Getting your doctor degree

From the day after the validation of the defense certificate by the Doctoral School, the new doctor will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to start the process of requesting his or her degree.

For graduates of the current study plan, all management is done through the personal INTRANET page of the interested party.

The amount of the fee to be applied for the issuance of the diploma can be consulted from this link.

The denomination of the degrees issued by the U.P.V. will be “Doctor by the Universitat Politècnica de València”, including, among others, the following parameters:

  • Qualification for access to doctoral studies.
  • Academic Structure Responsible for the Doctoral Program (Department, School, Institute).
  • Doctoral program completed.
  • Qualification of the doctoral thesis (awarded by the examining board).
  • Date of the defense of the doctoral thesis.
  • Date of payment of doctoral degree application fees.

Article 11 of Royal Decree 1002/2010 of August 5, 2010, which regulates the issuance of official university degrees.

From the day after the application for the degree, the interested party may obtain the provisional certificate of his or her doctoral degree (the official name is “Supplementary Certification”, and it is obtained from the UPV Intranet, Virtual Secretary // Requests). This certificate is in Spanish, Valencian and English and has an institutional digital signature.

After 2 to 6 months from the date of application, the final degree (diploma) will be issued. The graduate will receive a notification informing him/her of its disposition.