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International PhD program in Applied Psychology: Adaptation and change in contemporary societies
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- ModalityIn-person
- LanguagesCatalan, Spanish, English
- Duration3 years (FT) / 5 years (PT)
- DateOctober 2024
- Location
Blanquerna-URL - Carrer del Císter, 34. 08022 Barcelona
Blanquerna-URL - Passeig Sant Gervasi, 47. 08022 Barcelona
- Faculty
School of Psychology, Education and Sport Science
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Objectives of the program
To offer a quality program, based on conceptual and methodological consistency, focusing on state-of-the-art knowledge and research in one of the four branches
To promote quality research within the research groups of associated universities
To train researchers for a high-level national/international career
To promote the mobility/internationalization of PhD students and their participation in research networks
To maximize the international dissemination of research in contexts relevant to the field of study
Who is it for?
The International PhD program in Applied Psychology: Adaptation and change in contemporary societies is suitable for PhD students interested in applying psychology on a lifelong basis to mental health and well-being in the context of contemporary societies, characterized by rapid change and complex social issues.
Lines of research
Human relationships throughout life: couple, family and group
Mental health and psychopathology: the challenges of a changing global society
Exclusion: social (in)justice, conflict and psychological well-being
Maladaptive behavior related to digital technologies
Mobility (International Relations)
Students enroll in one of the partner universities, where they spend most of their research time. Each student has three supervisors, one from each university, and is required to spend at least 12 months at one or two of the partner universities.
During the periods spent at other universities, students will collaborate with the research team of their co-supervisor, who will assume responsibility for the progress of the student's learning during their stay. Students will take part in their co-director's research group seminars. Therefore, they can attend advanced methodological training at any of the associated institutions.
In addition, students can do an internship of 1-6 months at a third university, depending on the needs of their research project. These periods can be uninterrupted or can be divided into shorter periods, depending on the needs of the thesis project.
Student follow-up
Each student will join a research group and participate in its activities and projects, in close collaboration with the thesis supervisors.
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Academic information
Curriculum
The PhD program does not have a curriculum as such: its structure is based on the training activities of the PhD students and the specific training courses of the program itself, which mainly focus on methodological tools for research. These courses are specified at appropriate times in each of the years when students are being trained and writing their thesis.
All the facilities for you to access the PhD program
Career paths for PhD students
Postdoctoral positions and assistant chairs
High-level positions in the public and private sectors
Companies that have confidence in the people who do their PhD with us
A direct link to your future career
Our work doesn't finish the moment you graduate. The Alumni department will support you to enable us to achieve an employment rate of 90% of students in the first year after graduation
State-of-the-art equipment at the student's disposal
Psychology Laboratory
The Psychology Laboratory is a space for research into new therapeutic resources. Among other things, it has virtual reality devices applied to psychology that allow for better research.
Auditors
The school has an auditorium that can be used for celebrations, academic events, conferences or activities. In addition to the school's events, the space hosts other occasions that require ample space.
Music and dynamic rooms
Music learning is an essential part of education. The School has 3 spaces dedicated exclusively to working in this field: two recording rooms and a dynamic classroom for working on movement and bodily expression.
Theoretical-practical classrooms and clinical simulation
Putting theory into practice is key to gaining knowledge. In the case of nursing, it is a key aspect before dealing with patients. The faculty has simulation classrooms to prepare students for clinical interventions.
Speech Therapy Laboratory
The Speech Therapy Laboratory is the ideal place to learn the diagnosis of speech and voice disorders or to learn about techniques for dealing with oral and written language problems.
Research ethics committees
Ethics in the field of research is fundamental. The Faculty Research Institutes are supported by the opinions of the Research Ethics Committees (CER-URL) to evaluate and rate projects that have ethical implications.
Research Support Office
If you are part of a research group, a professor or a PhD student and you need help with a project, you can ask for advice. This assistance includes analysis, guidance, help with applying for awards, and the financial management of projects.
Language Self-study Classroom
Do you want to improve your level of Catalan? Have you just arrived in Catalonia and don't know what to do? Are you studying English and want to reinforce your language skills? Do it at your own pace in the Self-study Classroom. Here you will find the resources and professionals to help you achieve your goals.
Libraries
If you need a quiet space to study or to do individual and group work, come to the library! Each school has its own library with computers, workrooms, reading points and an extensive catalog of documents you can consult in both hard copy and digital format.
Computer rooms
If you have a job or just need a computer, you can go to the computer classrooms or workspaces and use the Macs we have at your disposal.
Chapel
The chapel is the right place to find recollection, peace, to focus, to pray and to celebrate the Eucharist weekly and at important liturgical moments (Christmas, Ash Wednesday and Easter). The sacrament of reconciliation is also celebrated.
All the services you need during your course
Blanquerna-URL School of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences 2030 Agenda Office
The 2030 Agenda Office of the Blanquerna-URL School of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences is a project designed to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the milestones set in the Agenda, based on the joint strategies of URL institutions.
SOPTIC
The SOPTIC (Pedagogical Guidance Service on Information and Communication Technologies) offers support in the use of ICT to both teachers and other faculty services.
Bar / Restaurant
The nerve center of the quintessential faculties is the bar. There, teachers, students and staff meet throughout the day for breaks or meals.
Methodological Advisory Service (SAM)
Do you need guidance or support on your research project? The Methodological Advisory Service (SAM) offers you a series of procedures to guide you in your work process in the field of research.
Attention service for high level athletes
At Blanquerna we facilitate the incorporation and monitoring of the academic pace of all those people who are High Level athletes based on tutorials and personalized attention to study each case.
Psychopedagogical Advice and Innovation Service (SAIP)
Those centers or educational entities that want to promote changes or innovations in the classrooms will find in the SAIP a group of research and collaborating teachers who offer training to professionals individually.
Academic Secretary
The Academic Secretaries of the Blanquerna faculties are the space for students to relate to the processes linked to the registration of official and own courses.
Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)
Would you like to receive information on pre-registration and admissions processes, scholarships and grants or validations? The SIOE is the service you need. Ask for all the information about any of these processes and discover all the possibilities at your fingertips.
Internship service
Professional experience is a core part of our methodology. For this reason, we have a broad spectrum of internship agreements to meet the needs and preferences of all students. You will graduate having worked in your industry.
Scholarships and grants service
At Blanquerna, we put the future within everyone's reach thanks to our scholarships and grant service to start or continue studying at our schools. Financial aid is both internal and external to the university. You will find a wide range of possibilities.
International Mobility Office
Going abroad is a unique opportunity to discover the plurality of the world. Aware of the importance of the internationalization of studies, we have established mobility agreements around the world.
Careers
This service provides graduates with the necessary means so that they can actively participate in their professionalism and propose optimal candidates to organizations and companies looking for staff.
Job Bank
The leap into the world of work is always a challenge. For this reason, we provide a Job Bank for students and graduates. This service puts students in touch with companies and institutions looking for staff.
Solidarity action
Solidarity and the struggle for human dignity are values that identify us. Solidarity Action is a volunteer program that our students can join to participate in projects in the Third and Fourth World.
Alumni service
Studying in Blanquerna allows you to be part of our community. Being a college student opens the door to a lot of options for continuing your vocational training beyond your time in the classroom.
Sports service
Want to represent the URL in college sports tournaments? You can find a wide range of possibilities for both individual and team sports. To be a student of Blanquerna, you will have a discount at the Can Caralleu and La Salle Sport & Fitness sports complexes.
Personal Guidance Service (SOP)
If you are in a difficult situation in the academic, personal or social field, you can request, free of charge, the personalized attention of the SOP. This is an interdisciplinary team of professionals who will guide you in dealing with the situation.
University dormitories
Living in Barcelona is a unique experience and, even more so, in a university residence. Blanquerna has agreements for URL students who want to live in any of the residences within their reach.
Pastoral Area
In the three Blanquerna faculties, you will find spaces for reflection isolated from the hustle and bustle dedicated to the celebration of the Faith or cultural and religious animation. If you wish, you can also receive personalized attention and information about church life.
Diversity support
At Blanquerna we promote personal development at all levels to people with a diversity of specific needs from a normalizing context that encourages personal autonomy and uniqueness.
Blanquerna Choir
If you like music and want to take part in the concerts of institutional events and festivities, sign up for the Blanquerna Choir. There you will meet new friends and enjoy music.
Student representatives
Each class group must elect a representative to put forward concerns or make proposals to the faculty members and academic management. At the same time, each degree must appoint a delegate and each school a representative on the general URL council.
Student Council
Contact between students and the university is constant and is channeled through the Student Council, the body that collects proposals and requests from students and facilitates university life.
Language support service
Are you studying a foreign language and want to improve your level? Do it at your own pace in the language self-learning classroom. This service offers various teaching resources and materials to practice the language.
Admission process for PhDs at the School of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences
Admissions process
There are two stages to the application process:
- Pre-enrollment: the student can pre-enrol in person at the school or online. When the pre-enrollment process has been completed, you will obtain a receipt with pre-enrollment details and a pre-enrollment code (CIB).
All applicants must have an interview with the program coordinator. The Academic Committee for the PhD Programs will assess the information and select the candidates by weighing up the following criteria:
- Assessment of the interview and the documentation submitted (weighted at 50%)
- Assessment of the resume (weighted at 40%)
- Assessment of the letter of intent (weighted at 10%)
- Enrollment: this means accepting the place once it has been assigned.
You must fill in the form at http://preinscripcio.blanquerna.edu and follow the process indicated. In this modality, payment for pre-enrollment rights (€100) is by credit or debit card using a secure, confidential BBVA process.
The following documentation must be sent before the deadline for the pre-enrollment process:
- Photocopy of ID card, passport or NIE residence card.
- Official academic transcript (original or certified copy) with grades for the courses taken and the average mark of the qualification, if available at the time of pre-enrollment or application for admission.
- Applicants with studies qualifying them for access completed outside Spain: certificate issued by the relevant body (university, embassy, consulate) confirming that the studies qualify the student to undertake master degree or graduate studies in the country of issue.
- Resume of the applicant.
- Letter of intent.
- Research experience in the field (if any).
- B2.1 or higher English level (if any).
- Letters of recommendation from researchers of a research group at Ramon Llull University (if any).
Please contact the School's Student Information and Orientation Service with the following documentation:
- Photocopy of ID card
- Official academic transcript (original or certified copy) with grades for the courses taken and the average mark of the qualification, if available at the time of pre-enrollment or application for admission.
- Applicants with studies qualifying them for access completed outside Spain: certificate issued by the relevant body (university, embassy, consulate) confirming that the studies qualify the student to undertake master degree or graduate studies in the country of issue.
- Resume of the applicant.
- Letter of intent.
- Research experience in the field (if any).
- B2.1 or higher English level (if any).
- Letters of recommendation from researchers of a research group at Ramon Llull University (if any).
- €100 pre-enrollment fee. Payment can be made in cash or by credit or debit card.
The student is responsible for having all the official documentation for their stay in Spain while studying at the School. Anyone requiring as such can ask for a pre-acceptance document attached to the pre-enrollment receipt to start the necessary procedures to obtain visas, scholarships or any other procedure. Under no circumstances does this document guarantee a place if all the access and admission requirements are not met. Once applicants have been accepted and enrollment is complete, they can request a letter of admission from the Academic Secretary, if required, by paying the corresponding fees.
Enrollment
Each applicant will be informed personally of the date and time of enrollment, along with the result of their admissions process. You must bring the following documentation with you when you enroll:
- Certified photocopy of the qualification that gives the student access to the course or documentary proof that the relevant document has been requested.
- 1 passport sized photograph.
The School does not guarantee the courses will be held if the required minimum number of enrollments is not reached.
Enrollment is the final step in the procedure to access the PhD course. Students will be informed individually of the enrollment date. When enrollment is completed, with payment of the corresponding fee, the student will have definitively secured a place. When students enrol, they will have two business days to pay the total cost of enrollment, by bank transfer or using a barcode at the bank. Once enrollment has been formalized, the amount paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
- When a student enrolls, a contract for the provision of teaching services is formalized between the student and the Blanquerna Foundation, which is legally binding from the time of payment. Payment must be made within two working days of the date of enrollment by the means of payment referred to above.
- Payment includes the corresponding insurance and, for students under the age of twenty-eight, compulsory academic insurance.
- If a student declines to take up a place, he/she will lose in full any amount he/she has paid.
- The student accepts the rules for the use of computer services established by the Blanquerna Foundation.
- The student's personal data will be included in an automated file under the responsibility of the Blanquerna Foundation, so that this contract can be maintained and fulfilled. Students should note that their data may also be used to inform them about the future activities of the Foundation, or for the institution to send them publications. In accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999 on the protection of personal data, students have the right to access their data to update, rectify or cancel them, or oppose their use, by sending a letter, indicating which right they want to exercise, to the following address: Secretariat of the Blanquerna Foundation / Passeig de Sant Gervasi, 47 / 08022 Barcelona.
This section is a summary of the general conditions for enrollment. It is only for guidance and therefore has no contractual value. In the event of any discrepancy, the provisions of the General Conditions for Enrollment specified in the receipt generated at the time of enrollment will prevail; this receipt formalizes the contract between the student and the Blanquerna Foundation; students can consult it on the intranet whenever they wish.
Contact
For any doubts or queries about the pre-enrollment or enrollment process, please contact the School's Student Information and Orientation Service:
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
932533006
[email protected]
PhD thesis
The PhD student will develop the thesis within the framework of one of the research areas of the program. Each student will join a research group and participate in its activities and projects, in close collaboration with the thesis supervisors.
Participation in the work of the research group and team meetings is a key learning activity for carrying out an original piece of research to obtain a PhD degree (project planning and formulation of relevant hypotheses, laboratory or fieldwork, data analysis, writing research reports). In the context of these meetings, students will have the opportunity to use their skills to present research, give oral presentations, and prepare documents for publication.
Research teams involved in this program:
- Couples and family (GRPF: Couple and Family Research Group URL 2014 SGR 953)
- Communication and health (COMSAL: Communication and Health Research Group URL 2014 SGR 1088)
- Maladaptive behavior and cyberpsychology (Research Group on Psychology, Person and Context (PSICOPERSONA), subgroup for Maladaptive behavior, ConDesa URL 2014 SGR 1126)
- Brain, Cognition, and Development (NTU)
- Addiction, Bullying, Crime and Desistance (NTU)
- Individuals, Identities and Cultures (NTU)
- Health and Wellbeing (NTU)
- Mental health, technological innovation and neurosciences (UCP)
- Risk, adaptation and human rights (UCP)
- Education, work and professional development (UCP)
Scholarships
Internships
PhD students can do an internship of 1-6 months at a third university, depending on the needs of their research project. These periods can be uninterrupted or can be divided into shorter periods, depending on the needs of the thesis project.
Gender perspective
As the European Union points out, gender equality is not only a matter of social justice but also affects the results of teaching and research. Promoting gender equality in research and innovation is one of the European Commission's commitments, and it supports the explicit integration of a gender perspective in Horizon 2020 projects. However, this recommendation is often poorly understood and misapplied. Various documents are presented here with a view to contributing to a better understanding and application of the gender perspective in teaching and research.
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