Welcome from the Director of the Doctoral School
It is an honour to welcome you as a new member of the URV community. I encourage you to fully integrate into the doctoral programme and the university. URV is a place of knowledge, creativity and innovation, where every member of the community plays a part in fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and ongoing learning.
Your doctoral studies are a pivotal stage in your professional and personal development. It will present you with great challenges, but also incredible opportunities to explore, discover and grow, culminating in the presentation and defence of your doctoral thesis. The training and research you undertake at this stage will influence not only your future, but also the knowledge we share with society. Your research, discoveries and solutions will have the power to transform the world around us.
Make the most of this opportunity to immerse yourself in an academic environment that values research and intellectual effort. Take advantage of the resources the university provides and embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Here, you will find a community of professors, lecturers, researchers and colleagues who will support you, and with whom you can share experiences and knowledge.
Maria Àngel Lanuza Escolano
Director of the Doctoral School
The Doctoral School
The Doctoral School of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, in conjunction with the RDI agents of the Campus of International Excellence Southern Catalonia and other bodies, institutions and entities, is responsible for organising the URV's doctoral programme.
Its main aims are quality, excellence and the recruitment of international talent; to achieve these aims it aligns with the URV's research strategy and focuses on providing doctoral students with a suitable learning environment.
The Doctoral School works to promote synergies between the various knowledge areas and interdisciplinarity as the driving force behind innovation and continuous improvement. The interinstitutional alliances and the projects with industry are fundamental to safeguard the quality of its doctoral programmes.