documentary commitment
Upon admission to the Program, the documentary commitment (thesis commitment) It will be signed by the doctoral student, his or her tutor and his/her director(s), as well as by the Coordinator of the Doctoral Program and the Director of the International Doctoral School. The documentary commitment establishes the rights and duties of the doctoral student, thesis director(s) and tutor, and, through it, commits all of them to comply with the code of good practice. It also contemplates the conflict resolution procedure and aspects related to intellectual or industrial property rights that may be generated in the scope of the Doctoral Program.
The signing of the thesis commitment must be done electronically:
Access for the doctoral student: https://gestion2.urjc.es/compromisodocumental/
Access for directors and tutors: https://gestion2.urjc.es/compromisodocumental/profesor
If after the initial assignment there is a change in the direction/tutorship, it will be necessary to sign a new documentary commitment again and attach in the process of changing the director/tutor through the URJC Electronic Headquarters: https://www.urjc.es/informacion-practica#solicitud-de-cambio-de-director-y-o-tutor. To do this, the doctoral student must download the documentary commitment in pdf (see below). In general, the sequence of signatures will be: 1) student, 2) tutor, 3) directors, 4) doctoral program coordinator and 5) director of the International Doctoral School. In it “Change of director/guardian” process The doctoral student must attach the pdf document (without blocking, in the case of a digital signature) including the signature of the following people, as they would be if their application is accepted: 1) student, 2) tutor and 3) director/s.
If handwritten signatures and digital signatures are considered, the document must first be signed by the people with a handwritten signature. Subsequently, the document will be scanned and the rest of the people will sign it with an electronic signature. In this sense, it should be noted that both the coordinator of the doctoral program and the director of the International Doctoral School have an electronic signature.
You can download the certificate of appointment of director and/or tutor of doctoral thesis accessing the documentary commitment application and filtering by the academic year in which the doctoral student began his studies. When all participants in the thesis have signed the documentary commitment, you can download the Certificate by accessing the “Actions” column, “Certificate” entry.
Supervisory commitment / Supervision commitment
Research ethics
Authorization from the Ethics Committee for certain investigations:
Doctoral students and their supervisors/supervisors are reminded that certain research require the report approval from a Research Ethics Committee in order to be carried out.
These are those that include:
-Clinical experimentation with human beings.
-Use of human tissues from patients, embryonic or fetal tissues.
-Use of human tissues, embryonic or fetal tissues from sample or tissue banks.
- Observational, psychological or behavioral research in humans.
-Participation of students pending evaluation by one of the project researchers.
-Use of personal data, genetic information and other protected data.
-Use of biological agents that pose a risk to human, animal or plant health.
-Experimentation with live animals.
-Experimentation with isolated organ or samples extracted after animal sacrifice.
-Experimentation with animal samples obtained from other sources (slaughterhouses, purchases from other companies or researchers).
-Use of genetically modified organisms.
-Participation of minors
-Participation of people (minors and/or adults) without the capacity to express their consent, consent by representation being necessary.
In these cases, the Research Plan must be submitted for evaluation by a Research Ethics Committee. before starting data collection or research activity.
Form to be completed in the event that you use information with personal data in the development of your doctoral thesis / This form is to be completed if your personal details are used whilst writing your doctorate thesis.
The fact that the Research Plan is approved by the Academic Commission of the Doctoral Program does not imply that it has been submitted to the evaluation of a Research Ethics Committee.
More information, with instructions, procedures and models, can be found on the URJC Research Ethics Committee page: https://www.urjc.es/i-d-i/etica-de-la-investigacion
Industrial Mention
La industry mention is one of the mentions that the student can include in his title. According to the Regulations Governing Doctoral Studies, the student who does his doctorate at the Rey Juan Carlos University can include in his doctoral degree and under certain conditions, the following mentions:
1. International Doctorate (link)
2. Industrial Doctorate
3. Cum laude: The thesis evaluation committee may grant the mention of cum laude if the overall grade is outstanding and the positive secret vote is unanimously issued in this regard.
According to the Industrial mention in the doctorate degree:
Students who defend their Doctoral Thesis after August 1, 2024 (Royal Decree 576/2023 that modifies Royal Decree 99/2011)
This mention will be obtained by carrying out doctoral studies with the collaboration of the social and economic fabric in order to promote collaboration and the transfer and exchange of knowledge between the academic world and the social and economic world, whether it is the public sphere or private. The "Industrial Doctorate" mention may be awarded provided the following circumstances occur:
- That the thesis has developed a research project of industrial, commercial, social or cultural interest of an entity, public or private company or public administration. Universities, public research organizations (national or regional) and hospitals are excluded. Exceptionally, this mention may be made in any of these institutions, except in universities, provided that the content of the thesis is eminently applied. The direct relationship between the doctoral thesis and the work carried out by the doctoral student in the entity or company must be formalized in a scientific-technical memory which must be approved by the university by request to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program (form).
- That you have subscribed a agreement between the entity, company or public administration and the university for the academic development of the doctoral thesis, which will establish, at a minimum, the obligations of the parties and the industrial property rights that may be generated.
- That the doctoral student has been hired or contracted by the entity, company or public administration where the research project is developed for at least one year during the development of the thesis, it being necessary that a substantial part of it be developed in the entity, company or public administration.
The doctoral student will have a tutor person of the thesis designated by the university and a person in charge designated by the entity, company or public administration, which may be, where appropriate, Director or Director of the thesis in accordance with the provisions of this royal decree. In no case may the person designated by the company be part of the thesis evaluation panel.
Students who defend their Doctoral Thesis before August 1, 2024 (Royal Decree 99/2011)
The title of doctor may include the mention "Industrial Doctorate" on its front, provided that the following circumstances concur:
- That the doctoral student has participated in an industrial research or experimental development project directly related to his doctoral thesis. This direct relationship will be accredited by a memory that will have to be endorsed by the University.
- That the project referred to in the previous section has been developed in a company or Public Administration in which the service is provided (excluding universities).
- That there is a labor or commercial contract between the company (private sector or public sector) and the doctoral student or between the Public Administration and the doctoral student.
- That the doctoral student has requested authorization to the Academic Commission (form) and provide a technical report on the industrial research or experimental development project.
If the industrial research or experimental development project has been carried out in collaboration between the University and the company or Public Administration in which the doctoral student works, a framework collaboration agreement Between the parts.
The doctoral student will have a tutor of thesis designated by the Academic Commission of the Doctoral Program, and a Oenology designated by the company or Public Administration, which may be, where appropriate, the thesis Director in accordance with the regulations of the Doctorate.
El The EID Management Committee will be the one who will authorize the defense of the thesis after the favorable report of the Academic Commission based on the documentation provided by the doctoral student to said commission
The regulations that regulate the International Mention are collected in Article 30 of the Regulatory Regulations for Doctoral Studies at URJC(approved by the Governing Council on 7/06/2019).
Supervision and monitoring of the thesis (RAPI)
Supervision and monitoring of the doctoral thesis
The monitoring of the doctoral student's work, the Research Plan, the Personal Training Plan and the thesis is carried out through the periodic supervision of the doctoral students by their director/s, as well as the tutor, and through conferences supervision of advances in research and transfer and the annual evaluation by the Academic Commission of the doctoral program.
Through the RAPI application, the Academic Committee will evaluate the Research Plan and the Personal Training Plan or its progress, as well as the training activities carried out, along with the reports that the tutor and the director must issue for this purpose. The positive evaluation will be an essential requirement to continue in the program. In the event of a negative evaluation, which will be duly motivated, the doctoral student must be evaluated again within a period of six months, to which end they will correct what has been indicated by the Academic Committee. In the event of a new negative evaluation, the doctoral student will permanently withdraw from the Program.
Before the end of the first year of their affiliation to the program, the doctoral student will prepare a RESEARCH PLAN AND PERSONAL TRAINING PLAN:
1. A Research Plan that will include, at least, the methodology to be used and the objectives to be achieved, as well as the means and time planning to achieve it.
2. A Personal Training Plan which will indicate a forecast of the training activities that will be developed during the doctoral thesis (courses, seminars, mobility actions, etc.).
To this end, the doctoral student will complete the form provided in this section and upload it to the RAPI application available in the corresponding tab.
This document may be improved and detailed throughout your stay in the program and must be endorsed by the director(s) and tutor.
The director/s and tutor of the thesis will carry out the evaluation and approval of the Research Plan and Personal Training Plan through the RAPI application.
Ethical considerations: The fact that the Research Plan is approved by the Academic Committee of the doctoral program does not imply that it has been submitted to the evaluation of an Ethics Committee. Doctoral students and their directors and/or tutor are reminded that if they consider that their research requires a favorable report from a Research Ethics Committee, they must submit the Research Plan to evaluation before beginning to collect data. data or research activity. More information
Deposit and defense of the thesis
Application for deposit and defense of the doctoral thesis
General information on requirements for the deposit and defense of the Doctoral Thesis can be found here.
The Doctoral Thesis deposit request forms can be found here.
Visual help file to make the request for deposit of the Doctoral Thesis (visual file)
Prior to requesting deposit of the thesis, it is recommended that the student verify that he or she meets the necessary requirements to make the request:
- The information provided by the Academic Commission of the Doctoral Program has been reviewed in case there are specific conditions to make the deposit request.
- The documentary commitment document is duly signed by all parties.
- Registration for the current course has been formalized.
- The mandatory activities of the program and the international mention, industrial mention or co-tutorship (if applicable) have been carried out and these have been incorporated, with the corresponding supporting documents, in the activities document (RAPI). These activities have the acceptance of the tutor and director(s) of the thesis.
- There are two positive evaluations in the ordinary period and the director(s) and tutor have favorably evaluated the course in which the deposit is made.
- In case of requesting international mention and/or industrial mention for the doctorate degree, have the corresponding authorizations from the Academic Commission of the Doctoral Program.
- The training complements, if applicable, have been completed.
- The permanence period has not been exceeded.
Duration of studies
The duration of doctoral studies depends on the dedication regime:
1. Full time It is for a maximum of 3 years, with the possibility of 1 year of ordinary extension.
2. Part time It is a maximum of 5 years, with the possibility of 2 years of ordinary extension
3. When there has been a change in the dedication regime (from full-time to part-time or vice versa), it will be calculated proportionally according to Annex I of the Permanence Regulations for students enrolled in the URJC International Doctoral School ( https://www.urjc.es/images/Universidad/Presentacion/normativa/Normativa_Permanencia_EID.pdf), with the possibility of 1,5 years of ordinary extension.
Exceptionally, the duration of doctoral studies could be extended through an extraordinary extension for another additional year.
For the purposes of calculating the length of stay indicated in the previous sections, leave due to student illness, maternity or paternity leave, serious or prolonged illness of first-degree relatives, especially relevant labor causes or any other will not be taken into account. cause provided for by current regulations, provided that an temporary leave and is approved by the Academic Commission of the program.
El change in the dedication regime It can only be executed at the time of enrollment for the concept of academic supervision corresponding to each academic year. No changes will be made in the dedication regime when the request is made after enrolling in the academic year prior to the end of the stay without counting the extensions. During the extension period, changes to the dedication regime may not be made either.
The students must make a request of ordinary, extraordinary extension, change in the dedication regime or temporary leave using the corresponding procedure of the catalog via Electronic Headquarters of the Rey Juan Carlos University. The student must have the approval of her/s director/s and tutor. The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program must authorize the granting or not of said request.
All the details regarding any of the above points can be consulted in the Permanence Regulations for students enrolled in the URJC International Doctoral School: https://www.urjc.es/images/Universidad/Presentacion/normativa/Normativa_Permanencia_EID .pdf
Awards
Doctoral thesis awards:
Extraordinary Awards
Academic Year 2022-2023
Academic Year 2021-2022
Academic Courses 2019-2020 and 2020-2021
Others awards
- VI Call for Awards for Young Researchers and Innovators of the Rey Juan Carlos University. In Modality A, the best theses defended by students of the Rey Juan Carlos University during the 2022-2023 academic year will be awarded.
Help for doctoral thesis
Grants from the Community of Madrid
- Grants for hiring pre-doctoral research staff in training
- Aid for the execution of contracts research assistants and laboratory technicians co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), through the Community of Madrid Program, 2021-2027
- Grants for the completion of industrial doctorates in the Community of Madrid
The information associated with the calls and deadlines for these grants is available at https://gestiona3.madrid.org/quadrivium/convocatorias
Employment Processes
Thesis in 3 Minutes Contest (3MT®)
VIII Thesis in 3 Minutes Contest (3MT®) 2024
VII Thesis Contest in 3 Minutes (3MT®) 2023
VI Thesis Contest in 3 Minutes (3MT®) 2022
V Thesis Contest in 3 Minutes (3MT®) 2021
#HiloTesis Contest
III Edition Contest #HiloTesis
II Edition Contest #HiloTesis
Offer thesis projects
URJC researchers with at least one six-year period of research (essential requirement to direct a doctoral thesis in accordance with RD 576/2023 that regulates doctoral studies)
can announce your doctoral thesis proposals in this space. Interested researchers must provide all the information collected in the
form and send it through the institutional email at
pdf format to the email account
. The title of the pdf file must correspond to the name of the title of the proposed project (“project title.pdf”). The thesis topic proposals sent will be visible on the EID website
during the current calendar year, its renewal being necessary annually at the beginning of each calendar year.
Important: The International Doctoral School makes the following information available to potential doctoral students and directors in order to facilitate meeting points between them. This procedure It does not imply the assignment of a director nor does it constitute any commitment for any of the parties.. If an agreement is reached, potential doctoral students must pre-register for the doctoral program, complying with all the requirements established in the EID regulations (consult here) and will not have any special treatment.
Knowledge Areas:
Social and Legal Sciences
- Comparative analysis of the legislation on prostitution and sexual exploitation of others
- Aanalysis of the origin, structure and culture of the Spanish global elites
- Artificial Intelligence and fundamental rights
- Evolution of women's right to education as a cornerstone of female emancipation.
- Digital servitization: economic and environmental impact
- Cultural journalism in the 21st century
- The Marshall Plan
- Macroprudential Policies
- Economic Intelligence
- The legitimacy of new purchasing behaviors
- Textual analysis of films, television series, video games, photography, manga, anime, graphic novel, comic.Textual analysis of films, television series, video games, photography, manga, anime, graphic novel, comic.
- Titles related to the analysis of the labor market from a gender perspective
- Vulnerability, social groups and human rights
- Vulnerability, social groups and human rights II
- Behavioral finance and technology
Engineering and architecture
Student procedures
Request for temporary or permanent withdrawal from doctoral studies
The student may request Temporary or Permanent Withdrawal from the doctoral study program in which he or she is enrolled through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/BAJADT/
If you have any questions, you can contact the International Doctoral School through the query mailbox. http://ayuda.urjc.es.
Request to change dedication regime (full/part-time) in doctoral studies
The student may request a Change of Dedication to full or part-time in the doctoral study program in which he or she is enrolled through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/DEDICA/
If you have any questions, you can contact the International Doctoral School through the query mailbox. http://ayuda.urjc.es
Request for change of director and/or tutor
The student may request a change of director and/or tutor of the doctoral thesis through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/CAMDTE/
The description of the procedure details the necessary documentation that the application must include.
If you have any questions, you can contact the International Doctoral School through the query mailbox. http://ayuda.urjc.es
Application for official academic certificate (and others)
Personal academic certificate (academic record with the grades obtained and credits passed)
The Academic Certificate must be requested through the Electronic Office. Below are the procedures to follow:
Within the website of the Electronic Office, – Catalog of procedures – Application for Academic Certification.
- The system will ask for the keys as a corporate user (single domain keys).
- Choose the degree for which you want to request the academic certificate.
- You can choose if you want the certificate in Spanish or English.
- The system generates a draft.
To download the signed Academic Certificate you have to follow these steps:
- Access, within the website of the Electronic Office– Citizen Folder.
- Access Documents and search for the document named Academic Certification.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Postgraduate Office through the query mailbox http://ayuda.urjc.es.
Other certificates
You may request other types of certificates through the Student Help Mailbox (http://ayuda.urjc.es), section DOCTORATE/TITLES
Request for supplementary certificate to the title
The supplementary certification provisionally replaces the title until it is issued and will enjoy the same value for the purposes of exercising the rights inherent to it. Said certification will include the essential data that must appear in the corresponding title.
The certification has the same legal effects in the national territory as those of the definitive title. In order for it to be valid outside of Spain, it will need to be legalized through the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training.
It can be requested through the following link: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/SOLSUP/
Doctor degree application
The student may request the electronic issuance and pay for his Doctor's degree through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/SOLTIT/
The student must be up to date with all payments to the Rey Juan Carlos University in order to request the issuance of the university degree.
See instructions here before starting the process.
Making inquiries to the International Doctoral School
The International Doctoral School only responds to student queries made through the query mailbox. http://ayuda.urjc.es.
Procedures for academic staff
Application for certificate of direction/tutoring of completed doctoral thesis
Doctoral thesis directors and tutors can request a certificate of doctoral thesis direction/tutoring once the doctoral thesis has been defended, the documentation has been received at the EID and the voting has concluded. cum laude (if applicable, including the opening of the ballot box in the presence of the secretary). The request must be made through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office:
https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/CERTDT/
Note that this information is public and can be accessed from the doctoral theses database (TESEO) of the Ministry of Universities: https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/irGestionarConsulta.do;jsessionid=1F7E8A91E667A8AFED529C50799E1221
Application for certificate of direction/tutoring of doctoral thesis in development
The certificates of direction/tutoring of doctoral theses in development (that is, doctoral theses that have not yet been defended) are generated directly through the DOCUMENTARY COMMITMENT platform. (https://gestion2.urjc.es/compromisodocumental/profesor). By accessing the platform with the unique domain keys you can view the list of doctoral students whom you direct/mentor. To do this, you must consult the academic year in which the direction/tutoring of each student began. At the bottom of the screen a link appears with the text “CERTIFICATE”. By clicking on this link the certificate is generated directly. Remind them that if a change of address has been made during the thesis process or it is a triple address, the certificate cannot be downloaded from the application.
Request for certificate of having been part of the doctoral thesis committee
Doctors who have participated as members of the evaluation panel of a doctoral thesis may request a certificate that certifies their participation in the defense act as president/secretary/member. To do this, it is necessary that the doctoral thesis has been defended, the documentation has been received at the EID, the voting has concluded cum laude (if applicable, including the opening of the ballot box in the presence of the secretary). The request must be made through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office:
https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/CERTMI/
Note that this information is public and can be accessed from the doctoral theses database (TESEO) of the Ministry of Universities: https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/irGestionarConsulta.do;jsessionid=1F7E8A91E667A8AFED529C50799E1221
Application for a trainer certificate in training activities organized by the EID
Trainers of any specific or transversal training activity organized by the EID can request a certificate through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Headquarters:
https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/CERTFO/
Please note that the EID cannot certify activities that have not been approved by the Steering Committee.