Summary of the information required for enrolment for the academic year 2024-25

Requirements for access to PhD studies in Spain

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 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. The correspondence can be consulted from 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 of dispatch thereof. This admission will not imply, in any case, the approval 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 EEES, without the need for its approval, 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 entitles the holder to issue the degree degree for access to doctoral studies. This admission will not imply, in any case, the approval 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 another Doctorate degree.
  • Likewise, university graduates who, after obtaining a place in training in the corresponding test for access to specialized health training places, have passed with a positive evaluation at least two years of training in a program to obtain the official title of one of the specialties in Sciences of the health.

Requirements for admission in DocTIC

Summary of the admission requirements:

• The recommended entry profile is: Telecommunication Engineer, Master’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, Master’s Degree in Signal Theory and Communications, Master in Telematics Engineering, Master in Radio Communications and Electromagnetic Engineering, Master in Cybersecurity or Master in Computer Vision, all them from the University of Vigo.
• For those students with national or foreign Master’s Degrees related to Information and Communication Technologies, their affinity will be considered by the Academic Committee of the PhD Programme. The skills of the Official Spanish Master in Telecommunication Engineering will be taken as reference. In these cases the Academic Committee may subject the admission to the successful completion of specific training complements that will be established in each case within the degree and master’s teaching offer in the field of ICTs from the University of Vigo.
• As some compulsory activities will be taught in English, the accreditation of linguistic competence in this language (B1 level) is a requirement, by means of a certificate from the “Centro de Linguas” (Language Centre) or equivalent. Alternatively you may prove that English is your mother tongue or that your followed your Degree or Master studies in English.
• You will need a pre- research plan signed by any of the supervisors in the DocTIC programme. Check the research lines of the program here (or in atlanTTic) and contact one of the researchers to agree a research topic and pre- research plan for your PhD.

Required documentation:

• CV
• Degree and Master titles
• Degree and Master academic records
• Accreditation of linguistic competence in English  (B1 level)  by means of a certificate from the “Centro de Linguas” (Language Centre) or equivalent. Alternatively you may prove that English is your mother tongue or that your followed your Degree or Master studies in English.
• A letter signed by one of the DocTIC supervisors with the proposed research topic and a short description of the research activities.

Other:

If your Master title is from outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) you will need to submit also the following documentation:

• Equivalence application of your title(s)
• Legalized copy of your ID or passport
• Legalized copy of your titles
• Legalized copy of your academic records
• Official equivalent mean grade

Link to the official call (in Galician) 

Link to the enrolment official web page (in Galician)

Enrolment calendar for new students:

 First Call, 2024:

Second Call, 2025:

Relevant information:

• Both the application for admission and the enrolment will be made through the electronic platform of the University of Vigo Secretaría Virtual.
• The annual tutoring fees comes to a total of approximately 200 €.
• The research topics of the Programme can be found  here

Enrolment Renewal

(for students already enrolled in previous academic years)

If you deliver your PhD dissertation by October 7, 2024 there is no need to enroll for 2024/25

Official information:

• Official call for enrolment in the PhD Programme
• Official enrollment web page (in Galician)
• Calendar with pre-enrolment and enrolment periods
• Decree of fees for academic year 2024-2025.