Si us plau, comproveu el vostre termini de presentació al vostre Campus Global.

Si envieu la tesi qualsevol dia laborable abans de finals de setembre, no cal que us matriculeu al nou curs acadèmic.

Excepcionalment, aquells estudiants que estiguessin matriculats el curs 2019/2020 i afectats pels motius de la COVID poden beneficiar-se d'avantatges de matrícula per a la seva última matrícula en cas de presentar la tesi entre octubre i desembre. Si us plau, poseu-vos en contacte amb nosaltres per a més informació.

La presentació de la tesi doctoral es pot fer qualsevol dia laborable durant el curs (s'exclouen les vacances d'agost i de Nadal)

Com a orientació, cal un període de quatre mesos des de la presentació de la sol·licitud fins que obteniu l'aprovació de l'Escola de Doctorat de la UPF per a la defensa de la tesi.

Un cop tingueu confirmada l'aprovació de l'escola de doctorat de la UPF, teniu 6 mesos per defensar la vostra tesi.

La tesi doctoral es pot presentar en un dels dos formats següents:

Un llibre de tesi clàssic, format per capítols escrits de manera cohesionada. Al costat de la recerca original descrita a la tesi, la resta de continguts no es poden fer copiant i enganxant d'altres fonts, i sobretot no d'altres tesis doctorals.

Un conjunt d'articles (mínim 2)  precedits d'un capítol introductori i seguits d'un capítol o capítols d’argumentació i conclusions. Almenys 1 article hauria de ser com a primer autor i ja publicat en una revista revisada a càrrec d’experts. Es podrien acceptar articles de preimpressió arXiv or bioRxiv a més d'almenys 1 article publicat en una revista revisada per experts. Els articles “pre-print” no poden substituir l'article publicat obligatori.

2.1. No hi pot haver dues tesis doctorals de dos doctorands diferents que incloguin el mateix conjunt d'articles.

2.2. Un article amb dos o més primers autors conjunts es pot utilitzar en més d'una tesi sempre que cada estudiant de doctorat hagi fet una contribució important a la recerca en aquest article. Aquesta gran contribució específica de cada doctorand a l'article s'ha de descriure en el manuscrit de la tesi doctoral.

2.3. Una tesi doctoral ha d'incloure una o més aportacions de recerca originals. Els articles de revisió no es poden incloure com a contribucions de recerca originals, però es poden incloure a la tesi com a material addicional de la tesi.

Once the notification email with the Doctoral Thesis Defence Authorization and Approval of the Thesis Committee are received you can start organising your thesis defence following these steps. Please note that the date will not be fixed until you recive our confirmation. 

• The thesi defence is a public event so an audience can attend. There are no specific rules concerning the length of the thesis defence at UPF. In general, the event takes from 1 1/2 to 3 hours in total and the doctoral student defends his/her thesis during 45 minutes approximately.

• The chairperson of the committee leads the thesis defence proceedings. The proceedings must consist of the doctoral student's exposé of the research work carried out, the methodology used, the contents and conclusions, with special reference to its original contributions. The members of the committee may ask the doctoral student any questions they deem appropriate. Likewise, the doctors present at the public defence proceedings may ask questions at the time and in the manner stipulated by the chairperson of the panel. 

• The president is also responsible for asking all attendees in the room (virtual or face-to-face) to leave temporarily so that the court can make the deliberation. The attendance to the deliberation session is exclusive for the members of the committee.

• When the defence is completed, the members of the committee grade the thesis Fail, Pass, Good or Excellent. In case of obtaining an Excellent, they may also propose the thesis for a "cum laude mention" and for being a cadidate of the extraordinary award for its academic year. Both mentions shall be decided by secret ballot of the members of the committe and the student must obtain a unanimous positive vote to achieve each mention. For that reason at the end of the defense the committee cannot make public the maximum grade obtained.

• At the end of the defence we would need to receive all the required documents, previously received by mail. You can sign with your digital signature / IdCAT or print, sign and scan the documents (in this case, we ask you to send the original copies by post, too. UPF Phd Program. PRBB building. C/Doctor Aiguader, 88. 08003, Barcelona. Spain). We'll appreciate receiving by email the scanned copy of the documents signed after the defence (PhD in Biomedicine <[email protected]>). At latest the day after the thesis defence.

Official documents

The secretary of the committee should supervise and collect all the official documents of the Doctoral Thesis Defence, and hand them in to the PhD Programme Secretariat after the defence (PRBB, 3rd floor, office 300.04)

Possible doctoral thesis grades

• Fail
• Pass
• Good
• Excellent.

Only when a doctoral thesis is graded Excellent, the members of the committee may propose a "Cum Laude mention" by secret ballot.

After the defence, the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Progamme is responsible for counting the votes and grading the doctoral thesis Excellent Cum Laude, if the secret ballot is unanimously in favor. The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme is also responsible for informing the doctoral student, the thesis supervisor and the members of the committee of the final grade within the week after the defence.

If your main tribunal members are travelling to attend the thesis defence please contact us by mail at the following address [email protected]

Please, note that we will not be able to reimburse your travel expenses if you manage transport or/and accommodation by yourself.

We can offer a limited budget on covering the travel expenses of the main members of the board and we do not charge diets. Please confirm the limits with the PhD secretariat and look for an alternative budged in case of extra expenses.

Alternatively, the university offers you the chance to attend the defence electronically. This makes management more affordable and environmentally friendly.

If you have to send your PhD certificate to a foreign institution, you might also apply for the “European Diploma Supplement (SET)”. This document is included in the cost of the title and it's issued in English. You should ask for it together with your official PhD degree certificate application

(See a SET exemple here)