UC3M Services for Ph.D. students
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1.- Activate your uc3m student e-mail account
Once your enrollment has been validated, you are required to activate your uc3m student e-mail account (with format 100xxxxxx@alumnos.uc3m.es). It is your resposibility to check your student account inbox periodically so you don't miss any relevant notification.
If you do not want to check that email account regularly because you have another personal account, our advice is to forward emails from the Uc3m account’s inbox to another account that you do check regularly.
As your main way of communication with uc3m, your e-mail account allows you to:
- Receive relevant information about your doctoral training
- Manage administrative tasks
PLEASE NOTE: Your e-mail username and password will give you access to all online applications and services at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid throughout your entire Ph.D. training period.
1. To activate your account, you will need your UC3M Student Identification Number (NIA) with format 100xxxxxx. You can obtain it here.
2. Once you know your UC3M Student Identification Number, you will be allowed to activate your UC3M e-mail account. To do it, please select "New Students" and then "In any other case"
3. Now you are ready to access to UC3M online applications and Services.
If you have already activated your UC3M account and you have forgotten your password, please recover it here
2.- Digital signature for documents - Digital Certificate (Certificado Electrónico)
Whenever possible, documents related to doctoral studies will bear a verifiable electronic signature. If you do not currently have an electronic certificate for this purpose, it is advisable to obtain one, as it will be very useful for expediting administrative procedures.
The University serves as a Registration Office for obtaining the digital certificate issued by the Royal Mint – National Mint and Stamp Factory, or Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT).
The application for the digital certificate is done through three simple steps:
- Apply for the certificate- done online
- Verify your identity at the Registration Office (UC3M) - attending in person
- Download the certificate - done online
The Registration Offices at our University are located in the following Campus Information Points:
- PIC Getafe - Humanities: Ortega y Gasset Building, ground floor.
- PIC Leganés: Sabatini Building, ground floor, room 2.0.A.06.
- PIC Colmenarejo: Miguel de Unamuno Building, ground floor.
Once you have obtained the digital certificate, you may use it at the Electronic Site of any official organism, including uc3m Digital Site (Sede Electrónica)
For further information, please check here.
3.- Registration for Digital Signature app - Portafirmas UC3M
Once you have received the Digital certificate by the FNMT, you need to sign up and register for the uc3m Portafirmas service, so you can digitally sign any documents related to tyour PhD studies.
For this, you need to sign up and register for this service. if you are not registered yet, please request the registration through the following form:
Portafirmas registration form (profile "Enviar y firmar")
Once this procedure is done, you will be all set for submitting and signing documents related to your PhD studies.
4- Online services for Ph.D. students
You can access your Ph.D. Management platform with your UC3M credentials any time to consult information about your doctoral training.
- Ph.D. Management service.
This platform allows to process, among other, the following tasks:
- Enrollment Submit your annual application for re-enrollment at the beginning of each academic year.
- Ph.D. monitoring and annual assessment: Register your Research Plan and activity report for annual assessment by the Academic Committee of your program and check the evaluation results.
- Academic record: Check your courses and credits earned. View your personal data and info about previous study.
5- Ph.D. Student Classrooms (Aula Global)
Our online platform Aula Global aims at making communication easier for you and your Ph.D. supervisors and coordinators. Get access to notifications, teaching material, and guidelines in our virtual Student Classrooms.
- Access Aula Global
6- Get your TUI card
TUI is the Spanish acronym for our free Intelligent University Card issued by uc3m and Banco Santander. As a member of the higher education community, this identity card grants access to a wide variety of services in and out of uc3m.
Further information: Tarjeta Universitaria Inteligente. TUI
