27 doctoral programmes awarded for excellence

UAB was awarded excellence distinctions by the Spanish Ministry for Education for 27 of its doctoral programmes. This award goes to programmes selected for being internationally renowned.

17/10/2011

The distinction in quality or excellence of doctoral programmes, evaluated by the National Quality Assessment and Accreditation Agency (ANECA) and awarded by the Ministry for Education, represents an official recognition to the scientific and technical competence and the training value of these programmes at national level. The award is given after an external assessment process taking into account several different parameters such as programme content, structure and objectives.

In this edition the agency evaluated doctoral programmes offered at universities in Spain during the 2010/11 academic year. The award for excellence is valid until the 2013/14 academic year. The awarded programmes will be added to the Integrated University Information System (Sistema Integrado de Información Universitaria) and will be subject to periodical follow-ups by ANECA to ensure that the standards of quality are being upheld.

The following is a list of UAB doctoral programmes awarded for excellence:

Biology and Plant Biotechnology
Animal Medicine and Health
Electronics Engineering
Political Science
High Performance Computing
Computer Science
Translation and Intercultural Studies
Genetics
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Spanish Studies
Mathematics
Demography
Biotechnology
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine
Environmental Science and Technology
Geography
Materials Science
Microbiology
Animal Production
Chemistry
Physics
Comparative, Social, and Political History
Food Science
Land Ecology
Neurosciences
History of Science
Electrochemistry, Science and Technology

More information: Award for Excellence for Spanish Universities