The Doctorate in Philosophy at Universidad San Sebastian 

offers advanced training in the fundamental skills and abilities for philosophical research, necessary to respond from the discipline to the great practical concerns raised by human life and the political and legal structures in which it is embedded. The focus of the PhD in Philosophy is on practical philosophy: on those disciplines of philosophy that deal with the practical aspects of human life, human agency, the political and legal institutions that sustain it, the values that should govern them, and the philosophical theories that have historically addressed these issues. Accordingly, our program concentrates on Ethics, Political Philosophy, and the History of Practical Philosophy.  

The Doctorate in Philosophy at Universidad San Sebastián, attached to the Faculty of Psychology and Humanities, is linked to the Institute of Philosophy, an academic unit that conducts high-level research in various areas of philosophy, generating spaces for discussion and academic extension. The link to the Institute of Philosophy allows our Program to be nourished by its academics and the development of their research, and that our doctoral students are immersed in its various activities and networks of national and international collaboration.

The academic staff participating in the Program is of the highest level, with active, stable and recognized lines of research, supported by the quality of their publications and international recognition.

The Doctorate in Philosophy is framed in three main lines of research: 

1. Ethics.
2. Political philosophy.
3. History of practical philosophy.