Doctoral program in Natural Resources and Environment 36 months PHD Program By Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) |Top Universities

Doctoral program in Natural Resources and Environment

Subject Ranking

# 151-200QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

2,001 EURTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Environmental SciencesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

21st-century society requires technologies that enable us to make optimal use of natural resources while staying true to the sustainability criteria established in Johannesburg and the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures. Research in the programme is carried out in a field focusing on the use of available geological resources from a perspective that seeks to minimise related environmental impact. This perspective is taken from a holistic standpoint to include all environmental aspects, from the harvesting raw materials to their disposal once they have become waste and all of the stages involved in their physiochemical transformations. Using this framework, the doctoral programme in Natural Resources and Environment proposes a series of lines of research that, for the 17 years that it has existed, has fostered greater awareness of environmental conservation in the use of natural resources.The objective of the doctoral programme in Natural Resources and Environment is to provide advanced education and training in the aspects pertaining to research into the utilisation of natural resources and its impact on the environment. The programme offers candidates the possibility to obtain a master’s degree in Natural Resources Engineering (MsC) to accredit their high level of achievement, which includes experimental and field work. 

Program overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

21st-century society requires technologies that enable us to make optimal use of natural resources while staying true to the sustainability criteria established in Johannesburg and the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures. Research in the programme is carried out in a field focusing on the use of available geological resources from a perspective that seeks to minimise related environmental impact. This perspective is taken from a holistic standpoint to include all environmental aspects, from the harvesting raw materials to their disposal once they have become waste and all of the stages involved in their physiochemical transformations. Using this framework, the doctoral programme in Natural Resources and Environment proposes a series of lines of research that, for the 17 years that it has existed, has fostered greater awareness of environmental conservation in the use of natural resources.The objective of the doctoral programme in Natural Resources and Environment is to provide advanced education and training in the aspects pertaining to research into the utilisation of natural resources and its impact on the environment. The programme offers candidates the possibility to obtain a master’s degree in Natural Resources Engineering (MsC) to accredit their high level of achievement, which includes experimental and field work. 

Admission Requirements

72+
5.5+
59+
160+

Applicants must hold a Spanish bachelor’s degree or equivalent and a Spanish master’s degree or equivalent, provided they have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on the two degrees (Royal Decree 43/2015, of 2 February(open in new window))

In addition, the following may apply:

  • Holders of an official degree awarded by a university in Spain or any other country in the European Higher Education Area, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, which establishes official university course regulations, who have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on official university degrees, of which at least 60 must be at the master's degree level.
  • Holders of an official Spanish bachelor’s degree comprising at least 300 credits, as provided for by EU regulations. Holder of degrees of this kind must complete bridging courses unless the curriculum of the bachelor’s degree in question included research training credits equivalent in value to those which would be earned on a master's degree.
  • Holders of an official university qualification who, having passed the entrance examination for specialised medical training, have completed at least two years of a training course leading to an official degree in a health-sciences specialisation.
  • Holders of a degree issued under a foreign education system. In these cases, homologation is not required, but the UPC must verify that the degree certifies a level of training equivalent to an official Spanish master's degree and qualifies the holder for admission to doctoral studies in the country where it was issued. Admission on this basis does not imply homologation of the foreign degree or its recognition for any purpose other than admission to doctoral studies.
  • Holders of a Spanish doctoral qualification issued under previous university regulations.
  • Note 1: Doctoral studies entrance regulations for holders of an undergraduate degree awarded before the introduction of the EHEA (CG 47/02 2014)

3 Years
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Tuition fees

Domestic
2,001 EUR
International
2,001 EUR

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