DOCTORADO EN TURISMO

CONTACT INFORMATION

WEBSITE PhD in Tourism

Academic Commission:

Coordinator at UA: Jorge Pereira Moliner

Coordinator PhD: Antonio Guevara Plaza (University of Málaga)

Proposing body:

I.U. Tourism Research

doctorado.turismo@ua.es

Doctoral School:

University of Alicante International Doctoral SchooL (EIDUA)

Location: Multipurpose Building II (Codi SIGUA 0022PB001)

Telephone number 965 90 3466

CONTACT

BASIC AND GENERAL COMPETENCES

BASIC

CB11 - Systematic comprehension of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to said field.

CB12 - Ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial research or creation process.

CB13 - Ability to contribute to the expansion of knowledge barriers through original research.

CB14 - Ability to carry out a critical and evaluative analysis and synthesize new and complex ideas.

CB15 - Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community as well as society in general regarding your fields of knowledge in the modes and languages used normally in your international scientific community.

CB16 - Ability to foment scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advances within a knowledge-based society in academic and professional contexts.

PERSONAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES

CA01 - To cope with contexts in which there is little specific information.

CA02 - To find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.

CA03 - To design, create, develop and carry out innovating projects in your field of knowledge.

CA04 - To be able to work as a team and as an individual in an international and multidisciplinary context.

CA05 - To process knowledge, cope with complexity and formulate judgements with limited information.

CA06 - To criticise and defend solutions intellectually.

OTHER COMPETENCES

OC09 - No additional competencies are considered in this program.

Common compulsory transversal training activities

All students will have to do a series of transversal activities; some are common to all doctoral programs whereas others are specific to each individual program.

The vehicular languages will be Spanish and Valencian.

The activities are the following:

ACTIVITY 1: Tools for the management and recovery of information.

ACTIVITY 3: Scientific communication models.

ACTIVITY 4: Transfer of knowledge models.

For more information check the Doctoral School's webpage.

Specific compulsory transversal training activities

The activities are the following:

ACTIVITY 1: Seminars and research workshops in tourism.

ACTIVITY 2: Joint work seminars for doctoral students in tourism.

ACTIVITY 3: Presentation of scientific communications to national and international congresses dedicated to tourism.

Optional transversal training activities

ACTIVITY 1: Mobility and stays at Universities and Higher Research Centres dealing with the topic of research.

For more information contact the proposing body. U.I. for Tourism Research

RESEARCH AREAS

Planning and management of tourist destinations, tourism and local society
Economic analysis of the tourism sector
Management and innovation in tourist organizations
Tourism and heritage
Intelligence in the tourism field, ICT and data analysis

RESEARCH STAFF AT THE UA

1. Planning and management of tourist destinations, tourism and local society

Antonio Aledo Tur

Carlos Baños Castiñeira

Hugo García Andreu

María Hernández Hernández

Raquel Huete Nieve

Josep A. Ivars Baidal

Antonio Martínez Puche

Guadalupe Ortiz Noguera

María Josefa Pastor Alfonso

Alfredo Ramón Morte

Antonio Manuel Rico Amorós

Fernando Vera Rebollo

Francisco José Torres Alfosea

2. Economic analysis of the tourism sector

Armando Ortuño Padilla

3. Management and innovation in tourist organizations

Rosario Andreu Guerrero

José Manuel Casado Díaz

Nuria Fernández Pérez

María Dolores Fernández Poyatos

Esperanza Gallego Sánchez

Francisco García Lillo

José Luis Gasco Gasco

María Reyes González Ramírez

Pilar Iñiguez Ortega

Adelaida Lillo Bañuls

Juan Llopis Taverner

María Dolores López Gamero

Bartolomé Marco Lajara

José Francisco Molina Azorín

Ana Belén Ramón Rodríguez

Vicente Sabater Sempere

Ricardo Sellers Rubio

Juan José Tarí Guillo

Mercedes Úbeda García

Ana Belén Casado Díaz

Diego Francisco Quer Ramón

Altea Asensi Meras

4. Tourism and heritage

María del Rosario Navalón García

Gabino Ponce Herrero

5. Intelligence in the tourism field, ICT and data analysis

José Norberto Mázon López

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

1. To be admitted in a doctoral program at the University of Alicante, it is necessary to fill in an electronic pre-registration form, available annually on the EDUA website.

2. Before starting the pre-registration process, it is advisable to consult the website of the chosen doctoral program in order to know the admission requirements demanded by the program.

3. The Academic Commissions (AC) are in charge of the admission process in the different doctoral programs.

4. The academic commissions decide annually the offer of places in every doctoral program according to the preconditions established in its Verified Memory. The commission may determine not to offer places when not having directors or tutors at any research line.

5. If the resolution is of “no admission”, in the computer application the reasons for the same will be detailed, having a calendar month to formulate an appeal before the AC; from the date of the resolution.

ACCESS PROCEDURE

1. In parallel with the admission process carried out by the AC, the Doctoral School (EDUA) verifies that the documentation provided is the one requested in the pre-registration form.

2. Applicants with higher studies attained in countries different from the EHEA*, at the moment of pre-registration process should pay an administrative fee for the study of their documentation, (equivalence study). The price of the rate is fixed annually by the Government of the Generalitat Valencia, by Decree.

3. People who do not provide the documentation in the terms required in the access process, may rectify this incident within 15 calendar days, from EDUA communication or, exceptionally, within the period determined by EDUA according to the concurrent circumstances.

4. When the incidents detected have not been resolved in the form and time determined by EDUA, the originated file academic record will be closed, without further processing.

5. The Doctorate School will proceed to open academic records to those who have been admitted by the AC and have correctly provided the required documentation, sending them an email with instructions to complete the enrolment process.

When the result is "no admission" it is possible to consult the grounds in the available electronic application. It is possible to raise administrative appeal (recurso de alzada) against AC resolution, within a month since resolution date.

Registered in the Record of Universities, Centres and Degrees (RUCT)

Authorization Comunidad Valenciana: 18-09-2020

Published BOE 14-01-2021