General information
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What are the requirements for the six experts who must be part of a doctoral dissertation panel?
The six experts proposed for the evaluation of the doctoral thesis (3 will form the titular tribunal and 3 the substitute one) must hold a doctorate degree and accredited research experience.
In the case of permanent teaching staff with access to the CNAI assessment system, they must have at least one recognised six-year period in the last 10 years. In the event that any of the experts does not comply with the above, but the Academic Committee considers that they should be part of the panel in view of their curriculum vitae and professional career, this committee would have to request authorisation from the ED in writing addressed to the Director of the School and justifying the merits of the expert.
In the rest of the cases they will have to justify 5 relevant contributions, of which at least 3 of them must be indexed publications or published in prestigious media, in the last 10 years.
Both the proposal of 6 experts and the 3 that form the titular tribunal will have to comply with the equality regulations (50% men, 50% women) or at least the parity (60% or 40%). If it is not possible to comply with the equality regulations due to problems in finding experts of one of the two sexes in the area of knowledge of the thesis, the directors of the thesis will have to make a written justification that the doctoral student will attach to his/her application.
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Can I submit a doctoral thesis written in a language other than Spanish or Valencian if I do not apply for the International Doctorate?
It is possible to authorise the deposit of the thesis in any language of scientific, technical or artistic use other than Spanish or Valencian. In this case, the doctoral thesis must include a comprehensive summary written in one of the languages that are official at the Universitat de València (Spanish or Valencian), which must include the objectives, methodology and conclusions of the thesis with a length between 4000 and 8000 words.
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Can I submit a thesis compendium for the doctoral thesis?
A thesis cpmpendium may be submitted to the UV as a doctoral thesis if the following requirements are met:
1- The doctoral student must submit a minimum of 3 articles published or accepted for publication in an international index such as JCR (WoS) and/or SJR (Scorpus) (If the above requirement cannot be met, each academic committee of the corresponding doctoral programme will determine, in each case, the impact factor that the publications must have on the bibliographic indexes).
2- It must be the first signatory of all the works that I present, in the case of not being it the directors will have to contribute a report that I justify it.
3- The thesis must include a global summary of the theme, the main results and the conclusions, which justify the original contribution of the doctoral student, written in any of the official languages, with a minimum of 4000 words.
4- As an annex, a complete copy of the papers published or accepted for publication shall be included, clearly stating the name and affiliation of all the co-authors of the papers and the complete reference of the journal in which the papers have been published or accepted for publication. In the case of articles admitted for publication, a justification of this admission by the journal must be attached.
5- A report from the thesis directors must be attached, justifying the place of signature of the doctoral student. In the case of co-authorship of the articles, the participation of the doctoral student in these articles must be specified, and whether any of the co-authors of any of the works presented in the doctoral thesis has used, implicitly or explicitly, these works for the completion of another doctoral thesis.
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What do I have to do if I am going to deposit my doctoral thesis and it is subject to a process of protection, technology or knowledge transfer?
If you are going to deposit your thesis and it is subject to a protection process you must request it in writing at the Doctoral School together with:
- A favourable report from your directors and your tutor or
- A copy of your thesis in encrypted form signed by your directors (only the part that is strictly necessary to ensure protection must be encrypted)
- Or the documentation proving the need for protection.
If the Doctoral School authorises it, the doctoral student will have to deposit the thesis in encrypted form.
If they so request, the Doctoral School may authorise access to the full version of the thesis to 2 members of the academic committee, so they make a report for the commission. These two members will have to sign a confidentiality agreement beforehand. Similarly, the members of the panel may request access to the full version of the thesis, in which case the Doctoral School will send it to them, but they will also have to sign a confidentiality commitment beforehand.
The publication of the doctoral thesis in the institutional repository (Roderic) will take place when the protection process has been completed, which will be communicated by the doctoral candidate at the Doctoral School.