Key information
Duration
Full-time: 48 months
Part-time: 84 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Starting September 2027: Apply before Jan 2027
Language
English, Catalan, Spanish
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
Barcelona, Spain
Disciplines
Project Management, Business Administration, Management Studies
Overview
Key Features
- The fast-paced nature of technological change brings about accelerated transformations in the skill set needed to properly analyse and lead business organizations. The doctoral programme thus provides new opportunities for students to acquire complex and versatile skills. It places a strong emphasis on knowledge transfer, which can benefit the production system by delivering improvements and innovations or a greater ability to analyse organizations and the environments in which they operate.
Doctoral students will find a wide range of research lines and methods in the programme, meaning they have ample opportunities to undertake research relating to their interests and concerns. They will also join research groups that have earned established status and funding, collaborating with teams of proven ability.
The Business Management programme from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) entails developing and directing research in this field of study and relating to the wider field of economics, with particular attention to business management, the employment market and the tourism sector.
Accreditation
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is a fully accredited online university based in Barcelona with over 70,000 students worldwide. The University welcomes doctoral students who want to develop their research in a highly qualified and international setting and on doctoral programme that is recognized throughout the European Higher Education Area.
Programme Structure
Courses included
- Students studying full-time will complete the programme in a maximum of 3 years and, if studying part-time, a maximum of 5 years, from admission to the programme to the doctoral thesis' defence.
- This timeframe does not include maternity or paternity leave or such long-term sick leave that the Academic Committee may consider appropriate.
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- If you're not a citizen of an English-speaking country, you must provide proof of a level of English equal to or higher than B2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Higher levels of proficiency (C1 or C2) will be valued as a plus.
- If you have attended school or have completed a bachelor's or master's degree (or equivalent qualification with regards to enrolment in the doctorate programme) in English in a country where English is an official language, you will be deemed to have an equivalent level to the one required.
- You may also demonstrate your linguistic competency in English by means of another official certificate that proves you have a level equivalent to or higher than the one required. You can consult this equivalency table to see examples of certificates that correspond to these levels.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Additional Details
- Price per credit: 32,28 €/credit
- Price per learning resources credit : 14,30 €/credit
Funding
To promote the training of researchers in the different research groups at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), UOC is awarding one predoctoral grant for doctoral theses in the framework of the interuniversity doctoral programmes. UOC's grant programme will consist of hiring trainee predoctoral researchers, specifically under predoctoral researcher training contracts. Predoctoral grant holders will have all those employment and other rights relating to social security deriving from the contract signed with the UOC. The potential beneficiaries of a predoctoral grant include individuals who, at the time of applying, fulfill the access requirements for the organized research period on a doctoral programme at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The specific requirements can be consulted on the UOC website.
