Doctorado Innovación Educativa

Program Overview

The Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario en Innovación Socioeducativa is a research-oriented program that focuses on the study of teaching-learning processes, educational innovation, and competency acquisition in the socio-educational field. With a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, the program explores educational innovation and inclusion within the context of social construction, recognizing education's formative and integrative role in society. Doctoral candidates conduct original research under the supervision of experienced faculty who specialize in the program's research lines: socio-educational technologies and innovation, and competency development and evaluation through experiential learning methodologies.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario en Innovación Socioeducativa is a research-oriented program focused on the study of teaching-learning processes. It delves into the assimilation of content, educational innovation, and the acquisition of competencies in the socio-educational field. The program also explores the possibilities of developing educational innovation and inclusion in terms of social construction, recognizing education as a formative and integrative social foundation. Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity serve as the guiding principles for the research conducted within the program.

Outline:

• Recursos asociados a la Actividad Investigadora (3 ECTS): This module explores indexing and searching tools for bibliographic and hemerographic materials (e.g., Journal Citation Reports, Scopus), bibliographic management tools (e.g., Refworks, Mendeley), research project concepts, content, and funding, public calls for proposals (regional, national, international), and manuscript preparation.
• Prácticum (3 ECTS): This module involves practical work, including the development of a research project.
• Module Investigador:
• The doctoral thesis is an original research work developed by the doctoral candidate under the supervision of their thesis director(s) within one of the program's research lines:

Other:

• Duration: Full-time (3 years, extendable) or part-time (5 years, extendable)
• Available Seats: Universidad Europea de Madrid: 4; Universidad Europea de Valencia: 1
• Admission Criteria:
• Generally, applicants must hold official Spanish Bachelor's degrees or equivalent, and official Spanish Master's degrees or equivalent, with a minimum of 300 ECTS credits combined.
• Other eligible candidates include:
• Holders of official Spanish Bachelor's degrees with a duration of at least 300 ECTS credits.
These graduates must complete mandatory supplementary training as per article 7.2 of RD 99/2021, unless their Bachelor's degree curriculum includes research training credits equivalent to those from Master's studies.
• University graduates who, after obtaining a place in training for the corresponding specialized health care training exam, have successfully completed at least two years of training in a program leading to the official degree in one of the specialties in Health Sciences.
• Holders of degrees obtained under foreign education systems, without the need for homologation, after the university verifies that the degree certifies a level of education equivalent to the official Spanish Master's degree and that it qualifies the holder in the issuing country for access to doctoral studies.
This admission does not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the applicant or its recognition for purposes other than access to doctoral studies.
• Holders of another Spanish doctoral degree obtained under previous university regulations.
• Admission Criteria:
• Demonstrated prior knowledge through CV and professional experience (40%)
• Personal interview (30%)
• English test (30%) required if the applicant cannot provide official certification of an English level of B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
• Scholarship and Aid Programs:
• Plan Avanza: 40% discount on tuition for the first year for postgraduate students at Universidad Europea who wish to pursue a doctorate.
• Faculty: The faculty consists of doctors specialized in the program's research lines, with extensive recognized experience, high-impact publications, and research sexenios.
Universidad Europea de Madrid is a leader in scientific publications among private universities in Spain. This plan focuses on:
• Promoting the achievement of external recognitions and accreditations, both nationally and internationally.
• Measuring and analyzing results.
• Simplifying management.
• Engaging with the external regulator.
• Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC): The university has an Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) that includes:
• Monitoring the quality of the degree.
• Members of the Degree Quality Commission (CCT).
• Director of the School of Doctoral Studies and Research.
• Academic Coordinator of the Doctoral Program.
• Program Coordinator.
• Quality Manager (Academic Quality and Compliance).
• Students.
• Thesis directors.
• Process results.
• Verification report.
• Regulations.
• Student services.
• Academic management services.
• Career services.
• Suggestion, complaint, and claim mailbox.
• General Schedules:
• Academic calendar.
• Personal schedule.