The Royal Decree 99/2011, modified by the Royal Decree 76/2023.establishes the organization of official university education, including the doctorate. This arrangement affects both the activity and training of the doctoral student during his years of training and research as well as the final result, the Defense of the Doctoral Thesis.

The duration of the Thesis will be 4 years from the entry into the Research Phase (enrollment and payment of the first academic tutorship), that can be extended exceptionally for an additional year. In special circumstances, the completion of a part-time doctorate is contemplated and, accordingly, the duration of the thesis will be 5 years, with the possibility of an extension for an additional period of two years. Likewise, and exceptionally, this period may be extended for an additional year. Carrying out a part-time doctorate requires the authorization of the UPM Doctoral Commission, which follows the request of the Academic Commission of the Doctoral Program. In the same way, the change of modality to full-time doctorate also requires authorization from the UPM Doctoral Commission, prior approval by the Academic Commission of the Doctorate Program.

During the completion of the thesis, most of the requests to be made during the doctorate are currently made in the THESIS system. Each request must be accompanied by a justification and must be validated by the thesis director so that it reaches the CAPD. The CAPD will approve or deny the request, and it will be sent to the Doctoral Area Committee or the International Doctoral School for final approval. For exceptional requests out of THESIS, complete documentation must be delivered to the Program Secretariat.

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These documents will be reviewed by the Academic Committee of the Program, which meets once a month, and, following its endorsement, will be submitted to the Academic Committee of the Doctorate for its final approval.  

Within the first 6 months of the Doctoral Thesis, the Thesis Director will be assigned, following the endorsement of the COMMITMENT FOR TRAINING AND SUPERVISION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDENT(COMPROMISO DE FORMACIÓN Y SUPERVISIÓN DEL DOCTORANDO) by the student and the Thesis Director (and the Tutor if applicable). The document must be delivered in duplicate to the Secretariat of the Program to be countersigned by the Coordinator of the Academic Committee of the Program, the Vice-directorate for Research and Doctorate and the Vice-Rector. This document governs the rights and obligations of the doctoral student and their supervisors.

The Permanence Regulations of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid dictate the duration of doctoral studies and permanence situations. This document is accompanied by the procedures for temporary or permanent withdrawals, changes of dedication or extensions.

The regulations and forms necessary for the preparation, presentation and defense of the Doctoral Thesis at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid can be consulted at the following links:

• DOCTORATE REGULATIONS
• INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE
• COMMITMENT FOR TRAINING AND SUPERVISION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDENT
• CO-DIRECTION
• INTRODUCTION AND CHANGE OF THE THESIS DIRECTOR
• CHANGE OF TITLE OF THE THESIS
• ONE YEAR EXTENSION
• CRITERIA FOR THE QUALITY OF THE THESIS
• DRAFTING RULES OF THE DOCTORAL THESIS
• INTERNATIONAL MENTION OF THE DOCTOR'S TITLE DOCTOR
• GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSIGMENT OF THE THESIS DEL TRIBUNAL
• CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST
• THESIS BY COMPENDIUM OF PUBLICATIONS
• THESIS DEPOSIT
• DIGITAL EDITION
• THESIS IN DEPOSIT
• NOTEBOOK OF DOCUMENTS (for management; different from the activity notebook)
• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS