Call for further grant applications for the Doctoral Programme in Network and Information Technologies and the Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT (e learning)

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) is offering three grants to study on the Doctoral Programme in Network and Information Technologies and three for the Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT (e‑learning). To be eligible for the UOC Doctoral Theses Grants Programme students must be full‑time and physically present on the University’s premises.

The maximum duration of the grants is four years. Grants require annual renewal. Renewal is contingent on the students benefitting from such grants meeting the training and research objectives established in each case. One of these objectives is to complete the organized research period within a maximum of three years and another is to produce research papers based on the doctoral thesis.

The programme will offer the possibility to study Industrial Doctorates, with grants for the best applicants with agreements with companies. Doctoral students undertaking an industrial doctorate will have a university supervisor and a tutor at the company.

The UOC is a fully accredited online university based in Barcelona with over 60,000 students worldwide. The University welcomes doctoral students who want to develop their research in a highly qualified and international setting and on a doctoral programme that forms part of the Bologna process.

Prospective applicants can find information on the application procedure, and the content and organization of the doctoral programmes on the corresponding websites.

Doctoral Programme in Network and Information Technologies. The deadline for applications is 7 September 2014. For further information write to phd_nit@uoc.edu.

Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT (e‑learning). The deadline for applications is 5 October 2014. For further information write to phd_elearning@uoc.edu.