Doctoral Program
in Philosophy

Training activities

Marco General de los Estudios de Doctorando
  • Number of hours: 4
  • Description:
    • Justification: Meeting with the programme coordinators at each University in which the legislative, administrative and training context of the Programme is made known.
    • Contents:
      • Doctoral studies at the University of Murcia.
      • National regulations and Doctoral Regulations of the University of Murcia.
      • Rights and responsibilities of doctoral students.
      • Commitment document.
      • What is a Doctoral Thesis.
      • The role of the tutor and the director.
      • Deadlines and requirements.
      • International mention.
  • Learning outcomes: Knowledge of the regulations, administrative documentation and training possibilities of the program.
  • Frequency (time planning): First quarter, first year
  • Spanish.
  • Control procedure: Signature
  • Mobility criteria and actions: Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities.

Permanent Seminar for Doctoral Students
  • Number of hours: 5 (quarterly), 10 (annual)
  • Description:
    • Justification: Formal quarterly meetings of doctoral students from each university, which may be attended by the directors and/or tutors of the Thesis, as well as other members of the research team of the line of research to which the Thesis is assigned, and in which the doctoral students will present some partial results of their research to the others for discussion.
    • Contents: Analysis and discussion of the partial results of the research carried out by the doctoral students.
  • Learning outcomes:
    • Ability to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to others (experts).
    • Adequate management of communication resources (oral, written, audiovisual), as basic instruments for the dissemination of research and the public presentation of ideas.
    • Ability to work in a team and interact with other researchers.
    • Assumption of criticism and argumentative defense of solutions as a substantial part of the scientific-research ethos.
  • Frequency (time planning): First and second four-month periods, every year.
  • Spanish.
  • Control procedure: Minutes of the meetings to be drawn up by the youngest doctoral student and sent to the Coordinator of the Academic Committee.
  • Mobility criteria and actions: Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities.

Electronic resources. Bibliographic managers
  • Number of hours: 6
  • Description:
    • Justification:
      • Know and access bibliographic and webgraphic sources.
      • Access information effectively and efficiently.
      • Critically evaluate the information obtained and its sources.
      • Communicate information effectively.
      • Use it ethically and legally.
    • Contents:
      • Bibliographic resources available at the University of Murcia.
      • ALBA Catalogue and WEB Portal of the Library of the University of Murcia and the others participating in the program.
      • Electronic resources.
      • Introduction to WOK and SCOPUS.
      • Bibliographic managers.
      • Impact indices, visibility.
  • Learning outcomes:
    • Knowledge of sources and databases relevant to the discipline
  • Frequency (time planning): First quarter, first year
  • Spanish
  • Other clarifications: Teaching given by one or more of the thesis directors
  • Control procedure: Signature
  • Mobility criteria and actions: Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities

Interuniversity Congress of Doctoral Students
  • Number of hours: 15
  • Description:
    • Justification: Joint scientific meeting of PhD students from the five universities, as well as members of the different research teams, in which PhD students must present a paper directly related to their research. International experts collaborating with the Programme may be invited to this conference.
    • Contents: Conference presentation
  • Learning outcomes:
    • Ability to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to others (experts).
    • Adequate use of communication resources (oral, written, audiovisual), as basic instruments for the public presentation of research.
    • Ability to write a research paper.
  • Frequency (time planning): Second quarter, biennial
  • Language: Spanish or any other language relevant to your research
  • Other clarifications: Given the biennial nature of these scientific meetings, doctoral students would carry out this activity based on their year of entry into the Program, that is, full-time students in the second year and part-time students in the fourth.
  • Control procedure: Written presentation evaluated by the director/tutor of the Doctoral Thesis and/or presentation at the Congress.
  • Mobility criteria and actions: As this is an inter-university Congress, the event is expected to rotate, with the host university assuming the organisational tasks. Travel grants may be awarded to PhD students to facilitate travel and accommodation. Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities

Scientific Communication: Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles. Public Presentation of Scientific Results
  • Number of hours: 20 (10 theoretical + 10 workshops)
  • Description:
    • Justification:
      • Know the tools necessary for presenting research results.
      • Ability to communicate research results to the scientific community.
    • Contents:
      • Basic tools for preparing and presenting results.
      • Syntactic structure and organization of academic texts.
      • Review of scientific manuscripts: Basic standards of formal and
        scientist.
      • Oral presentation of the research before an international audience.
      • Preparation of scientific and technical reports.
      • Scientific dissemination: Internal report. Conference paper. Lecture. Web pages. Doctoral thesis. Book and book chapter.
      • Publication subject to evaluators. Original article. Review article. Response to editor and evaluators. The role of the reviewer.
  • Learning outcomes: Knowledge of the tools needed to present research results.
  • Frequency (time planning): First quarter, Second / Third year
  • Language: Specific to the chosen research center
  • Control procedure: Attendance control-Signature
  • Mobility criteria and actions: Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities

Stay at a Foreign Research Center
  • Number of hours: At least one quarter
  • Description:
    • Justification: Research stay of doctoral students at a foreign University or Research Institute relevant for the development of research. Objective: Obtaining a PhD, international mention
    • Contents: Training in the subject area of your research at a foreign center
  • Learning outcomes:
    • Understanding and deepening of the field of study specific to your research
    • Perfecting a second language.
  • Frequency (time planning): First and/or second quarter, second or third year
  • Language: Specific to the chosen research center
  • Other clarifications: Activity aimed at research fellows
  • Control procedure: Final report delivered to the thesis director
  • Mobility criteria and actions: The funding of the stays will be covered by the Ministry or Autonomous Communities' Calls for University Teacher Training and Research Staff Training scholarships, in addition to any others that may be obtained by the Doctoral Program. Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities

Language improvement
  • Descripción
    • Justification: Activity aimed at those students who do not have sufficient language skills to be able to develop their Doctoral Thesis
    • Contents: Language Course at the University Language Service
  • Learning outcomes: Improvement of linguistic competence in a second language relevant to your research
  • Frequency (time planning): First and/or second quarter, first year
  • Language: German/French/English/Italian/Portuguese
  • Control procedure: Course completion (and control by the thesis director)
  • Mobility criteria and actions: Mobility regulations of UMU and the different participating universities