |
0,00% |
|
Percentage of programme members supervising doctoral theses |
72% |
|
|
Percentage of theses awarded cum laude |
100% |
|
|
Percentage of theses with international mention |
100% |
100% |
|
Number of relevant scientific contributions derived from defended doctoral theses |
12 |
3 |
|
Average duration of the full-time doctoral programme |
* |
* |
|
Average duration of the part-time doctoral programme |
* |
* |
|
Thesis completion rate |
73,74% |
82,53% |
|
Dropout rate |
** |
*(bis) |
|
Results of doctoral candidates’ satisfaction with the training received |
4,19 |
4,20 |
|
Results of doctoral candidates’ satisfaction with the Programme |
4,38 |
4,60 |
|
Doctoral candidates’ satisfaction with mobility programmes |
4,20 |
4,60 |
|
Doctoral candidates’ satisfaction with supervisory functions |
4,63 |
4,44 |
|
Doctoral candidates’ satisfaction with tutoring functions |
4,50 |
4,70 |
|
Overall satisfaction results of academic staff/researchers with the PhD Programme |
4,62 |
4,83 |
|
Overall satisfaction results of Administrative and Services Staff (PAS) with the PhD Programme |
4,45 |
4,09 |
|
Results of graduate satisfaction*** |
- |
- |
|
Results of employer satisfaction*** |
- |
- |
* Data not yet available. Description::
*(bis): Data not estimable, as it is necessary to compute the complete information for the 2025/26 academic year.
**Percentage ratio between the students of an entry cohort C enrolled in Degree Programme T at University U in academic year X who did not re-enrol in the same Degree Programme T in academic years X+1 and X+2, and the total number of students in that entry cohort C who accessed Degree Programme T in academic year X
*** No result available due to the minimum number of responses required to obtain a valid result not having been reached.
| Name | Doctoral Program in Psychology |
| Field of study | ISCED Code 1: Social and Behavioral Sciences. ISCED Code 2: Health |
| Center responsible for the degree | Doctoral School (Seville Campus) |
|
Teaching center(s) |
Córdoba Campus, Dos Hermanas Campus (Seville) |
| Date of publication of the curriculum in the BOE (Official State Gazette) | |
| First year of implementation of the degree | 2019-2020 |
| Duration of the training program | |
| Teaching mode | Face-to-face-Virtual |
| Languages used in teaching the degree | Spanish |
| Places offered per year implemented | 20 |
| Regulated profession |
Permanence Regulations
Download Permanence Regulations
Information on places for the degree
| Academic year | Number of new places offered per academic year implemented | Number of new doctoral students enrolled per academic year implemented |
| 2019/2020 | 10 | 4 |
| 2020/2021 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021/2022 | 20 | 8 |
| 2022/2023 | 20 | 24 |