NEW! SIGMA module for online doctoral theses deposit (STES)

Once you have completed your doctoral thesis, the Academic Committee will evaluate it and eventually approve its deposit. When the deposit is approved, you must submit the thesis deposit request through the Online thesis deposit module.

Procedure

  1. PhD student start the deposit request and submit the required documentation. If you do not have all the necessary documents, you can save your request as a draft and complete it later. In this case, you have a maximum of 2 months to finish it.
  2. Thesis supervisor reviews and validates your request. The validation date becomes the official deposit date. If deemed necessary, the supervisor may return the request for corrections.
  3. UGA (Academic Management Unit) reviews the documentation.
  4. Coordinator of the PhD programme validates the documentation and either approves or rejects the deposit. If rejected, the committee must justify the reasons. The validation date marks the start of a 7-working-day public display period.
  5. Steering Committee approves and appoints the thesis examination board.

Tutorials

Website for students

Website for supervisors and coordinators

List of documents to be uploaded

PhD student

- thesis
- letter of changes
- certificate of stay (if you are applying for International Mention)
- activities document
- tribunal proposal and suitability reports

Supervisor

- supervisor's report

UGA

- suitability reports of external evaluators
- external evaluators' reports

Regulations

Art. 16 and 17 of the Academic Regulations for Doctorate courses

Art. 13 and 14 of the RD 99/2011, which regulates official doctoral studies (consolidated text with changes in Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4th of July)