The recommended entry profile is that of graduates or graduates who are in any of the situations referred to in Article 6 and the second additional provision of Royal Decree 99/2011 of January 28 which have skills and knowledge in one of the main research lines involved in the PhD program:

• Tourism Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Welfare Economics
• Econometrics

The final admission of PhD students will be carried out by the academic committee of the doctoral program. In case the number of students who are pre-registered is greater than the number of students who can be admitted to the PhD program, the following criteria will be applied//ADMISSION WILL BE BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF:

• Undergraduate cumulative grade point average (from 0 to 2.5 points)
• Post Graduate cumulative grade point average of at least 7 (from 0 to 4 points).
• Previous work experience of students being related to the research lines involved in the PhD program (from 0 to 3 points, with 0-1 points resulting from this experience and 0-2 points resulting from a personal interview).
• Letters of recommendation (from 0 to 0.5 points, with 0.25 points per letter).

The direction and supervision of training activities and the doctoral thesis conform the
"Procedures for doctorates of UIB (RD99/2011)"

• The Code of Good Practice:
  (http://edoctorat.uib.cat/digitalAssets/271/271552_Codigo_buenas_practicas_es.pdf)
• and principles emanating from the Charter of Thesis - University of the Balearic Islands.:
  • (http://edoctorat.uib.cat/digitalAssets/293/293664_Thesis_Agreement_letter_en.pdf) .
  • (Abridged version to deliver duly completed and signed: http://edoctorat.uib.cat/digitalAssets/286/286053_Carta_de_tesi_per_signar_es.pdf)

The PhD program aims at developing the capacities of students to conduct research on Economics and address economic problems by means of flexible, adaptive, comprehensive and innovative solutions. Knowledge acquired during the PhD program will contribute to strengthen their academic skills as well as deepen and expand their professional expertise. Thus, the program will provide to students instruction oriented to developing their capacities to apply knowledge in Economics to different contexts, which will be useful for their career development in a variety of work settings, such as national and international universities and other institutions and companies (public and private research institutes and centers, R & D departments of companies and large corporations, etc.).