Requirements to obtain the Industrial Mention in the doctoral degree

According to the Industrial mention in the doctorate degree:

This distinction will be awarded by completing doctoral studies in collaboration with the social and economic community, with the aim of fostering collaboration and the transfer and exchange of knowledge between the academic world and the social and economic world, whether public or private. The "Industrial Doctorate" distinction may be awarded provided the following circumstances are met::

1. 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 through a request to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program (a model report can be requested from the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program).
2. That you have subscribed a agreement between the entity, company or public administration and the university for the academic development of the doctoral thesisqwhich will establish, as a minimum, the obligations of the parties and the industrial property rights that may be generated.
3. 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.

Procedure to obtain the Industrial Mention in the doctoral degree

According to the Industrial mention in the doctorate degree:

The steps to follow to begin the procedures related to obtaining the Industrial Mention in the Doctoral Thesis are as follows:

1. The thesis director and the doctoral student must contact the academic committee of the doctoral program to inform it of the intention to obtain an industrial mention. Taking into account the organization in which the research will be carried out to achieve the industrial mention, the academic committee will initially assess the feasibility and inform the director and doctoral student.
2. If obtaining the industrial mention is viable, the thesis director and doctoral student must present to the academic committee:
   1. Justification that the activity carried out in the organization in which the doctoral student will carry out his research to obtain the industrial mention is in line with the doctoral thesis project.
   2. A scientific-technical memory.
3. If the academic committee of the doctoral program approves the scientific and technical report, it must issue a certificate stating this fact. This certificate will only include the details of the doctoral student and the report (date of the meeting of the academic committee at which the report was approved/degree/supervisor(s)/person in charge at the institution where the industrial mention is being developed). The coordinator/person in charge of the doctoral program must send this certificate via institutional email to: doctoral student, thesis supervisor, and administrative service of the International Doctoral School (EID). ().
4. Once the certificate has been received, the EID will put the thesis director and doctoral student in contact with the Center for Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Transfer (CINTTEC) () requesting the processing of the agreement that the participating institutions must sign.
5. Once the agreement is signed, CINTTEC will send to the EID () a copy of the signed agreement. The EID will forward a copy of said agreement to the doctoral student, director/s, tutor and coordinator/head of the academic committee.

During the preparation of the deposit application, the doctoral student must rregister in RAPI the accreditation of the training activity “Industrial Mention Report” with the research project report endorsed by the academic committee of the doctoral program (certificate issued in the previous Step 3) and the work life document. 

IMPORTANT: The employment relationship with the company must last at least one year from the date of enrollment in the EID doctoral studies.

At deposit request, eThe doctoral student must provide the following documentation related to the industrial mention: 

• Work life document 

           INI_Menc industrial_Work life* (no template available)

• Industrial mention application form  

            INI_Menc inindustrial_Form* 

• Scientific-technical report endorsed by the academic committee of the doctoral program 

           INI_Menc industrial_MemoriaCT* (no template available)

• Contract in the company/organization  

           INI_Menc industrial_Contract* (no template available)

• Collaboration agreement signed between the company/organization and the URJC  

           INI_Menc industrial_Convenio* (contact CINTTEC via email:)

 *INI are the student's initials determined with their first name, 1st last name and 2nd last name. For example, José García Pérez would be 01_JGP_Deposit Form.pdf 

Aid for Industrial Mention in the doctorate degree

State aid program for "Industrial Doctorates" 2024

Important note: The state program includes as a requirement for the applicant “Not to have been labor-related with the entity with which you are requesting aid for this action or with any other shareholding or social relationship with it prior to February 24, 2023”

Program of the Community of Madrid 2023

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 supervisors and/or tutors are reminded that if they consider that their research requires a favorable report from a Research Ethics Committee, they mustin submitting the Research Plan for evaluation before beginning data collection or research activity. More Information

Access to RAPI and forms

🎓PhD students:

Help manual for doctoral students for the RAPI application

   📄 Forms to upload to RAPI:

            According to the course of first registration, there are two types of forms:

                      ✅    Doctoral students with first registration before the 2023/24 academic year: 

                                👉 You must complete the:Research Plan Form / Research Plan

                      ✅   Doctoral students with first enrollment in the 2023/24 academic year and later:

                                👉 You must complete the: Research Plan and Personal Training Plan Form / Research Plan and Personal Training Plan

🇧🇷Directors and tutors:

Director/Tutor help manual for the RAPI application

Director and Tutor Evaluation Report Form / Thesis supervisor's report

For students enrolling for the first time in the 2023/24 academic year and later.

• They are governed by the URJC's Doctoral Studies Regulations (approved by the Governing Council on July 19, 07) and Royal Decree 2024/99, as amended by Royal Decree 2011/576.

The duration of doctoral studies depends on the dedication regime:

1. With a full-time dedication regime, the maximum duration is a maximum of 4 years, with the possibility of a maximum extension of 1 year.

2. With part-time employment, the maximum duration is a maximum of 7 years, with the possibility of a maximum extension of 1 year.

3. When a change has been made in the dedication regime (from full-time to part-time or vice versa), the maximum duration will be calculated proportionally according to Annex I of the Permanence Regulations for students enrolled in the International Doctoral School of the URJC (Approved by the Governing Council on 19/07/2024): consult here

After the maximum extension period of one year has elapsed, the Royal Decree no longer allows the duration of doctoral studies to be extended through any other type of extension.

For students with a disability of 33% or more, the duration of doctoral studies is extended (see previous regulations).

For all students, it is necessary to have passed at least two annual evaluations to submit their doctoral thesis.

For the purposes of calculating the length of stay indicated in the previous sections, temporary absences (due to illness of the student, maternity or paternity leave, serious or prolonged illness of first-degree relatives, work-related reasons of special relevance or any other reason provided for by current regulations) will not be taken into account, provided that a temporary absence is requested and approved by the Academic Committee of the program.

Changes in the work schedule may only be made at the time of enrollment for each academic year. Changes to the work schedule will not be made if the request is made after enrollment in the academic year prior to the end of the stay, without having received an extension. During the extension period, changes to the work schedule will also not be possible.

Students must make a request for an extension, change in the dedication regime or temporary withdrawal using the corresponding procedure in the catalog via the Electronic Headquarters of the Rey Juan Carlos University (consult  here.) To do so, you must have the approval of your supervisor(s) and tutor. The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program must authorize whether or not to grant your application. All details regarding any of the above points can be consulted in the Permanence Regulations for students enrolled in the URJC International Doctoral School (Approved by the Governing Council on 19/07/2024): consult here

For students with first registration prior to the 2023/24 academic year

• They are governed by the URJC's Doctoral Studies Regulations (approved by the Governing Council on June 07, 06) and Royal Decree 2019/99.

The duration of doctoral studies depends on the dedication regime:

1. Full-time, the maximum duration is 3 years, with the possibility of a one-year ordinary extension. Exceptionally, the duration of doctoral studies may be extended by an extraordinary extension for an additional year.

2. Part-time studies are limited to a maximum of 5 years, with the possibility of a two-year ordinary extension. Exceptionally, the duration of doctoral studies may be extended by an extraordinary extension for an additional year.

3. When a change has been made 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 International Doctoral School of the URJC (Approved by the Governing Council on 07/06/2019): consult here, with the possibility of a 1,5-year extraordinary extension.

For the purposes of calculating the length of stay indicated in the previous sections, temporary absences (due to illness of the student, maternity or paternity leave, serious or prolonged illness of first-degree relatives, work-related reasons of special relevance or any other reason provided for by current regulations) will not be taken into account, provided that a temporary absence is requested and approved by the Academic Committee of the program.

Changes in the work schedule may only be made at the time of enrollment for each academic year. Changes to the work schedule will not be made if the request is made after enrollment in the academic year prior to the end of the stay, without taking into account extensions. During the extension period, changes to the work schedule will also not be possible.

Students must make a request for an ordinary or extraordinary extension, change in the dedication regime or temporary withdrawal using the corresponding procedure in the catalogue via the Electronic Headquarters of the Rey Juan Carlos University (consult here). The student must have the approval of his or her supervisor(s) and tutor. The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program must authorize whether or not the application is granted.

All details regarding any of the above points can be consulted in the Permanence Regulations for students enrolled in the URJC International Doctoral School (Approved by the Governing Council on 07/06/2019): consult here

Extraordinary Awards

Academic Year 2023-2024

• Call for applications 2023-24 (PDF) (Electronic Office)
• Composition of the Evaluating Commissions of the Extraordinary Awards Call 2023-24
• Resolution of the Vice-Chancellor of the final list with the applications admitted for processing and excluded
• Final List of Admitted and Excluded Extraordinary Awards 2023-24 Call
• Proposal for the provisional award of the EID Extraordinary Doctoral Awards for the 2023/2024 academic year
• Final Resolution

Academic Year 2022-2023

• Call 2022-23 (PDF) (Electronic Office)
• Annex II
• Annex III
• Provisional List of those admitted and excluded Extraordinary Awards Call 2022-23
• Final list of those admitted and excluded Extraordinary Awards Call 2022-23
• Composition of the Evaluating Commissions of the Extraordinary Awards Call 2022-23
• Provisional Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes
• Provisional Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes in the Doctoral Program in Social Sciences and Law
• Final Resolution

Academic Year 2021-2022

• Call 2021-22
• Annex II
• Annex III
• Composition of the Evaluation Commissions of the Extraordinary Doctorate Awards for the 2021/22 academic year
• Provisional list admitted and excluded 2021-22
• Provisional Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes
• Final Resolution

Academic Courses 2019-2020 and 2020-2021

• Call
• Evaluation Commission Requirements
• Composition of the Evaluation Commissions
• Scales
• Resolution to Extend the Term of the Doctoral Program in Information and Communication Technologies
• Provisional Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes (Published 01-04-22)
• Provisional Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes of the Doctoral Program in Information and Communication Technologies (Published on 05-05-22)
• Final Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes.
• Final Resolution Awarding Extraordinary Prizes of the Doctoral Program in Information and Communication Technologies

Award for Best Doctoral Thesis in Tourism REDINTUR–ICÁRION

Collection of monographs based on Doctoral Theses with Extraordinary Award

This collection is part of a pilot program developed by the International Doctoral School in collaboration with the URJC's Open Academy Publishing House. Its main objective is to highlight high-quality research based on doctoral theses that have received the Extraordinary Prize.

Each monograph published in this collection has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), which guarantees your identification and access in the digital realm. Participation in this program is voluntary and free of charge.

Collection of monographs "Doctoral Theses with Extraordinary Award"

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.

Aid from the Government of Spain

• University Teacher Training (FPU)

LINK: https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/servicios-al-ciudadano/catalogo/estudiantes/becas-ayudas/para-estudiar/universidad/doctorado/fpu.html

•           Training of Doctors in Companies (industrial doctorates)

LINK: https://www.aei.gob.es/convocatorias/buscador-convocatorias/ayudas-contratos-formacion-doctores-empresas-doctorados-22

•           QUAES Foundation Chair National Award for the best Doctoral Thesis on Diagnosis based on Image and Genomics

LINK: http://www.upv.es/contenidos/QUAESUPV/info/1225222normalc.html

Grants from the Community of Madrid

• Grants for hiring pre-doctoral research staff in training
•       Aid for carrying out contracts for 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 athttps://gestiona3.madrid.org/quadrivium/convocatorias

Grants from the Rey Juan Carlos University

• • • FPI predoctoral contracts (Call for predoctoral research staff in training associated with projects awarded to URJC researchers)

LINK:  https://www.urjc.es/empleo-publico#convocatorias-fpi

• URJC Grants for pre-doctoral contracts for Research Personnel in Training in Departments of the URJC

LINK: https://www.urjc.es/empleo-publico

• Recruitment of Research Staff to support Research in URJC Projects

LINK: https://www.urjc.es/i-d-i/convocatorias-investigacion/4608-convocatorias-con-cargo-a-proyectos

• CALL FOR FINANCIAL AID FOR PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH STAFF FOR 2025, CO-FINANCED BY BANCO SANTANDER:
  • • • • • Enlace
          • Final Resolution of Awardees

Other aid for the realization of Doctoral Theses

• INVESTIGA Call for Proposals from the ONCE Foundation

🗞️ La ONCE Foundation, within the framework of the program ESF+ 2021-2027, launches today the INVESTIGA Call for Proposals, To to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in academic and research careers.

The call is aimed at universities and public research centers that want to support doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers with disabilities.

The aid has an allocation of:

• € 18.000 per year for predoctoral projects.
• € 30.000 per year for postdoctoral projects.

Among its objectives are:

• Promote access and equal opportunities in research.
• Promote a more diverse, inclusive, and socially engaged science.
• To generate role models and leadership in the scientific system.

The deadline for submitting projects is... November 15th 2025 and the documentation must be sent to 

📢 Check here:

Call

Project

Application

• Grants from the Carolina Foundation

LINK:https://gestion.fundacioncarolina.es/programas

• Aid Paulo Freire + from the Organization of Ibero-American States

LINK: https://oei.int/oficinas/secretaria-general/programa-paulo-freire-2/convocatoria-2024

• Aid from the "La Caixa" Foundation

LINK: https://fundacionlacaixa.org/es/becas-doctorado-inphinit

• Grants Ramón Areces Foundation

LINK: https://www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionareces/es/becas-y-ayudas/convocatorias/

mobility aids

Information about these aids is available at https://www.urjc.es/internacionalizacion-eid#ayudas-para-la-movilidad

Thesis in 3 Minutes Contest (3MT®)

IX 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) 2025

• Call
• Approval of the thesis director(s) (Download)
• Provisional admitted 
• Definitely admitted
• semifinal winners

VIII Thesis in 3 Minutes Contest (3MT®) 2024

• Call
• Provisional admitted
• Definitely admitted
• semifinal winners

VII Thesis Contest in 3 Minutes (3MT®) 2023

• Call
• Provisional admitted
• Definitely admitted
• semifinal winners

VI Thesis Contest in 3 Minutes (3MT®) 2022

• Call
• Provisional admitted
• Definitely admitted

V Thesis Contest in 3 Minutes (3MT®) 2021

• Call
• Contest Final (Visual files)

#HiloTesis Contest

V Edition #HiloTesis Contest

• Call

IV Edition #HiloTesis Contest

• Call
• Winners

III Edition Contest #HiloTesis

• Call
• Winners

II Edition Contest #HiloTesis

• Call
• Provisional admitted
• Definitely admitted
• Winners

Social and Legal Sciences

• Multi-sector modeling for the measurement and analysis of current economic, social, and environmental challenges
• More efficient messages and channels for cause-related marketing
• Event organization and corporate communication.
• The institutional and corporate spokesperson. Competencies and functions
• tourism marketing patterns (supply and/or consumption) from open data (Open Data).tourism marketing patterns (supply and/or consumption) from open data (Open Data).
• Macroeconometric analysis of regional public policies
• Protection of refugee rights and criminal law as a migration tool. 
• The impact of book influencers on cultural journalism 
• Social and economic impact of teleworking
• Justice and sustainability in the development of tourism destinations and organizations
• ICultural, social and political influence of Communication
• Using digital tools to enhance learning.
• New methodologies, teaching innovation and approaches to teaching.
• Specific didactics. Educational and social support for families and communities.
• Foundations and evolution of the educational system.
• Mental wellbeing and learning
• Historical research in the area of ​​Humanities
• Culture and artistic manifestations
• History of art
• Digital humanities
• Educational innovation applied to the Humanities
• Investigate communication
• Teaching Mathematics and Statistics in Social Sciences Degrees in the AI ​​Era
• Mechanics of the trans-Saharan and trans-Mediterranean migration complex. Political and humanitarian challenges.
• Needs and experiences in LGTBIQ+ adolescents
• Behavioral finance and technology
• Populisms and new political identities in the globalized digital public sphere.
• Macroeconomic applications of DSGE models
• Economic Intelligence
• Macrofinance: Macroprudential Policies
• The Marshall Plan
• Analysis of the implications of using chatbots and AI-supported service robots in consumer contexts
• Study of the impact of brand constructs on consumer behavior in digital contexts
• Analysis of emerging leaderships and their impact on service sector workers
• The origins of liberalism in the School of Salamanca: fact or fiction
• Pain management in high-performance athletes
• Notaries (19th Century)
• Textual analysis of audiovisual works
• The impact of ownership and corporate governance on the company's "social" sustainability
• The institutional recognition of the Church by the late Roman Empire
• Antichresis: from the ancient world to modern civil law
• The Redemptors as public and private contractors in Rome
• Artificial Intelligence and Vulnerable People. Geriatronics.
• Provision of Digital Content and Services in Exchange for Personal Data.
• Artificial Intelligence and Business: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Digital Age
• Business and digital transformation: challenges and opportunities for business modernization

• The impact of artificial intelligence on pre-university education: opportunities, challenges, and pedagogical transformations

Science

• Inorganic Chemistry/Development of catalysts and photocatalysts for use in environmental processes and CO2 capture
• Nonlinear dynamics of branched flow
• Precision nanomedicine: Therapeutic nanosystems against TDP-43 accumulation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
• New functionalized nanomaterials as ROS generating agents with therapeutic applications
• Control by delay in reaction-diffusion and supramolecular polymerization equations
• Painlevé hierarchies: properties and solutions
• Superposition formulas and exact solutions for integrable systems with applications
• Development of Nanosystems for Targeted Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Parkinson's
• Development of advanced nanosystems for the capture and valorisation of N₂
• Global Risk of Macroalgae Invasions Towards Cold and Polar Oceans due to Climate Change

Health Sciences

• Metaverse-based avatar therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder
• Application of extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of colorectal cancer: Innovative strategies based on metabolomics and functionalization.
• Application of qualitative research and mixed designs in health sciences
• Human and environmental exposure to chemical contaminants of emerging concern
• Prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, pathologies and disorders that cause pain
• Risk profiles and mental health in adolescents
• New approach in fibromyalgia: role of the SGK1.1 protein in pain and associated symptoms
• Needs and experiences in LGTBIQ+ adolescents
• Climate change and degrowth: analysis of climate empathy towards future generations

Engineering and architecture

• Development of AI Models to Resolve Incompatibilities between Quantum Physics and General Physics
• Educational applications for the development of computational thinking through block-based programming languages
• Order statistics for management and security in next generation networks
• Analysis and processing of historical postcard images using algorithms and Artificial Intelligence techniques
• Augmented reality with CSCL using touch tables for the development of computational thinking: impact on the emotional state of the student
• Integrating immersive interaction with augmented reality in affective systems using scaffolding techniques in educational contexts
• Visual analytics tools to predict infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria in intensive care unitsVisual analytics tools to predict infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria in intensive care units
• Developing Explainable Machine Learning MethodsDeveloping Explainable Machine Learning Methods
• Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence / Data VisualizationComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence / Data Visualization
• Modeling Human Safety Perception in Urban Environments
• Mining Modeling Diagrams in Software Repositories
• Effort Estimation from Data in Software Repositories
• Computational Thinking Learning Assessment and Feedback
• Reference Learning Framework for Python
• Probabilistic optimal planning of cancer therapies
• Recycling of composite materials by delamination
• Development of new smart reversible bonding thermosetting materialsDevelopment of new smart reversible bonding thermosetting materials
• New high-performance multifunctional composite materials based on naturally derived resins with improved environmental sustainability
• Intelligent detection of greenwashing practices
• Applications of Complexity Sciences to Football Data Analysis

• TAdaptive pedagogical author based on artificial intelligence for personalized learning in pre-university stages

Arts and Humanities

• Sources and edition of texts of 19th century Spanish-Philippine literature
• Translation and literary creation in Hispanic literature
• Queens, princesses and aristocrats between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment
• Manifestations of written culture in Spain from ancient times to the present day
• Russia, 1905-1917. Formation, crisis and collapse of imperial constitutionalism.Russia, 1905-1917. Formation, crisis and collapse of imperial constitutionalism.
• Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Innovative methodologies for ideation and conceptualization in Architecture and Design
• Public archaeology: a tool for social empowerment and democratization
• Establishments to support travellers and communication routes in ancient times
• Chrono-cultural characterization of Levantine Art
• Historical archives: treatment, management and conservation of documentary heritage
• Epigraphic and numismatic inscriptions in Spain from ancient times to the present day
• Techniques for preservation, conservation and restoration of historical and cultural documentary and library heritage
• Analysis of the cultural construction of female identity in an audiovisual story

Offer of International Thesis Projects EULiST and Others/Offer of International Thesis Projects EULiST and Others

Those researchers interested in having their thesis project offer disseminated to students at universities within the EULIST consortium, or who prefer its dissemination in English, must provide the information in English collected in English form, and proceed in the same way.

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 ordinary or extraordinary extension in the doctoral program

The student may request an Ordinary Extension or Extraordinary Extension in the doctoral study program in which he or she is enrolled through the procedure established in the URJC Electronic Office:

1. Ordinary extension: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/PRODOC/
2. Extraordinary Extension: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/PRODEX/

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. You can find the form to change director or guardian at: Form for supervisor or tutor change 

If you have any questions, you can contact the International Doctoral School through the query mailbox. http://ayuda.urjc.es

Request for certificates in competitive aid calls (conditional admission, FPU grants, etc.)

Admission to URJC doctoral programmes must take place on the dates published in the EID academic calendar, except for those beneficiaries of a grant to carry out doctoral studies financed by a competitive external call (such as FPI, FPU, etc.) or in the process of formalizing an international joint supervision.

The application for admission conditional on receiving said aid will be made as a general application through the Electronic Office from the URJC. In the application, it is necessary to indicate: call and deadlines (along with the URL); cover letter (form); letter of endorsement from the thesis director (form); all documentation proving that the applicant can access doctoral studies; all documentation required in the call for applications so that the EID can issue the letters/certificates"

Application for official academic certificate (and others)

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.

Within Spain, the certificate has the same legal effect as the official degree. For it to be valid outside of Spain, it must 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.

Collection of doctoral degree

All doctoral certificates can be picked up, once the student has received notification of availability, at the Student Office on the Madrid-Quintana campus, located at Calle Quintana 2, Madrid, 2nd floor. The pick-up times are:

• Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m. and from 15.30:17.00 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
• Friday from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.

As established by the Order of July 8, 1998, article 6, to withdraw the title it is necessary that the interested party present the National Identity Document, Spanish or community, or NIE / Valid Passport.

In the event that the student cannot attend in person, the title may be withdrawn by another person, authorized by any of these means:

1. Authorized person through Electronic Registry of Empowerments (the student appoints another person, physical or legal, to act on his behalf in certain procedures or actions before the Public Administrations). Link:  https://sede.administracion.gob.es/PAG_Sede/ServiciosElectronicos/RegistroElectronicoDeApoderamientos.html
2. Authorized person through the URJC Electronic Office: the interested party expressly authorizes a third party to withdraw their official degree, registering and signing the request on the URJC Electronic Office.  https://sede.urjc.es/ (Main Menu – Electronic Registration), indicating the personal data of both parties and including a copy of both sides of the identity document, both of the interested party and of the third party they authorize).
3. Authorized person with a power of attorney. If the power of attorney is in a language other than Spanish, it must be translated officially.

In all cases, the authorized third party must present a copy of said authorization at the time of withdrawing the official title and a copy of their identity document.

Law 39/2015, of October 1, of the Common Administrative Procedure of the Administrations, in which article 5.4 indicates that "for these purposes, the representation made by means of a power of attorney apud act carried out by personal appearance or electronic appearance at the corresponding headquarters electronically, or through the accreditation of its registration in the electronic registry of powers of attorney of the competent public Administration”, being able to accredit the representation by any legally valid means that provides evidence of its existence.

It will be advisable to provide proof of the title application.

For residents outside the Community of Madrid, the title can be sent to the Government Subdelegation, for residents in other Provinces, or to the Spanish diplomatic representation (consulate, embassy) closest to their home, for residents abroad.

Following the delays and losses in certificate shipments to countries outside the EU, which are not the responsibility of the URJC, but rather the postal services of those countries. Students residing outside the EU are advised not to request that their certificate be sent to their Spanish diplomatic mission, consulate, or embassy, ​​but instead to provide a third party with a power of attorney to collect the certificate in person (the cost is similar for both options).

Request to send doctoral degree

If you have already been notified that your title is available, you can request its delivery only if you reside outside the Community of Madrid after payment of the referral fees, to the Delegation or Subdelegation of the Government or Consular Office / Embassy closest to your location. of residence. You can check the available offices at the following links:

Consulates:  https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/EmbajadasConsulados/Paginas/index.aspx.

Government Delegations:  https://www.mptfp.gob.es/portal/delegaciones_gobierno/delegaciones.html

How to request it?

You can request the sending of your degree through the following procedure. 

VERY IMPORTANT: NO TITLES WILL BE SENT TO PRIVATE ADDRESS OR TO OTHER PLACES OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS OR SUBDELEGATIONS OR EMBASSIES OR CONSULATES. IF THE ADDRESS PROVIDED FOR SHIPPING IS NOT CORRECT, NO TITLE WILL BE SENT.

You can request your degree certificate be sent through the following procedure: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/ENVTIT/

The amount is established in the Public Price Decree in force in each academic year and is as follows:

Remember:

It is not sent to private homes, only official organizations, such as Government Delegations and Sub-delegations outside the Community of Madrid and Spanish Consulates and Embassies outside national territory.

Make sure that said body receives and delivers official documentation.

*Consult the delegations: https://www.mptfp.gob.es/portal/delegaciones_gobierno/delegaciones.html

**CHECK EMBASSIES: https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/EmbajadasConsulados/Paginas/index.aspx

Procedure to follow in case of loss of doctor's degree

The Official State Gazette Announcement Service establishes a new procedure to follow for the insertion of announcements due to loss of titles, thus adapting to Law 39/2015 of the Common Administrative Procedure.

The procedure to follow to process a Duplicate of a Title due to loss will be as follows:

BY THE UNIVERSITY:

1. The student informs the Secretariat of the loss of the Title. To do this, he must provide all the information he knows regarding his title, in addition to providing the full name, NIE, address, telephone and email. (information necessary to process the information of the announcement)
2. The University will insert the announcement in the BOE, will issue the draft and will generate the Reference Number of the Announcement and the Amount.
3. It will communicate to the interested party (student) both the Reference Number and the amount. Reference: 5201704318437. Amount: 106,54 euros.

BY THE INTERESTED PARTY:

4. You can access it with or without electronic identification in the application: boe.es/anuncios (http://boe.es/anuncios/)
5. With the reference of the advertisement and the amount of the advertisement that the university has provided, you will enter “resume payment for the advertisement” and will fill in the information requested on the successive screens.
6. If you do not have a NIF (DNI/NIE) you must contact the Official State Gazette indicating your passport number, as well as your name and surnames (https://boe.es/contactar/formulario_simple.php?tipo=ANU)
7. When you get to the screen to select the payment method, you must select “In-Person Payment”.
8. You must download the settlement and follow the instructions indicated therein.
9. Once you have the NRN provided by the bank, you must re-enter the boe.es/anuncios application (http://boe.es/anuncios/) and click “Update NRN” and complete the fields indicated on that screen.
10. Once the data is “Saved”, the insertion of the ad is completed.
11. "Until the NRC of the announcement is inserted electronically, the BOE staff will not publish the announcement" (from three to 7 days).

Thirty days after publication, delivery of the notice to the secretariat and payment of the corresponding fee, the Duplicate Title will be processed.

Invoice Request

The student may request an invoice through the procedure established on the URJC Electronic Headquarters:

https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/SOLFAC/

⚠️REQUESTING AN INVOICE MEANS THAT THE RECEIPT CANNOT BE USED FOR PAYMENT. IF PAYMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, ONLY A PAYMENT CERTIFICATE CAN BE ISSUED.

Once your application has been reviewed, the University will notify you of the decision through your citizen folder at this same URJC headquarters, sending notice of this communication to your institutional email address.

❗IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTThis procedure can be signed with an electronic certificate, or with two-factor authentication if you do not have a certificate. In the latter case, the two-factor authentication code will be sent to your institutional email account: @alumnos.urjc.es. 

Consultation of official titles of the student in the Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education has a service where you can consult the official Spanish university degrees of which you are the holder and, if you wish, generate authorization codes so that third parties can also consult them (very useful in labor matters).

Recipients: Official university graduates

Requirements:

• Be in possession of an official university degree.
• Identify yourself at the Electronic Office by means of a Digital Certificate recognized by the @firma platform.

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Transfer of File to a Doctoral Program of the URJC

Making inquiries to the International Doctoral School

The International Doctoral School only responds to student queries made through the student help box.

1st Select whether or not you are a URJC student:

2º Choose the type of query: Doctorate

3º Choose category: for example, Registration

4. Choose subcategory: for example, payment exemptions

All questions will be answered from this mailbox.

Responses can be viewed from the profile in "requests/my requests/". The status can be changed in the section: “any status”. Incidents that appear with the status “closed” can be viewed to see the response provided by the Service.

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.

Request for other certificates

You can request other types of certificates through a general request at the URJC Electronic Headquarters:

https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/REGING/

Registration of an external user to collaborate in doctoral studies

In order for the EID to manage any type of remuneration or allowance for external personnel of the Rey Juan Carlos University (without a URJC email account), it is necessary to fill in the personal data of the following link

There is a user manual for this application. here

Academic Calendar

• Academic calendar 2025-26
• Academic calendar 2024-25
• Academic calendar 2023-24
• Academic calendar 2022-23

EID Steering Committee Meetings

Planned dates of the Steering Committee 2025-26 (update 23-10-2025)

Thesis in public exhibition period

You can consult the theses in the public exhibition period at the following link:

https://doctorado.urjc.es/tesis/lista=endeposito

Request for thesis consultation

You can make an appointment to consult a thesis at the following link:

https://doctorado.urjc.es/consultatesis

Upcoming PhD thesis defenses

https://doctorado.urjc.es/tesis/lista=proxdefensa&ordby=fecha