Before beginning the doctoral programme, students must meet some legal requirements as well as some personal ones in order to ensure the quality of their learning.

It is recommended that students wishing to apply to the doctoral programme in education have an undergraduate degree in the field of education and be a teacher in any specialization area (pedagogy, psychopedagogy, social education, psychology, and similar) or have other university degrees that accredit their possession of a master's degree in teaching or in other programmes that cover contents from the field of education.

Furthermore, it is highly recommended that students have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, an ability for self-directed learning, high levels of motivation with regard to research, and plenty of available time. It is also recommended that students have a level of English that is high enough to allow them to work with documents in this language.

Before applying to the doctoral programme, interested parties are recommended to contact a possible tutor in order to begin to outline a possible research project.

The academic committee of the Doctoral Programme will assign a tutor to the applicant (once he or she is admitted). The tutor will be a doctor with accredited research experience and involved in the doctoral programme. Within six months from the first enrolment, the academic committee of the doctorate will assign to every student a thesis supervisor, which may or may not be the same as the tutor.

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)

Doctoral studies aim to provide advanced education to students in research techniques, and. They include the development and presentation of a corresponding doctorate thesis that consists of original work in research.

Doctoral studies aim to provide students with advanced training in research techniques. Usual activities in these studies could incorporate courses, seminars, or other activities directed at education in research. This also involves the preparation and presentation of a doctoral thesis, which needs to be an original work of research. Specific objectives of the Doctoral Programmes of the Balearic Islands University are: to train researchers and form research teams to successfully address current societal challenges making use of new sciences, techniques and methodologies; to promote the training of the teaching faculty, and to perfect professional, scientific, technical and artistic development of postgraduates.