- 0. Previous external thesis review
- 1. Preparation of documentation
- 2. Registry of application
- 3. Authorization of the thesis deposit
- 4. Depositing the thesis
- 5. Dissemination of doctoral thesis deposits
- 6. Approval of the doctoral thesis defence by the CDE
- 7. Announcement of the thesis defence
- 8. The thesis defence
To initiate the process of depositing and defending a thesis, students must first download and complete the Thesis Defence Report (doc 1), which must be attached to the deposit application:
This document gives the following information:
- Information for the submission of the thesis to the Academic Committee and the Management Committee
- Information for publicising the thesis through the TDX repository and the TESEO database.
- If the number of publications is bigger than 10, then you can use the following annex.
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Subsequently, the rest of the documentation required to apply for the online deposit must be prepared:
To send and register the online application for the doctoral thesis deposit, the following documents must be attached because it will be used by the Academic Committee and the Management Committee to authorise the deposit.
- Doc1: Doctoral thesis report (see above) and the annex, if required.
- Doc2: Copy of the thesis (PDF)
All theses deposited at the URV must contain a page with the names of the thesis supervisors signed by the supervisors themselves (Agreement of the Management Committee of the Doctoral School).
- Doc3: Document of Doctoral Activities (You may download this document from SAD app from URV intranet)
- Doc4: List of publications (PDF)
- Doc5: Documentary proof of having spent at least three months in a country other than Spain (for those students applying for an international distinction - PDF)
- Doc8: Response by the PhD candidate for the academmic commission about the experts reports
- The reports of the extern experts
IMPORTANT: For those theses with confidential content, a specific protocol must be applied for the deposit and subsequent defence.
PROTOCOL GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR CONFIDENTIAL DOCTORAL THESES [pending translation]
Applying for the doctoral diploma with the International mention: Should doctoral students wish to be awarded the International doctoral mention, they must say so in Doc1 (Doctoral Thesis Report) and attach the documentary proof that they have spent the necessary time in a country other than Spain.