Título: A Descriptive Analysis of Doctoral Studies in Spain: Recent Changes
Autor: Jiménez Ramírez, Magdalena
Resumen: [EN] The adaptation of Doctoral studies to the European Higher Education Area
has involved a complex regulatory change in Spain, with the aim of
harmonizing this stage of training with European guidelines. Royal Decree
99/2011 established a new organizational structure for the Doctorate and
sets out the guidelines, conditions and procedures that are to regulate the
new Doctoral studies. In this paper we describe some of the most significant
changes, including, among others, the novelty of the creation of Doctoral
Schools, and we likewise present a succinct descriptive overview of some
data resulting from the implementation of the regulations on the
configuration and putting into practice of the new Doctoral studies. We
conclude that these transformations are complex at the levels of
management, organization and operation, although they have involved a
move towards training that qualifies candidates in research competencies
within a setting of internationalization and European mobility.
