PhD Program in Health, Wellbeing and Bioethics
Joint doctoral program with the University of Deusto and Ramon Llull University.
What does this doctorate consist of?
The program is part of the Campus of International Excellence Aristos Campus Mundus 2015. This initiative is the result of the strategic aggregation of three universities of social initiative (the University of Deusto, the Universidad Pontificia Comillas and the Universitat Ramon Llull) and includes an advanced strategic cooperation agreement with Georgetown University, Boston College and Fordham University.
The program is based on an interdisciplinary approach to processes related to health and wellbeing, with a focus on future models based on the interrelation between different healthcare perspectives centred on the person. Its particularity is that beyond the strictly biomedical dimension, it incorporates attention to the social and environmental conditioning factors that contribute to the well-being of the person from an ethical perspective within a legal framework. All this from an inclusive perspective, assuming the reduction of social inequalities in health as a cross-cutting strategy.
Research in health, wellbeing and bioethics, a necessary synergy for a better future.
You can take this program with the International Mention.
The program can also be taken as an Industrial Doctorate.
- CentersEscuela Internacional de Doctorado
- LanguagesSpanish
- CertificationDoctorates
- ModalityIn-Person
- Duration4 years full time and 7 years part time
- Seats6 at Comillas
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Level of recommendation
Percentage of university alumni who would recommend the degree course studied.
Internationalisation
Percentage of foreign students enrolled
Alumni Network
Number of alumni registered in Comillas Alumni.
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Academic calendar
Don't forget to check all required Training Activities, Training Complements and Research Seminars, and other critical events in this SCHEDULE.
The Guide to Managing Doctoral Activities for the Student contains the specific steps that students must follow to register for their activities during their Ph.D. studies.
The assigned tutor will provide individual guidance to the Ph.D. candidate regarding their enrolment, indicating the training activities to be carried out depending on their dedication.
The Training Activities offered in the program aim to guarantee the Ph.D. students' acquisition of research competencies. Assume the Ph.D. student has previous experience in research activities. In that case, the Academic Committee may recognize this experience and the training activities adjusted to their profile. The training activities are both transversal (for all doctoral students at the Doctoral School) and specific (specific to each program).
The Doctoral Programme's Training Activities are:
- Doctorate and scientific research at Comillas
- Bibliographic Management Workshop
- Scientific Writing Workshop
- Publication and Scientific Dissemination
- Advanced Quantitative Research Methodology
- Advanced Qualitative Research Methodology
- Health Research Bioethics
- Interdisciplinary Seminars
- Mobility
- Doctoral students' conferences and Scientific Congresses
Research methodology seminars will be held before starting the plan for students who do not meet the required research capacity according to the recommended applicant´s profile recognized and detailed in the program.
Methodological seminars
Duration: 40 hours (4 ECTS).
Contents:
Scheduling:
- Full-time: 1st semester.
- Part-time: 1st and 2nd year.
Having completed postgraduate credits of methodological content, students may not achieve the degree in whole or in part and prove sufficient training and previous research experience.
Training needed for research in the areas of Health/ Wellbeing and Health/Bioethics
EUEF Comillas
Avda. San Juan de Dios, 1.
Ciempozuelos. Madrid.
Paseo de la Habana, 70 Bis
28036, Madrid
The "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physiotherapy has been offering studies in Nursing for more than 55 years, and for more than 25 years in Physiotherapy, which has allowed it to consolidate an education of recognised prestige that integrates scientific and technical advances in its methodology with the humanisation of care as a sign of its identity. He joined Comillas Pontifical University in 1988.
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Everything you need to know
Quality and regulations
DOCTORAL GUIDES
- Quick Guide to the Doctorate at Comillas
- Guide to good practice for the direction of doctoral theses at Comillas Pontifical University
ACADEMIC REGULATIONS
- Doctoral Regulations (please take into account the Transitory Provision depending on the time of commencement of studies and the previous Doctoral Regulations, available at these links: 2023 and former).
OTHER REGULATIONS
- RD 99/2011, which regulates official doctoral studies (consolidated text with subsequent modifications)
Information for students
For this doctorate
The Doctoral Program Health, Wellbeing and Bioethics is linked to the Research Groups of the Chair of Bioethics and the "San Juan de Dios" School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Comillas Pontifical University:
- Chair of Bioethics
- Well-being, health and society
The program maintains a research line called Health, Wellbeing and Bioethics.
The groups linked to it maintain the following lines of research:
The Chair of Bioethics works on various research projects in collaboration with other institutions. It is constituted as a Local Group within the Local Societies Initiative Program of the Metanexus Institute (Philadelphia, USA). Within this program it carries out the research project Bioethics and Religions. Several members of the Board and other professors linked to this Chair are involved in various research projects funded over the last few years.
Lines of research of the Welfare, Health and Society Group:
- Bioethics in care and research
- Biomechanics and intervention in physiotherapy.
- Keys to humanisation in health care and teaching
- Health care and society
- Sport and disability
- Teaching innovation
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- Theological and canonical
- Official master's degrees
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- Official master's degrees
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- Official master's degrees
- Spanish
- 1 year (60 ECTS)
- Theological and canonical
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- 1 year (60 ECTS)
Q&A
We solve your doubts
A maximum of four years, full-time, and seven years, part-time, from admission to the program until the application for submission of the doctoral thesis is made.
No, you can defend your thesis at any time if it is admitted for defence, but you should note that the minimum tuition fees are three years full-time and five years part-time.
Initially, it is advisable to contact the program coordinator to assess the possible line of research and thesis supervisor. Afterwards, you will have to register in the admissions portal and upload the necessary documentation. Depending on the program, this documentation may vary, please read carefully the information note of the selected program where the required documents are detailed.
Contact
Doctorate Coordinator:Juan Manuel Arribas
School of Nursing and Physiotherapy "San Juan de Dios".
C/ San Juan de Dios, 1. 28350 - Madrid
Tel. +34 91 893 37 69 - Ext: 251
sjuandedios@comillas.edu
Chair of Bioethics
C/ Universidad Comillas, 3-5. 28049 - Madrid
Tel. +34 91 524 28 00 (ext. 6136)
Academic Committee:You can consult the composition of the Academic Committee at the following link.
