Access to Doctorates
To access a doctoral programme under Royal Decree 99/2011 (modified by RD 576/2023), you must meet one of the following requirements:
- In general, for access to an official doctoral programme it will be necessary to be in possession of the official Spanish Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent, and a university Master's Degree, or equivalent, provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been earned in these two courses.
- Those who are in one of the following cases may also access:
- Be in possession of official Spanish university degrees or equivalent Spanish degrees as long as you have completed at least 300 ECTS credits in all of these courses and have obtained a level 3 of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECD). The correspondence can be consulted on the MECD website.
- Be in possession of a degree obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), without the need for its approval, which accredits a level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework provided that said degree allows access to doctoral studies in the country where it eas issued. This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party or its recognition for purposes other than that of access to doctoral studies.
- Be in possession of a degree obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems other than the EHA, without the need for its homologation, after verification by the university that this accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish university Master's Degree and that it entitles the holder access to doctoral studies in the country where it was issued. This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party, nor its recognition for purposes other than that of access to doctoral studies.
- Be in possession of another Doctoral Degree.
- Likewise, university graduates who, after obtaining a training place in the corresponding access test to specialised health training places, have successfully passed at least two years of training in a programme to obtain a degree in one of the Health Sciences specialisms.
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Further information:
Postgraduate Studies Management Service
Filomena Dato Building
As Lagoas, Marcosende
36310 Vigo
+34 986 811 950
posgrao@uvigo.gal




