International Seal of Award

The title of Doctor may be added the International Mention. Those interested should inquire on the website of the UAM Doctoral School, where they can download the necessary documents for the process of obtaining the International Mention.

To obtain the International Mention in the PhD degree, it is necessary to meet the following conditions:

1. Carry out a stay of at least three months outside of Spain, in a prestigious higher education institution or research center, studying or carrying out research work. The three-month period must be spent at a single institution. The stay and the activities must be endorsed by the director of that institution or center and authorized by the Academic Committee responsible for the Doctoral Program, and they will be included in the file and, in due course, in the doctoral student's activities document.

2. The stay must take place in the period between enrollment in the Doctoral Program and the presentation of the doctoral thesis.

3. Write and present part of the doctoral thesis for defense, at least the summary and conclusions, in one of the usual languages for scientific communication in their field of knowledge, other than the official languages in Spain. This rule will not apply when the stays, reports and experts come from a Spanish-speaking country. In any case, the summary and conclusions must also be presented in Spanish.

4. The thesis must be informed by a minimum of two expert doctors belonging to a higher education institution or research institute outside of Spain.

5. At least one expert belonging to a non-Spanish higher education institution or research center must be part of the thesis evaluation board, with a PhD degree, and other than the academic head of the stay.

6. The defense of the thesis must be carried out at the Autonomous University of Madrid.