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Online application

NOTE 1: Only one application per candidate may be submitted, with the option to choose up to a maximum of three options among the different Doctoral Programmes.

Submission of admission applications:

  • Ordinary phase: from 5 May 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (mainland Spain time) to 23 June at 2:00 p.m. (mainland Spain time).
  • Extraordinary phase: from 13 October at 10:00 a.m. (mainland Spain time) to 19 October at 2:00 p.m. (mainland Spain time).

Admission Application Form:

  1. Access to the application:
  2. Link to the form: Direct access to the 2026–2027 pre-enrolment form.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may modify the order of the programmes and change doctoral programmes until 23 June at 2:00 p.m. by accessing the form and making the corresponding changes.

  1. Pre-enrolment manual: Available here.

NOTE 2: Applicants may request a pre-admission letter by submitting a request through TiquetingUV, indicating their first name, surname, ID/Passport number, and application details.

Required documentation

NOTE: For students of the UV, it is not necessary to attach the ID, university degrees, or certificates.

The documentation must be submitted electronically together with the pre‑enrolment application, following the instructions below. All documents must be scanned and uploaded as a single file within each section.

Documentation required from all applicants

  1. Identity document.
  2. Motivation letter.
  3. Endorsement from the researcher proposed as potential supervisor.
  4. Curriculum vitae.
  5. Research proposal.
  6. Proof of language proficiency.
  7. Proof of professional experience and/or scholarships.
  8. Disability certificate, where applicable.
  9. Supporting documentation justifying part‑time dedication, where applicable.

Additional documentation according to the mode of access to doctoral studies

Depending on the qualification used for admission to doctoral studies, applicants must attach the following additional documentation:

A. Applicants accessing with a Spanish university degree:

  • Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees (or equivalent) certifying 300 ECTS credits:
  1. Official Master’s degree certificate.
  2. Official academic transcript of the Master’s degree (grades/marks).
  3. Official Bachelor’s degree certificate.
  4. Official academic transcript of the Bachelor’s degree (grades/marks).
  • Qualification certifying 300 ECTS credits and MECES level 3:
  1. Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent.
  2. Official academic transcript of the Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent (grades/marks).
  • Degree plus two years of training to obtain Health Sciences specialisations:
  1. University degree certificate.
  2. Official academic transcript (grades/marks).
  3. Specialist qualification or certificate accrediting completion of the two years of training.

B. Applicants accessing with a foreign degree (see section “Information for Foreign Degrees”):

  • From an EHEA country certifying MECES level 7 and granting access to doctoral studies:
  1. Master’s degree or equivalent, with official translation where applicable.
  2. Official academic transcript of the Master’s degree or equivalent (grades/marks), with official translation where applicable.
  3. Conversion of grades to the 10‑point grading scale for the qualifying degree.
  4. Documentary evidence that the degree qualifies the holder for access to doctoral studies in the country of issue, with official translation where applicable.
  5. Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent, with official translation where applicable.
  6. Official academic transcript of the Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent (grades/marks), with official translation where applicable.
  7. Conversion of grades to the 10‑point grading scale for the Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent.
  • From a non‑EHEA country equivalent to a Master’s degree and granting access to doctoral studies:
  1. Master’s degree or equivalent, with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  2. Official academic transcript of the Master’s degree or equivalent (grades/marks), with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  3. Conversion of grades to the 10‑point grading scale for the Master’s degree or equivalent.
  4. Documentary evidence that the degree qualifies the holder for access to doctoral studies in the country of issue, with official translation where applicable. Please see here.
  5. Favourable decision granting access to doctoral studies issued by a Spanish university.
  6. Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent, with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  7. Official academic transcript of the Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent (grades/marks), with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  8. Conversion of grades to the 10‑point grading scale for the Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent.
  • Degrees officially recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education:
  1. Master’s degree or equivalent, with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  2. Official academic transcript of the Master’s degree or equivalent (grades/marks), with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  3. Conversion of grades to the 10‑point grading scale for the Master’s degree or equivalent.
  4. Official recognition credential (homologación) of the foreign Master’s degree or equivalent.
  5. Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent, with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  6. Official academic transcript of the Bachelor’s degree (grades/marks), formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent, with official translation where applicable, and legalisation or apostille.
  7. Conversion of grades to the 10‑point grading scale for the foreign Bachelor’s degree, formerly Licenciatura in Spain or equivalent.

C. Applicants accessing with another Doctoral degree:

  • If the degree is Spanish or from an EHEA country, applicants must submit the doctoral degree certificate.
  • If the degree is from a non‑EHEA country, applicants must submit an officially recognised doctoral degree certificate.
  • If the degree is from a non‑EHEA country and has not been officially recognised, applicants may submit a favourable equivalence decision issued by a Spanish university or request an equivalence assessment within the admission application form. 
Results of the allocation of places
  • Ordinary phase: Admission results will be notified to applicants electronically on 17 September 2026.
  • Extraordinary phase: Admission results will be notified to applicants electronically on 10 November 2026.
Appeals
  • Ordinary phase: Appeals against the admission results (specifically against the scoring) may be submitted through the Electronic Office during 17, 18, and 19 September 2026.
  • Extraordinary phase: Appeals against the admission results (specifically against the scoring) may be submitted through the Electronic Office during 11 and 12 November 2026.
Self enrolment

Only applicants who have been admitted may enrol. Please consult the Enrolment section for further details.

 
  1. Instructions for application
  2. Documentation to be submitted
  3. Resolution
  4. Notification and publication
  5. Claim term
  6. Enrolment

1. Instructions for application

Pre-registration applications are available to those who meet the general and specific admission requirements for each Doctoral Program within the indicated deadlines.

Applications can be submitted through the following link Application form, starting May 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Spanish time). Access requires credentials. If you have never been enrolled at UV and do not have an account (username and password), you can obtain them  here.

Each interested party may submit only one application and may choose up to three options from among the different Doctoral Programs.

Students who complete the studies leading to a doctoral degree during the current academic year may pre-register, even if they have not completed these studies at the time of submitting their application. They may be admitted and formalize their enrollment. In any case, this registration will be conditional on meeting all entry requirements by 11:59 p.m. (Spanish time) on November 30, 2025. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the automatic cancellation of the registration.

2. Documentation

Documentation must be submitted electronically with the pre-registration application, following the instructions below. The student is responsible for the authenticity of the documentation submitted electronically.

Original copies are not requested, except in the case that there are doubts about their authenticity.

In this case, the University will ask to the student the presentation of evidence  by the comparison of the copies or, if it is opportune, the original documents.

The documents which must be attached in the application are:

a) Photocopy of the ID (Spanish citizens), NIE (residents in Spain) or Passport (foreign citizens) all of them valid. 

b) Official University Degree (as the case may be)

  •  Degree and master’s degree  certificates (Article 6.1 Royal Decree 576/2023).
  • Licenciado qualification (former Spanish undergraduate degree) (Governing Council agreement 24/06/2014).
  • Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Tertiary Education Diploma) obtained according to the provisions of the Royal Decree 77/1998, 30 April, or to have reached the research proficiency regulated by the Royal Decree 185/1985, 23 January.
  • Certificate of a Positive Assessment in 2 courses for specialised healthcare training.
  • Former Doctoral certificates according to former regulations (Former Doctoral programme certification).

If the admission is by means of an official master's degree, the master's degree and the degree of the previous official university studies must be provided.

If the degrees are obtained at universities in states that are neither European Union members nor signatories to the European Economic Agreement or a bilateral agreement with the European Union, the degree must be duly legalised or apostilled and, as the case may be, accompanied by an official translation (see admission requirements for foreign graduates).

In addition, in the case of official degrees obtained at universities in states outside the European Higher Education Area, it will be necessary to present the degree's homologation credential from the Spanish Ministry of Education. If the degree has not been homologated, the applicant will have to pay, at the time of pre-enrolment, the corresponding fee for the equivalence study of his/her degree. The study of the equivalence of degrees is subject to an administrative fee payable at the time of electronic pre-registration for the doctorate. (See the annual Decree of the Government of the Generalitat Valenciana which sets the fees for the provision of university academic services). If the pre-enrolment for the doctorate has already been made in previous years and the corresponding equivalence decision has been obtained, the fee will be waived.

c) Official Academic Certificates. Certificates corresponding to the master's degree and to the previous official studies (Bachelor's degree, etc.). 

Foreign students must submit the official transcript or records legalised or apostilled and, if it is the case, with the official translation. Besides, they must submit the document with the average grade calculated according the procedure established by the Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional.

More information about the procedure here.

If the student provides the official university dregree but not the academic certificate with averagre grade and its conversion, or the grades are not legalized, the average grade which will be taken into account is a 5 (pass) in a scale from 0 to 10.

d) If the Master's degree is from outside the EHEA, a certificate issued by the university of origin indicating that these studies give access to a doctorate in that country (Model certificate). However, for countries within the EHEA, a certificate issued by the university of origin may be required when there is reasonable doubt as to its veracity.

e) Doctoral programme Specific Documentation (languages knowledge, etc).

f) Justification of part-time dedication (work justification, family obligations...): if the chosen dedication is full-time, the student must not submit any document.

g) Motivation letter

h)  In case of disability, copy of the certificate issued by the assessment unit of the Autonomous Community.

i) Other documents 

 3. Resolution 

Once the deadline for submitting the pre-registration application forms have finished, the Academic Phd Committee (Cad) of each Phd’s will evaluate the application forms according to the entry criteria of each Phd’s.

The places offered will be allocated according to the result of the evaluation of the pre-registration application form and of the priority order indicated by the student in the application form.

If the interested part has applied for more than one doctoral programme, the prioritisation of options made at the time of application is binding. Thus, if the applicant has been favourably rated in more than one programme, admission will be to the one he or she has selected as preferential.

4. Notification  

The award results will be communicated to students electronically.

Each student may only be admitted to one PhD program and may be placed on the waiting list for multiple programs to which they have applied with higher priority.

5. Claim Term 

After the notification and publication of the pre-registration results on September 19, complaints about the scoring process may be filed at the Electronic office on September 19, 20, and 21. After these dates, no complaints will be accepted.

During the extraordinary phase, publication will be on November 5, and complaints may be filed on November 5 and 6.

6. Enrolment 

Only the students who are “admitted” may enrol in the established deadline. You can check the enrolment process here.