Admission Profiles

Profile 1: Without further training

Hold the canonical degree from the Faculty of Theology of Granada with a minimum grade of 8 out of 10 or equivalent, or from other faculties of theology whose curriculum is equivalent according to the Academic Committee.

Profile 2: With further training

Hold a canonical degree from another Faculty of Theology with a minimum grade of 8 out of 10 or equivalent. The Academic Committee for the Programme, depending on the training curriculum and the subject of the thesis, may assign further training courses for at least 6 ECTS and a maximum of 15 ECTS that must be taken from the following catalogue:

• Methods in Theology (6 ECTS)
• Exegetical Methods of Approaching the Bible (6 ECTS)
• Ethics at the Limits of Life (9 ECTS)
• World Ethics in a Globalised, Multicultural and Multi-religious Society (9 ECTS)
• Biblical History and Geography (9 ECTS)
• Images of Rescue and Redemption in Scripture (9 ECTS)
• Intertestamental Literature (9 ECTS)
• The Ecclesiological Proposal of the Second Vatican Council (9 ECTS)
• Islam and Christianity (9 ECTS)
• Theological Currents in Africa, Latin America and Asia (9 ECTS)
• History of Theology (9 ECTS)

Languages required and level:

Demonstrate a knowledge of English at a sufficient level to handle the corresponding scientific bibliography for the development of their doctoral thesis and at the decision of the Academic Committee.

If you cannot prove that you have studied at university in Spanish or that you have worked and lived for some time in Spain or in another Spanish-speaking country, you must prove that you have a sufficient level of Spanish to be able to perform your studies. The Academic Committee will be responsible for assessing whether your language level is sufficient.

For Sacred Scripture students, proficiency in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, which will be assessed by the Academic Committee.

Those who cannot accredit their language level by means of the pertinent certificate will be given a test to assess their proficiency

Access Profiles

The knowledge required for admission to the Psychology Programme at Loyola University meets one of these three profiles:

Profile 1

The knowledge required for admission to the Doctoral Programme in Psychology at Loyola University is:

1. A bachelor's degree in psychology or any other qualification that the Doctoral Committee considers to be compatible with this programme.

2. A postgraduate degree in one of the areas of knowledge related to the degree in psychology, or any other that, in the opinion of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme, is compatible with it, awarded by a master's programme in the European Union with a research or mixed orientation in which the candidate has completed a master's thesis of 6 ECTS credits or more, in which the candidate completed the research pathway.

Languages required and level

Spanish. Minimum level: B2

English. Minimum level: B2

All persons who cannot accredit their language level by means of the corresponding certificate will have to take an English language test.

The training activities of the doctoral programme are designed not only to increase the knowledge, skills and competence level of doctoral students, but also play an important role in compensating for any possible shortcomings.

Profile 2

The knowledge required for admission to the Doctoral Programme in Psychology at Loyola University is:

1. A bachelor's degree in psychology or any other degree that the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme considers to be compatible with the programme.

2. A postgraduate degree in one of the areas of knowledge related to the bachelor’s degree in psychology, or any other which, in the opinion of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme, is compatible with it, awarded by a master's programme in the European Union with a professional or mixed orientation in which the candidate has completed a master's thesis for 6 ECTS credits or more in which the candidate completed their professional pathway.

Languages required and level

Spanish. Minimum level: B2

English. Minimum level: B2

All persons who cannot accredit their language level by means of the corresponding certificate will have to take an English language test.

The training activities of the doctoral programme are designed not only to increase the knowledge, skills and competence level of doctoral students, but also play an important role in compensating for any possible shortcomings.

Profile 3

The knowledge required for admission to the Doctoral Programme in Psychology at Loyola University is:

1. A bachelor's degree in psychology or any other degree in psychology-related fields.

2. A postgraduate degree in psychology-related fields, awarded by a master's programme in the European Union in which the candidate completed a master's thesis for 6 ECTS credits.

Languages required and level

Spanish. Minimum level: B2

English. Minimum level: B2

All persons who cannot accredit their language level by means of the corresponding certificate will have to take an English language test.

The training activities of the doctoral programme are designed not only to increase the knowledge, skills and competence level of doctoral students, but also play an important role in compensating for any possible shortcomings.

Required languages and levels

In addition to the above, a Spanish level of C1 (if it is not your mother tongue) and an English level of B2 will be required.

The services of the Loyola School of Language, Culture and Communication are available to all persons who do not hold the pertinent certificate to accredit their language level. By using this service, they will be able to accredit their language level using its online assessment system.

Additional Training

Those students who do not meet the conditions for direct admission to the Doctoral Programme will be required to take some complementary training, which may be:

• 12 ECTS credits: Which is the minimum number of credits recommended for the master’s thesis (TFM in Spanish) in research-oriented master's degrees.
• 20 ECTS credits: Research work equivalent to the master's thesis of a research-oriented master's degree (Min. 12 ECTS). And complete the number of ECTS credits for the total number of doctoral programme activities that are offered each year as further research-oriented training courses for 4 credits each.

Members of the academic committee:

Laura Esteban García (Psychology Program Coordinator)
Paula Herrero Diz, line sponsor
Joaquín Ibañez Alfonso, line sponsor.
Alejandro Galvao, PD professor
Teresa Torrecillas Lacave, PD professor
Davinia Resureción, PD professor

Responsibilities of the Program's Academic Committee.

1) Each of Loyola University's Doctoral Programs will have an Academic Committee and a Director.

2) The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program is responsible for the academic coordination, updating, and excellence of the corresponding Doctoral Program, as well as for monitoring and supervising the activities carried out by doctoral students, tutors, and doctoral thesis directors.

a) The Academic Committee will be made up of the Director of the Doctoral Program and four doctors with recognized research prestige belonging to the lines of research associated with the program. The researchers who form the group of professors responsible for or endorsing the program will be ex officio members of the Academic Committee. The remaining members shall be appointed by the Vice-Rector for Research from among the doctoral professors of the corresponding program.

b) The director of the Doctoral Program will be one of its professors responsible for or endorsing the program. He or she will be appointed by the Rector, at the proposal of the Vice-Rector for Research. He or she will direct the Doctoral Program and convene and chair the Academic Committee of the Program.

       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.

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*These dates may be subject to change if decided by the Academic Committee.