Overview

The program focuses on:

metric information studies and evaluation of science
description and analysis of documents and digital objects
systems organization and classification of knowledge
content management and information skills
management and planning processes in information systems
definition and evaluation of information policies
processes for searching and retrieving digital information
use of information technology from the point of view of digital humanities, including archival studies, literature or historiographical techniques.

The Library Science - Archives and Libraries in the Digital Environment Program at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has the following objectives:

To promote understanding of the research process and the basis for academic research;
To train students to identify and raise relevant research issues;
To prepare students to competently undertake relevant research that contributes to new knowledge in this subject;
To train for relevant jobs and tasks in teaching or consulting, both in academic and non-academic environments.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Digital Humanities
Print/Written Culture: Books and Documents through the History
Archival Science & Record Management
Historiography
Planning & Management of Libraries & Information Centers
Information Literacy
Systems, Representations and Knowledge Organization
Linguistics
Information Retrieval Systems
Digital Libraries

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-11-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-31 00:00:00
Starting 2027-03-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-31 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Madrid, Spain

Disciplines

Library Science Information Technology (IT) Environmental Economics & Policy View 3 other PhDs in Information Technology (IT) in Spain

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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72

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Other requirements

General requirements

The recommended profile for an applicant is a student with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the field of library science or a Bachelor’s degree in library science and a Master’s degree in the area of interest of his Ph.D. thesis, preferably with a good level of English and research or professional experience of at least two years in the area of information management.

Admissions will be considered based on the following criteria:

Graduate Record;
Publications;
Previous training;
Letters of reference;
Research interests and project feasibility;
Languages;
Professional experience.

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Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

780 EUR / year

≈ 780 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

780 EUR / year

≈ 780 EUR / year

Living costs

Madrid

Spain

745 - 1260 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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