The Interuniversity Doctorate Program in Labor Relations and Human Resources, taught jointly with the Universities of A Coruña, Oviedo and Zaragoza, is a pioneer in Spanish universities. The general objective of the program is to provide excellence in training in all areas related to labor relations and human resources in public and private organizations. The doctoral program will allow the development of high-quality doctoral theses, which represent progress and a contribution to scientific knowledge and which promote, at the same time, the transfer of knowledge to society and the incorporation of technical research of the highest level. in public and private organizations.

The purpose of the Ph.D. in Employment Relations is to develop the intellectual and professional skills of the student. A qualifying student should show evidence of independent and original work in the thesis. The thesis would constitute a distinctive contribution to the knowledge of and insight into the subject discipline as well as the field of research.

The Economic Sociology, Organisation and Labour (ESOL) PhD course aims to train PhDs with high-level skills from different disciplinary backgrounds that are essential to the study, management and regulation of economic, organisational and labour phenomena. The training is characterised by a strongly interdisciplinary approach, in which economic sociology is complemented by the contributions of labour law, economic-statistical and organisational-business disciplines, and behavioural sciences.