PERMANENCE
Persons entering a doctoral programme certified under RD 99/2011, of January 28, which regulates official doctoral studies, will be subject to an academic progress system that respects the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 2
"The duration of the doctoral studies will be a maximum of three years full-time, from the admission of the candidate to the programme to the submission of the thesis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after approval by the academic committee responsible for the programme, doctoral studies may be followed part-time. In this case the studies may have a maximum duration of five years from admission to the programme to submission of the thesis.
If after three years the student has not applied to submit the thesis, the committee responsible for the programme may authorize an extension of this period for one year, which may be extended exceptionally for one further year subject to the conditions established in the doctoral programme. In the case of part-time studies the period may be extended by two years and exceptionally for one further year.
For the purpose of calculating this period, time off for sickness, pregnancy and any other cause provided for by current legislation will not be taken into account. Furthermore, the doctoral student may apply for temporary leave from the programme for a maximum period of one year, extendable by up to one year. Such a request shall be addressed and justified before the academic committee responsible for the programme, which will decide on the suitability of accepting the student's request."
FULL TIME /PART TIME
Agreement of 5 December 2018, of the Steering Committee of the Doctoral School regarding the full-time or part-time dedication of the trainee researcher:
- By default, all new doctoral students will enroll full-time. Those who wish to enrol part-time must indicate so in the application document. The doctoral students of the rest of the courses may request the change of dedication to the academic committee, within the deadlines established for each academic year. The committee shall decide in accordance with the powers conferred on it by article 17.8. of the Internal Regulations of the Doctoral School of the UdL (Agreement no. 104/2012 of the Board of Governors of 30 May 2012) and in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of the Doctoral Regulations, on the duration of doctoral studies. Doctoral students are subject to the continuance regulations established in Article 13 of the Doctoral Regulations.
- All researchers in training who have a predoctoral contract will be enrolled ex officio full-time. In no case, however, will the contract that the doctoral student may have be linked to the duration of their doctoral studies. Once they have completed the three years of their thesis, even if their contract has not yet ended, they must request the ordinary extension for the completion of the doctorate.
APPLICATION FORM FOR CHANGE OF DEDICATION PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME (Deadline for submitting applications: from May 2 to July 15. If the resolution is favourable, the effects are from the following academic year).
Instructions for submitting applications:
Once completed, applications must be submitted through the electronic office: "generic instance". You must identify yourself with the digital certificate of the UdL, or with the username and password with which you access the Campus Virtual. You must directly attach the completed application, to which you can also attach other pdf documents, if necessary. This request must be digitally signed by your thesis director, authorizing the request.
You must direct the application to the Doctoral School and fill in all the fields of the electronic office registration form. Finally, you must press the "Registration and signature" button (the document will be signed automatically by the doctoral student).
EXTENSION:
Doctoral students enrolled full time:
- 1st extension (ordinary): one more year
- 2nd extension (extraordinary): one more year
Doctoral students enrolled at partial temps:
- 1st extension (ordinary): two more years
- 2nd extension (extraordinary): one more year
* The enrollment method of the last course will be taken as a reference.
DOCTORAL STUDIES EXTENSION REQUEST (Doctoral Programmes RD 99/2011) (Deadline for submitting the application: during the two months before the end of the stay in the dossier of the doctoral student, which you can consult in the RAPI)).
Instructions for submitting applications:
Once completed, applications must be submitted through the electronic office: "generic instance". You must identify yourself with the digital certificate of the UdL, or with the username and password with which you access the Campus Virtual. You must directly attach the completed application, to which you can also attach other pdf documents, if necessary. This request must be digitally signed by your thesis director, authorizing the request.
You must direct the application to the Doctoral School and fill in all the fields of the electronic office registration form. Finally, you must press the "Registration and signature" button (the document will be signed automatically by the doctoral student).
Royal Decreee 576/2023, of 4 of july, amending Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, 2011, regulating official doctoral studies.
The duration of doctoral studies will be counted from the date of enrolment of the doctoral student in the programme until the date of deposit of the doctoral thesis.
- Full-time: four years
- Part-time: seven years
- When the doctoral student is a person with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, the duration of doctoral studies will be a maximum of six years full-time and nine years part-time.
Before the end of the periods mentioned in the previous sections, if the application for deposit of the thesis has not been submitted, the Academic Committee responsible for the programme, at the request of the doctoral student, may authorise the extension of this period for a further year, under the conditions established in the corresponding doctoral programme.