International Cotutelle (Double PhD Degree)

The thesis is developed under a collaboration agreement with a foreign university.

There will be double supervision of the thesis, and the doctoral training objectives of the two universities must be met.

The doctoral candidate will obtain two PhD titles, each issued by one of the universities, although these titles will express the conditions of collaboration.

To this end, the title of Spanish Doctor will include on its front the document "Thesis under joint supervision with the University U", provided that the requirements established in art 15.2 of RD 99/2011, which regulates doctoral studies, are met.

The aim is to promote and materialize international collaboration in the training of researchers and this requires the design of a joint training program and a cooperative doctoral project.

·         The candidate must meet the admission requirements of a uc3m Doctoral program.

·         It will be necessary to prepare a joint doctoral work plan (research and training) that ensures the added value of the cooperation and establishes the activities and stays required and scheduled in each of the institutions. Said work plan will be a binding Annex to the collaboration agreement that is established.

·         The PhD thesis will be carried out under the joint supervision of two researchers each designated by each of the participating institutions.

·         The doctoral student will spend at least six months in each of the signatory institutions of the doctoral cotutelle agreement

·         The doctoral student must present and obtain approval of the thesis at each of the participating institutions.

·         The thesis defense will take place on a single unique session and will take place in one of the two participating institutions..

·         The evaluation committee of the thesis defense will be appointed by common agreement between the institutions, with its members being mostly external to the participating institutions.

·         The thesis will be evaluated by the designated committee, following the evaluation systems provided for in each of the institutions.

·         It is essential to sign a joint supervision agreement with a double degree between the participating institutions that includes all the specific aspects agreed upon and the doctoral work plan

·         The doctoral candidate - with positive admission to the uc3m - must submit a request to the CAPD to develop their thesis under the doctoral co-tutorship scheme with a double degree. Please submit the following application form (Solicitud Cotutela)

·         The Dean of the Doctoral School may approve the request for a cotutelle upon proposal from the CAPD.

·         The Administration of the Doctoral School, with the help of the uc3m Legal Bureau Services, will prepare an agreement (which will contain the work plan as an Annex), which can be signed by the participating institutions.

1.     You will attend the uc3m internal procedure to obtain defense approval

2.     You must have properly registered in SIGMA the information and documents that prove the completion of the doctoral research stays.

3.     A PhD thesis under joint cotutelle, may also be eligible for the "International Distinction" in the PhD title, if stays are carried out in institutions other than those formalized in the joint agreement.

4.     You will attend the procedure of the foreign institution to present and obtain approval of the defense

5.     The academic event of the PhD thesis defense session and evaluation will be held in a single session at the agreed institution.