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Review the information contained in the EID blog.
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The use of corporate mail for all the official processes is mandatory, at least related to doctoral studies (NAME.SURNAME@alu.uclm.es).
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Incorporate the digital signature in all documents, reviewing the valid formats that EID has.
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Include the accreditation of research experience of the expert evaluators and the members of the board (LINK).
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Revise the requirements for the members of the board (ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE), the quartiles of the journal of each publication should be included.
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The PhD Program in CAYA approved a modification regarding the copies of the Thesis: one printed copy and 4 copies in digital support (in a CD, DVD or USB).
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Completion of the stay abroad form: application and permission.
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The documentary commitment of supervision (CDS) is done ex officio by the EID and the Academic Committee of each program (not by the doctoral student).
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The application allows the inclusion of up to two co-directors at the student's request.
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Review the information addressed to coordinators of doctoral programs, tutors and thesis supervisors.
RULES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THESES BY ARTICLE COMPENDIUM.
For the presentation of the doctoral thesis as a compendium of articles referred to in Article 13.2 of the Regulations for Doctoral Studies of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in accordance with the requirements approved by the International Doctoral School of the UCLM, has agreed that the following minimum requirements must be met:
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The document must have at least three articles published (or definitively accepted for publication) in journals with impact index.
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No more than five years must have elapsed between the publication of the first and the last article and at least one of the articles must have been published with the student already enrolled in the corresponding PhD program.
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The Director/Directors of the thesis must be co-authors in at least the last of the published papers.
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The articles can only be used for a single thesis and therefore this will be stated by the rest of the non-doctoral co-authors in a letter of "renunciation" to use these articles to prepare other theses, which must be attached to the sections that comprise the Doctoral Thesis.
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The three articles must be published in a journal that, within the category, is positioned at least in the second quartile (JCR).
The thesis will have to count with at least, these sections:
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Summary.
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Introduction (this section must explain the problematic studied in the work of the doctorate).
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Justification.
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Hypothesis and Objectives.
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Work plan or methodology.
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Results (this section will be composed of at least the three articles published (or definitively accepted for publication) as published in the respective journals and may also include others in the format of a scientific article in the process of revision or writing. All the papers must have scientific value by themselves and, at the same time, must be part of the same line of research).
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General Discussion.
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Conclusions.
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Bibliography.
In order to submit a thesis by compendium of articles, the doctoral student will submit an application to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in which he/she must indicate the references and indications of quality of the publications that he/she plans to incorporate into the thesis, as well as a copy of the same. The Academic Committee will evaluate, according to its competences, the fulfillment of the above requirements, and will issue the corresponding authorization or a reasoned denial of the same. After the authorization and once the elaboration of the doctoral thesis has been completed, the doctoral student will request the previous evaluation of the thesis in accordance with the general regulations for the presentation of doctoral theses.
It is reminded that this option of presenting the thesis as a compendium of articles must be defended before a tribunal and that it is one more possibility available to doctoral students for the structuring and presentation of the doctoral thesis. Other "traditional" formats of thesis structure and presentation are possible.
AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPOSAL OF EXPERTS FOR THE PRE-REVIEW AND THE TRIBUNAL TO EVALUATE THE DOCTORAL THESIS IN THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
This agreement of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Castilla-La Mancha is developed under the protection of Royal Decree 99/2011, of January 28, which regulates the official teachings of doctorate, and the provisions of the Regulations of Doctoral Studies of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (approved by the Governing Council of November 20, 2012).
Its main objective is to define the criteria for the realization of the proposal of experts for the previous review and the tribunal that must evaluate the Doctoral Thesis by the Academic Commission, based on the stipulations of Article 4.5.g. of the Regulations of the Doctoral Studies of the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
Both the experts for the pre-evaluation and the proposed members for the composition of the tribunal (titular and alternate) shall comply with the research experience criteria stated in the regulation. They must also be experts related to the subject matter of the Thesis. Under no circumstances may those who have been Tutor, Director or co-director of the Thesis to be evaluated act as previous evaluators or members of the examining board.
It is reminded that, according to the regulations to that effect, the previous evaluators of the doctoral thesis must be two, both external to UCLM. The tribunals will be formed by three full members, of which at least two will be external to the University of Castilla-La Mancha. The appointment of the examining board, made by the International Doctoral School at the proposal of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will include three substitutes.
Experts for the pre-evaluation (2):
They must prove research experience through the possession of at least one period of recognized research activity (six-year period) if they are legally able to apply for it. If the proposed expert is not legally able to apply for recognition of six-year periods or if it is not applicable in his or her case, he or she must prove the required research experience through the authorship of several publications or other relevant results of his or her research, equivalent to those required for the recognition of six-year periods in his or her scientific field.
To considerate the aspects mentioned above and its scientific relationship with the topic of the Thesis to evaluate, the Academic Committee will request and dispose of:
In the case of the international doctorate, the criteria established for this purpose by the regulations (belowing to a higher education institution or research institute outside of Spain) must also be met.