Depositing doctoral thesis in a jointly supervised defence outside the UdG

Doctorate

A doctoral thesis can be jointly supervised between the UdG and a foreign university, by agreement.Theses can be defended in any university participating in joint supervisions.In the case of theses that not defended at the UdG, doctoral students will have to present the following documents required for the authorisation of their thesis’ defence to the School of Doctoral Studies, once the composition of the panel has been approved by the other University.

Characteristics

Area

Academic

Format

Online

Application 

Who

Students enrolled on a doctoral programme who wish to defend out a jointly supervised doctoral thesis outside the UdG may request this.

Where

The application must be submitted online, through the UdG Online Secretary's Office.

When

An application will need to be submitted once the composition of the panel where the thesis is to be defended has been approved by the university.

How?

To formalise their applications, students will have to access the Procedures section of the Virtual Secretary's Office, start the generic “Application to the administration” procedure, choose the “Deposit of the jointly supervised doctoral thesis defended outside the UdG” option and attach the following documents to a single archive in ZIP format:

• Application form for depositing jointly supervised doctoral theses defended outside the UdG correctly filled in (it can downloaded from Forms page).
• An electronic file containing the complete thesis, preferably in PDF format or in another format accepted by the University.
• CV in CVN format, extracted from the current CV management app at the university or the like.
• Document approving the composition of the panel by the other university (taking into account that the composition has to adapt to the applicable legislation of the university where the thesis is to be defended)
• Authorisation for defending the thesis at the other university.
• Should the student opt for international mention, documents confirming they meet the requirements established in the article 8.5 of the current regulations.

Price

Free

Decision

Who

The body responsible for resolving the application is the academic committee of the corresponding doctoral programme.

When

The School of Doctoral Studies has to put these documents at the disposal of the doctoral programme's academic committee, which has a 30-workday deadline to authorise, where it deems fit, the defence of the doctoral thesis at the other University.

How?

Once the procedure has been completed, the student will receive an electronic notification with a link to the resolution of the application.
The resolution does not represent the end of the administrative process. An appeal may be lodged with the Rector of the University against the resolution within a period of one month following the day of the notification, in accordance with the provisions of articles 121 and in accordance with Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on common administrative procedure for public administrations.

Documents

Regulations

Academic regulations for doctoral studies at the University of Girona