Description
The Doctoral Programme in Design and Communication is a PhD programme promoted by BAU Design College of Barcelona (Doctoral Unit) and the UVic-UCC - Faculty of Business and Communication (Department of Communication).
The main objective of the programme is to provide training for researchers as they develop an original research project -the doctoral thesis– in an area of theoretical and/or applied design and communication, which will grant them the right to obtain a PhD.
Distinctive features
Features shared at both institutions:
- The first PhD in Design and Communication in the Spanish university system.
- 3rd cycle studies pioneering in a new emerging area of research: design and communication.
- Developing doctoral theses from applied research projects, by applying reflection, trends in contemporary thought and critical practice.
- Working in a line of research to carry out theoretical and applied research that will revolutionise the future workforce.
- Taught by a group of professors with accredited sexennial service and experience in various fields of communication and design.
- Five consolidated research groups recognised by the Generalitat de Catalunya enrolling doctoral theses and carrying out research projects: Audiovisual Translation, Communication and Territory (TRACTE), Learning Media and Social Interactions (LMI), Education (GREUV), Political Science Institute (IMP) and Design and Social Transformation (GREDITS).
- Strong network of international contacts in the fields of communication and design in some of the most important universities in Europe and beyond.
- Publication of online indexed journals, Obra digital, edited by Dr. Ruth Contreras and Inmaterial, edited by Dr. Mara Martínez Morant and Dr. Ernesto Ramón Ríspoli.
- BAU has become a centre of reference in Barcelona by offering this PhD in Design and Communication together with UVic-UCC.
- Both BAU and UVic have special facilities and spaces to carry out applied research projects.
Center
Doctoral School
Coordinator of the doctoral programme
Dr. Jordi de San Eugenio
Academic committee of the doctoral programme
President: Dr. Jordi de San Eugenio
Members: Dr. Luís Guerra (BAU), Dr. Lúa Coderch (BAU), Dr. Marta Camps (BAU), Dr. Jaron Rowan (BAU), Dr. Xavier Ginesta (UVic-UCC) and Dr. Joan Frigola (UVic-UCC).
Language of instruction
Catalan, Spanish, English
Places
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