International doctorate mention in doctoral degree

REQUIREMENTS

The designation ‘International Doctorate’ will be awarded to doctoral theses from the University of Castilla-La Mancha whose preparation and defence meet the following requirements:

1. It is a requirement that, during the period in which they have been enrolled in the programme, doctoral students must have completed one or more stays outside Spain for at least three months at one or more prestigious higher education institutions or research centres in order to complement and reinforce their research training. If several stays are undertaken, at least one of them must last for a minimum of one month. The stay or stays must be endorsed by the supervisor and authorised by the academic committee before they take place, and proof of completion will be included in the doctoral student's activity report. The stays referred to in the previous paragraph shall take place at a prestigious higher education institution or research centre in a country other than Spain and, in the case of foreign students, also other than the country in which they completed the studies that gave them access to the doctoral programme (bachelor's and master's degree or equivalent), their country of residence and their country of work. The EID-UCLM will study and, where appropriate, approve any possible exceptions to this requirement on the basis of evidence provided by the doctoral student regarding the exceptional quality of the centre where they propose to carry out the stay (for example, through its position in international rankings) and the suitability of the host centre or team for the subject of the thesis.
2. it is also required that part of the doctoral thesis, at least the abstract and conclusions, be written and presented in one of the languages commonly used for scientific communication in your field of knowledge, other than any of the co-official languages of Spain (providing in all cases a version of the abstract and conclusions in Spanish or another co-official language). This rule shall not apply when the stays, reports and experts come from a Spanish-speaking country.
3. It is a requirement that the preliminary assessment of the thesis be carried out by at least two experts belonging to non-Spanish higher education institutions, institutes or research centres, who may not be the same researchers who received the doctoral student and carried out tutoring or supervision tasks at the host institution or institutions during the visits or stays referred to in paragraph a).
4. To this end, at least one expert from a non-Spanish higher education institution or research centre, holding a PhD and other than the person responsible for the stay or stays mentioned in paragraph a), must have been a member of the thesis assessment panel. To ensure this requirement is met, the panel's proposal must provide for the replacement of the panel member attached to a non-Spanish higher education institution or research centre by another person who meets this same condition.

(1) In cases where the length of stay is close to the minimum legally established, the exact start and end dates of the period must be stated (Example: From 01/07/2022 to 01/10/2022. The period 01/07/2022 to 30/09/2022 would be insufficient to meet the minimum duration requirement).

(2) Doctoral theses supervised jointly by UCLM and foreign universities may also be awarded the International Doctoral Mention, provided that the general requirements are met and that, in addition to the conditions set out in the previous paragraphs, the stays are carried out in institutions other than those specified in the Cotutelle Agreement.

(3) Authorization from the academic committee will be requested using the form available below, which should be sent to the EID (doctorado@uclm.es) once completed and signed by all (doctoral candidate, supervisor(s) and coordinator), preferably in advance of the stay (in order to allow the School to keep a record of the mobility of its students and to facilitate prompt detection of disadvantages such as that for the minimum length of stay set out below). If, once the stay has been authorized, there is any change to the planned stay, the agreement of the academic committee must be confirmed with a new application detailing the final data.

 FORMS

Authorization from the academic committee for the international stay

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE THESIS DEPOSIT

In addition to the documents required for the admission of the doctoral thesis for processing, students who wish to obtain the "International Doctorate" mention must attach the following documents, all of them available in the thesis reading and defence procedure:

• Application for International Doctorate accreditation, specifying the language chosen for the defence of the thesis.
• Authorization from the academic committee indicated in the previous section if this was not submitted at the time.
• The preliminary reports from the experts must be issued by two doctors belonging to a foreign higher education institution or research institute, accompanied by a report on the suitability of those experts.
• Certificate issued by the foreign centre where the stay took place, indicating the start and end dates, its purpose (research work or studies), the venue (laboratory, department, centre and/or institution) and identification and signature of the person superintending the stay. This researcher may not be part of the proposed jury for assessment of the thesis.
  There is no specific form for this document, and therefore a copy of any document used for another purpose (such as one in support of a grant) containing at least the data indicated shall be valid.

The doctoral thesis evaluation jury must contain at least one doctor belonging to a non-Spanish university or research centre, and who is not the person in charge of the stay abroad. Provision should be made for this person to be replaced by a second one who satisfies the same criterion.