DOCTORAL SCHOOL

Doctoral School

The Doctoral School is the body responsible at the University of Design, Innovation and Technology for organising, coordinating and supervising, within its sphere of management, the offer and activities linked to the official doctoral degrees offered by the institution. We currently have our first official university doctorate in force: Design and Technology Applied to Business, with a view to continuing to develop programmes with a projection of international inclusion in response to the needs of society and business.

The mission of the Doctoral School is to manage, coordinate and promote the Doctoral Programmes, ensuring the comprehensive training of researchers in the development of research projects aimed at obtaining the title of Doctor. This work is carried out within the framework of the academic organisation of the School and the administrative management of the programmes, under the supervision of the Doctoral School's Management Committee.

In order to fulfil its mission, the Doctoral School will define and implement its own strategy, aligned with the policies derived from the University's Strategic Plans and in accordance with the provisions of the University's Rules of Organisation and Operation of the University of Design, Innovation and Technology.

MEMBERS OF THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL STEERING COMMITTEE

The Doctoral School's Steering Committee is an interdisciplinary body, bringing together academic, scientific and management backgrounds that enrich the School's organic life from different areas of knowledge. Its integration responds to a rigorous, systematic and plural vision, capable of articulating the consolidated experience of those with extensive experience in teaching, research and university management, with the contribution of young profiles that incorporate a current, committed and demanding view of academic processes. To this is added the participation of doctoral students, as an expression of open, representative governance that is attentive to the real needs of the research community in training.

Dr. José Luis Olazagoitia

Chairman of the Steering Committee

He is currently Vice-Rector for Research at UDIT, a position from which he has promoted the strengthening of research activity, academic articulation and scientific projection of the University. His profile brings together a solid doctoral training in the field of engineering and extensive experience in teaching, research, university management and development of technology-based projects. In addition to this, he has experience in academic management and in applied innovation environments, which gives him a strategic, rigorous and interdisciplinary vision that is particularly valuable for chairing the Steering Committee of the Doctoral School and guiding its development with criteria of quality, institutional solvency and research projection.

Dr. Francisco García García

Director of the Doctoral School

He has an academic career of special relevance in the Spanish university system, endorsed by his status as professor since 1995 and emeritus since 2023, at the Complutense University of Madrid; extensive experience in teaching, research, and direction of more than 190 theses in various doctoral programmes at different universities and the coordination of doctoral programmes, as well as a solid scientific production in the fields of communication, creativity, narrative, social services, education and applied technologies. His profile is further strengthened by a wide experience in academic and institutional management, both in the university and in public bodies, foundations, Spanish and Latin American associations, linked to educational innovation and production of educational content from the perspective of Information and Communication Technologies, including his research activity and attention to scientific dissemination both as editor of scientific journals, and organising seminars, congresses and biennials, which gives him a strategic vision and profound knowledge of the challenges of research training. UDIT has recognised his extensive work with the distinction of Honorary Professor in the year 2024, as well as the invitation to become part of the direction of the Doctoral School. Her leadership thus reinforces an academic model based on excellence, consolidated experience and a transversal understanding of the link between research, education and innovation.

Dr. Marisa Sarget Tarifa

Coordinator of the Internal Quality Assurance System for Doctoral Programmes

Currently Vice-Rector for Academic Organisation and Teaching Staff at UDIT, she has a particularly valuable career in the field of university quality, combining solid experience in academic management, degree management, teaching coordination and faculty assessment. With a PhD in Information Sciences, she has developed her career in higher education institutions from functions linked to academic planning, university organisation and the improvement of training processes, also incorporating an active line of research in digital communication, innovation and teaching quality. Her profile brings to the Doctoral School's Quality Assurance System a rigorous, structured and continuous improvement-oriented vision, with special sensitivity towards academic excellence, institutional coordination and support for doctoral training processes.

Blanca Luna Méndez Losi

Secretary

Current Administrative Staff of Academic Management of the Vice-Rectorate for Research and the Doctoral School of UDIT, she has a career oriented to university management, institutional development and coordination of academic processes, especially in contexts of linking with the environment and doctoral training. Sociologist and Master in Political Science, she combines a solid analytical base with experience in planning, monitoring of indicators, organisation of academic activities and systematisation of processes, bringing a rigorous, structured and strategic approach to the functioning of the School. Her profile is also strengthened by her skills in institutional communication, academic visibility and support for continuous improvement, qualities that are particularly valuable for the operational and organisational support of the governing bodies and the academic life of the doctoral programme.

Miriam Belén Aldana

Student representative

A student currently enrolled in the PhD in Design and Technology Applied to Business, she has a particularly relevant profile to represent the student body on the Doctoral School's Steering Committee. Her background in graphic design and her postgraduate specialisation in user experience are complemented by practical experience in visual design projects, UX, branding, accessibility, user research and development of interactive educational materials, which gives her a contemporary perspective on the processes of creation, learning and innovation. His participation in initiatives linked to digital environments, culture and applied design, together with his capacity for collaborative work and sensitivity to the experience of users, favours an active student representation, proactive and aligned with the current challenges of doctoral training.

REGULATIONS

This section brings together the set of regulations that serve as the basis and organisation of doctoral studies, integrating both current state legislation and the internal regulations issued by the University and its Doctoral School.

Its purpose is to provide an accessible, systematic and updated reference framework that makes it possible to know the provisions that regulate the academic, administrative and ethical functioning of doctoral studies. In this way, it promotes legal security, institutional transparency and the correct development of all the procedures linked to research training and the preparation of doctoral theses.

Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies with the integrated modification of Royal Decree 576/2023 of 4 July.

Regulations governing doctoral studies.

Internal Regulations of the School of Doctoral Studies.

Regulations on Fees and Exemptions of the School for Doctoral Studies.

Code of Good Practice of the School of Doctoral Studies

Fees for the period 2026/2027

Admission process

Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral programmes in Spain must follow official national regulations such as Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, modified by Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4 July. On this basis, UDIT presents The Regulatory Regulations for Doctoral Studies indicated in the regulations section that will allow you to understand the whole cycle of access and training within the doctoral programme.

DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES

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RESEARCH GROUPS

Your research proposal will be able to grow in a dynamic academic environment, connected to the work and projects developed by our research groups, led by internationally recognised PhDs with outstanding experience in national and European competitive projects.

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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

The UDIT Doctoral School promotes collaboration agreements with national and international universities and academic institutions to strengthen research cooperation, knowledge exchange and the development of doctoral projects connected to other academic environments.

NEWS

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