Doctoral School

Escola de Doctorat

Escuela de doctorado

Basic information

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
IQAs Audit, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Decision: positive
DOCENTIA audit, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Programme level

This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Advanced Immunology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Immunologia avançada
    • Inmunología Avanzada
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Advanced Immunology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Immunologia avançada
    • Inmunología Avanzada
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Advanced Immunology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Immunologia avançada
    • Inmunología Avanzada
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Animal Medicine and Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Medicina i sanitat animals
    • Medicina y Sanidad Animales
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Animal Medicine and Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Medicina i sanitat animals
    • Medicina y Sanidad Animales
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Animal Medicine and Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Medicina i sanitat animals
    • Medicina y Sanidad Animales
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Animal Medicine and Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Medicina i sanitat animals
    • Medicina y Sanidad Animales
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Animal Production (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Producció animal
    • Producción Animal
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Animal Production (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Producció animal
    • Producción Animal
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Antiguity and Middle Age Studies (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Ciencias de la Antigüedad y la Edad Media
    • Ciències de l'Antiguitat i de l'Edat Mitjana
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Applied Economics (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Economia aplicada
    • Economía aplicada
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Aquaculture (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Aqüicultura
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Aquaculture (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Aqüicultura
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Aquaculture (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Aqüicultura
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Aquaculture (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Aqüicultura
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Aquaculture (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Acuicultura
    • Aqüicultura
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Audiovisual Communication and Advertising (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Comunicació audiovisual i publicitat
    • Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Audiovisual Communication and Advertising (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Comunicació audiovisual i publicitat
    • Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bioquímica, biologia molecular i biomedicina
    • Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Biomedicina
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bioquímica, biologia molecular i biomedicina
    • Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Biomedicina
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bioquímica, biologia molecular i biomedicina
    • Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Biomedicina
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Bioinformatics (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bioinformática
    • Bioinformàtica
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Research Methods and Public Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Metodología de la Investigación Biomédica y Salud Pública
    • Metodologia de la recerca biomèdica i salut pública
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Research Methods and Public Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Metodología de la Investigación Biomédica y Salud Pública
    • Metodologia de la recerca biomèdica i salut pública
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Research Methods and Public Health (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Metodología de la Investigación Biomédica y Salud Pública
    • Metodologia de la recerca biomèdica i salut pública
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biotechnology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biotecnologia
    • Biotecnología
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biotechnology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biotecnologia
    • Biotecnología
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biotechnology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biotecnologia
    • Biotecnología
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Catalan Language and Literature and Theatre Studies (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Lengua y Literatura Catalanas y Estudios Teatrales
    • Llengua i literatura catalanes i estudis teatrals
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Catalan Language and Literature and Theatre Studies (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Lengua y Literatura Catalanas y Estudios Teatrales
    • Llengua i literatura catalanes i estudis teatrals
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Catalan Language and Literature and Theatre Studies (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Lengua y Literatura Catalanas y Estudios Teatrales
    • Llengua i literatura catalanes i estudis teatrals
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Cellular Biology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bilogía Celular
    • Biologia cel·lular
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Cellular Biology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bilogía Celular
    • Biologia cel·lular
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Cellular Biology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bilogía Celular
    • Biologia cel·lular
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Chemistry (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Química
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Chemistry (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Química
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Chemistry (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Química
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Clinical and Health Psychology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Clinical and Health Psychology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Clinical and Health Psychology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Clinical and Health Psychology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Clinical and Health Psychology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut
    • Psicología Clínica y de la Salud
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Clinical and Health Psychology (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Psicologia clínica i de la salut
    • Psicología Clínica y de la Salud
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Communication and Journalism (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Comunicació i periodisme
    • Comunicación y Periodismo
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Communication and Journalism (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Comunicació i periodisme
    • Comunicación y Periodismo
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Communication and Journalism (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Comunicació i periodisme
    • Comunicación y Periodismo
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Comparative, Political and Social History (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Història comparada, política i social
    • Historia Comparada, Política y Social
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Comparative, Political and Social History (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Història comparada, política i social
    • Historia Comparada, Política y Social
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Comparative, Political and Social History (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Història comparada, política i social
    • Historia Comparada, Política y Social
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorat
    • Doctorado
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Computer Science (third cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Informática
    • Informàtica
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
    • Doctorado
    • Doctorat
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF level 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme

Verifiable Credentials

A Verifiable Credential (VC) is a digitally-signed and thus tamper-evident document containing information on a subject (e.g. personal information, entitlements of an individual, degrees held by an individual or accreditation of a higher education institution). Quality assurance results recorded in DEQAR can be downloaded as W3C-compatible Verifiable Credentials.

Currently, two types of credentials can be issued:

EBSI Verifiable Accreditations (VA) can be used by a higher education institution in the context of the EBSI Early Adopters programme.

  • The VA allows the institution to prove its external quality assurance on the Trusted Issuer Registry (TIR). EBSI VAs are only issued for external quality assurance results with an official status in a national system (“part of obligatory EQA system”).
  • At present, the higher education institution’s EBSI DID needs to be communicated to EQAR and recorded in DEQAR manually at the moment. If you are a higher education institution participating in EBSI, please contact us to register your DID.
  • EBSI VAs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:ebsi:zk4bhCepWSYp9RhZkRPiwUL.

DEQAR Format Verifiable Credentials primarily serve as a proof of concept and public demonstrator currently.

  • DEQAR Format VCs are based on the plain W3C Recommendation and our own data model. While they closely follow the EBSI Schema, no EBSI-specific or EU-specific elements or data types are used.
  • The higher education institution is identified by its DEQAR URI in this case.
  • DEQAR Format VCs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:web:data.deqar.eu.

Please note: this is an experimental feature.