Pre-registration phase
Potentially interested individuals will be informed about the program's features, access and admission criteria, and the administrative procedure for admission and enrollment through the usual channels and within the doctoral program offerings: online channels, posters, media outlets, institutional social media, and other official channels.
The contact information for the ULL Doctoral Office is as follows:
Appointment
Opening hours: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Address: Anchieta Campus. 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
Telephones: 922 31 72 70 and 922 31 72 69
Email: doctorado@ull.es
The university also has a Information and Orientation Service (SIO) This office is intended to inform, advise, and guide prospective students on matters related to their education and university life, as well as to direct them to the appropriate offices with any more specific requests. The SIO is located on the ground floor of the Central Building of the University of La Laguna's Central Campus, on Pedro Zerolo Street in La Laguna. Web page.
Welcome and orientation of new arrivals
The Doctoral School will offer a welcome day for new students, as well as information sessions on specific topics of interest. All students are also enrolled in a virtual classroom for notifications and a communication channel.
Students will also attend a program presentation session led by the coordinator of the University of La Laguna's academic committee and will be included in a virtual classroom dedicated to the program.
The Doctoral School website contains several links with information on all the necessary procedures for completing a doctoral thesis, as well as related forms. Of particular importance for new students may be the page containing all the regulations for doctoral studies.
Internal Quality Assurance Service of the University of La Laguna
As a guarantee of the quality of teaching, its improvement, and the protection of the rights of students and faculty, the degree program is governed by specific regulations regarding dissemination mechanisms within the University of La Laguna's Internal Quality Assurance System.
To access any of the ULL's doctoral programs, you must meet the requirements established in Article 5 of the Regulations for Official Doctoral Studies at the University of La Laguna.
Likewise, as this is an interuniversity doctoral program, the entry pathways and requirements of the regulations approved by the Universities of Cantabria, La Laguna, Oviedo, the Basque Country, and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia will be followed.
The applicant must submit the endorsement of a researcher as a potential supervisor for the doctoral thesis, meeting the requirements of Article 10 of the ULL Doctoral Regulations. The endorsement must come from a person assigned to the program.
Admission profile
The entry profile required to access this doctoral program is as follows:
Students who have completed a master's degree, with or without a research track, with a nautical profile, at any university.
The nautical profile refers to those master's degrees whose curriculum covers diverse subjects related to nautical or marine science, such as the official master's degrees: Master's in Nautical Engineering and Maritime Management, Master's in Nautical Engineering and Maritime Transport, Master's in Nautical Engineering and Maritime Transport Management, Master's in Marine Engineering, Master's in Marine and Maintenance Engineering, and Master's in Naval Radioelectronic Engineering. These master's degrees are simply mentioned as examples and do not grant them priority or preference over other master's degrees.
Finally, the admissions profile will also include all students from other doctoral programs related to nautical sciences, shipbuilding, and marine radio communications, whether foreign or national, established in accordance with previous university regulations, as well as students in these fields who hold an official Spanish university degree obtained in accordance with previous university regulations and who meet the admission requirements set forth in Royal Decree 99/2011.
Students with specific educational support needsIn compliance with Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, which regulates official doctoral studies, a specific program is in place to assist students with specific educational support needs to promote their educational and social integration. More information here.
As established in Article 6 of the ULL Doctoral Regulations, the academic committee may establish criteria for the selection and admission of students. For this program, the following criteria will be applied to evaluate applications:
The candidate may attach letters of reference from prestigious researchers to his or her application.
For foreign students whose native language is not Spanish, proof of spoken and written Spanish comparable to the intermediate level of the Cervantes Institute will be considered.
To be admitted to the program, you must achieve a score of at least 6 points. If the number of applications reaching this minimum exceeds the number of places offered, those with the highest score will be admitted.
The decision on the admissions process will be made based on the results of applying the rules and evaluation criteria established in the verification report and will be carried out through a procedure based on merit, equality, and ability. In any case, admission and selection will be limited to the entry number established for the Doctoral Program.
Body in charge of the admission process
The body responsible for the delegation admission process is the local academic committee of the Doctoral Program in Nautical, Marine Engineering, and Naval Radioelectronics at the University of La Laguna. The Interuniversity Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program will ultimately decide on the admission of candidates to the program, based on the proposals from the local committees.
The ULL Doctoral Regulations establish that admission to doctoral programs may include the requirement of specific training supplements, in line with the admission profiles established for the corresponding doctoral program. These specific training supplements will be considered doctoral-level training for the purposes of public fees and the awarding of scholarships and grants.
Depending on the student's admission profile, the academic committee will decide which training supplements the student should take, after analyzing their specific profile. However, no training supplements are required for the recommended admission profile.