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Medieval Cultures 
Identificative data of the program
Code
HDK0D
Denomination
Medieval Cultures 
Areas of the program
Humanities 
Maximum number of students
10 
URL of the program
Coordinator
Name
Carles Mancho Suárez 
Centre
Faculty of Geography and History
E-mail
carles.mancho@ub.edu 
Telephone
934037939 
Fax
934498510 

Faculty/Registering Centre
 
  Faculty of Geography and History

General objectives of the program
The main objective of the DCM is to guarantee doctoral students a high quality scientific training, which is broad and transversal and which allows them to cover, with a critical spirit, a wide range of approaches, which they will be able to achieve thanks to the inter- and transdisciplinary nature of the doctoral studies.
PhD students on our programme must be able to master skills that will make them excellent researchers, highly qualified to carry out studies of high scientific impact, in any prestigious research institution with international projection, as well as the ability to lead and supervise the research of third parties, thus contributing to the progress of knowledge of the Middle Ages and to the leadership of the University of Barcelona.
 
Specific requirements and criteria for admission to the doctoral program and applicant merit rating
Recommended applicant profile

Most doctoral students will have completed the master's degree in Medieval Cultures at the UB. This degree covers all the areas of knowledge and research associated with the medieval world at our University, and provides the grounding required to access the doctoral programme in Medieval Cultures.

As the doctoral programme is organized by the University of Barcelona, other UB master's degrees are included in the recommended applicant profiles. Consequently, students may access the doctoral programme in Medieval Cultures if they hold a UB master's degree in which the Middle Ages is covered as a cross-disciplinary subject or as part of the discipline itself. Currently, this definition includes the following degrees:

' Master's degree in Libraries and Heritage Collections
' Master's degree in Ancient Culture and Language
' Interuniversity master's degree in Advanced Studies in Catalan Language and Literature
' Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Art History
' Master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management and Museology

Master's degrees from other universities in Catalonia that meet similar requirements are also considered suitable:

' Master's degree in Analysis and Management of Artistic Heritage
' Master's degree in Prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages
' Master's degree in Local Cultural Heritage Management
' Master's degree in Research in Humanities: History, Art, Philosophy, Language and Literature
' Interuniversity master's degree in European Medieval Identity
' Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Catalan Language, Literature and Culture

Master's degrees from other universities in Spain that meet similar requirements will also be considered.

These recommended academic and curricular profiles reflect the previous training that is required of candidates for the doctoral programme in Medieval Cultures and inform the admission criteria applicable to students from other university systems. However, at the discretion of the assessment committee, students whose training does not meet the above criteria may also be accepted, provided that their research proposals are innovative and compatible with the programme.

Admission criteria

According to the required applicant profile and the criteria set out below, the Academic Committee will give priority to candidates who hold the master's degree in Medieval Cultures from the UB, as this qualification is directly linked to the doctoral programme in Medieval Cultures. For other master's degrees, priority will be given to candidates with the recommended application profile described above, and to indicators of quality and excellence associated with the master's degrees and the universities at which they were taken.

In particular, candidates' grades for the last 180 credits of their bachelor's degree or pre-EHEA degree and for their master's degree shall be taken into account. These grades shall be considered as students develop their research orientation during these periods of study. Students must therefore demonstrate that they have enough training to begin a thesis on a topic related to the Middle Ages.

Credit will also be given for the candidate's curriculum vitae. Given the importance of languages for research on the medieval world, and the involvement of a considerable number of international lecturers in the programme, candidates must have a good level of another language.

Candidates must submit a statement ofinterest in which they explain why they are interested in one of the four research areas covered by the doctoral programme in Medieval Cultures. They may also be required to present these reasons orally, at the discernment of the Academic Committee. The statement of interest can be no longer than 10,500 characters.

Two letters of recommendation are required.


Weighting

In the selection process, the Committee will assess the above criteria, which are prioritized according to the following weighting:

a) The academic record and other academic merits. In particular, grades for the master's degree and for the last 180 credits of the pre-EHEA degree or bachelor's degree will be considered. Candidates must show that they have sufficient training to begin a thesis on a topic related to the Middle Ages: 50%.

b) Curriculum vitae: 30%. Credit will be given for:

1. Grants awarded in competitive calls (for example, bachelor's degree and master's degree collaboration grants): maximum 5%.
2. Previous award of a grant for doctoral study: 10%.
3. Certified language skills: maximum 10%.
4. Previous research or work experience in one of the areas covered by the doctoral programme. Publication record, attendance of conferences, fieldwork and other activities related to the doctoral programme: maximum 5%

c) Two letters of recommendation. These may be written by former lecturers or people who have had a professional or academic relationship with the candidate. Letters of recommendation must make reference to the candidate's previous training, analytical skills, and general motivation for learning: 5%.

Candidates will be assessed between May and September. The results of analysing and scoring candidates' merits will be announced by the means established for transmitting information on the programme. Subsequently, candidates will be admitted to the doctoral programme in Medieval Cultures, in strict order of preference and depending on the number of places that are available. Once students have been accepted and assigned a thesis supervisor or tutor, they must complete their enrolment before the deadline stated in the applicable regulations.
 
Salidas profesionales
Doctors in medieval cultures, due to the type of training they acquire, mainly find professional opportunities in the fields of competitive research, in the management, study and enhancement of heritage (archaeological, artistic, documentary, museographic...), in documentation, in the acquisition and analysis of data and in university teaching.
 
Idiomes del programa
Catalan, Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Others
 
Offered research lines
101161 Languages: texts and images
101162 Thought, mentality, relations and knowledge transfer
101163 Power and institutions: economy, society and lifestyle 
101160 Reconstruction and analysis of archaeological, artistic and textual heritage
 

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