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.

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.

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.

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.

According to the Royal Decree 99/2011, which regulates the official Doctoral Studies, the title of Doctor will include on its obverse side the diligence "Thesis in joint supervision regime with the University U" whenever the following circumstances:

• That the doctoral thesis is supervised by two or more doctors from two universities, one Spanish and one foreign, who will have to formalise a joint tutelage agreement.
• During the training period required to obtain the doctoral degree, the doctoral student must have spent a minimum of six months at the institution with which the joint supervision agreement is established, carrying out research work, either in a single period or in several. The stays and activities will be reflected in the agreement.

More information

The completion of a co-tutorised thesis requires the prior signature of an agreement between the two universities involved in the joint thesis. Likewise, the doctoral student must comply with a series of administrative requirements to apply for the co-tutorised thesis.

You can check the requirements, as well as the minimum content of the co-tutorised agreement here.

No. Pre-registration and appication for joint supervision doctoral thesis are two separate procedures; and admission to a doctoral programme must always be prior to the co-tutelage application. Thus, the first thing to do is to apply for admission to a doctoral programme by making the corresponding pre-registration. Once you have been admitted to a doctoral program, you can proceed to apply for the co-tutorised thesis.

More information about pre-registration for the doctorate.

Doctorate students enrolled at the Universitat de València who meet the requirements for co-tutelage must submit the Co-tutelage Application Form to the Doctoral School in order to start the procedures for signing the agreement with the university where the co-tutelage will be carried out. This form must be signed by the interested doctoral student and by the rest of the Universitat de València teaching staff involved in the thesis (coordinator, tutor and director). Access to the co-tutorship application form:

https://www.uv.es/escoladoct/procedimientos/formulari_sol_cotutela.pdf

You must be enrolled in both universities, even though the academic fees will be paid, each year, only in one university, according to the agreement for joint supervision.

The text of the joint supervision of doctoral thesis agreement is agreed between the two universities involved once the corresponding co-tutorship application has been received at both universities.

No. The defence of the thesis will be unique and will take place at the university stipulated in the agreement, and in accordance with the conditions established in the agreement.

A thesis under a co-tutorship regime implies that each university will issue the corresponding doctoral degree, upon payment of the corresponding associated fees. In the case of the Universitat de València, and in accordance with state regulations, on the front of the degree there will be a notice stating, "Thesis under a joint supervision with the University U".

The title of Doctor may include the mention "International Doctorate" on its front if at the time of the provisional deposit this is requested, and the following requirements are met

1-A minimum stay of three months in a prestigious foreign university or research centre.

2-That at least the summary and conclusions of the thesis (the academic commission may require, if necessary, a longer extension or even the whole thesis) are written and are going to be defended in a language of scientific use other than Spanish or Valencian (this will not be necessary if the stay and the experts come from a Spanish-speaking country).

3-That two international experts are part of the proposal of experts and issue a report on the thesis (they have to be doctors, justify 5 publications, 3 of them indexed or published in prestigious media, and a link with their university of at least 5 years) and that one of them (who has to be different from the person in charge of the stay) is part of the titular tribunal.

The stay for the mention of International Doctorate must be at least 3 months and can be done in any university or research centre of prestige outside Spain, as long as it is not your home university.

It can be done with or without a scholarship; in both cases the stay must have been approved by the director and authorised by the academic committee of the PhD programme. It can be done in several periods if authorised by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme.

The two foreign experts (they can belong to any university or research institute outside Spain) must meet the same requirements (they must hold a doctorate, accredited research experience, at least five years' connection with their university and cannot be responsible for the stay), since if they do not meet these requirements, if the holder cannot act, the substitute must do so, and if they do not meet the requirements, you will lose the mention of International Doctorate.

The regulations do not prevent the person in charge of the stay from forming part of your thesis, but your thesis will have to be evaluated by two other foreign experts and one of these two will have to form part of the titular tribunal.

The research experience of the two experts will have to be justified by 5 publications in the last 10 years, and at least 3 of them will have to be indexed or published in prestigious media.

In all cases you will have to attach to the deposit of your thesis if you want to apply for the international mention:

1- A certificate issued by the University where you have made the stay in which I make clear the duration (3 months minimum) and who has been the professor responsible for it.

2- The approval of this stay issued by your academic committee.

3- In addition, if you have made the stay with funding (scholarship), you must attach the necessary documentation to justify it. If you have not done it with financing, you will have to attach (in addition to the previous certificate) a report with the work plan that you have done in this one, the curriculum vitae of the professor responsible and of the director of the receiving team (if it is not the same person).