The thesis must include a table of contents, introduction, bibliographical review, a body made up of clearly differentiated chapters, summary, conclusions and bibliography. The main body of the thesis must be single-authored and cannot be an aggregation of scientific publications, regardless of whether these can be added as appendices.

The Cover page must contain the information indicated here. If you wish to publish your doctoral thesis under a copyright licence (Creative Commons), you can indicate this in the bottom left-hand side of the thesis.

The doctoral thesis may be written and, where appropriate, defended in the usual languages for scientific communication in the field of knowledge. If the thesis is written in another language, it must include a summary in Spanish, which must be at least 25 pages long, of the chapters or previous publications, as well as the table of contents and conclusions.

In general, doctoral students may freely use any official logo of the University of León in the writing of the thesis report, as provided for in the Corporate Identity Manual.

Find out from your supervisor or the coordinator of the doctoral programme whether your doctoral programme has specific regulations on the presentation of the thesis.

If your thesis is a compendium of publications, you must check that you have all the necessary articles and that they are published in journals with certain characteristics of impact and quality. The requirements may change depending on the programme you belong to.

In the case of co-supervised theses, you must take into account the procedure of the other university and check that the agreement is valid.

If the thesis is to be protected by confidentiality (confidentiality declaration), you need to consult the procedure.

Once you consider that you have finished writing your doctoral thesis, you must apply to the programme’s Academic Committee for authorisation to deposit it.

This application can be submitted as long as you have two consecutive positive annual monitoring and evaluation reports.

Only in exceptional and duly justified cases, the Academic Committee may authorise that the application for authorisation to deposit the doctoral thesis may be submitted after having obtained a single positive annual monitoring and assessment report.

This is the list of documents that must accompany your application:

1. 1. A copy of your completed doctoral thesis.
   2. Copy of your doctoral thesis intended for publication in BULERIA, , substituting the contributions and scientific articles for the abstract, and D.O.I. or other similar locator on the internet, or any part susceptible to confidentiality criteria.
   3. Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (free format).
   4. A declaration signed by the PhD student that the thesis is original, has complied with the codes of ethics and good practice, and the thesis does not contain plagiarism, and that he/she is aware that his/her thesis will be subject to a procedure to check its originality and that he/she consents to this.
   5. Supplementary documents requested for:
      • The theses presented as a compendium of publications.
      • The theses presented with an industrial mention.
      • International doctoral theses.
      • Theses submitted on a co-supervision basis.

The Academic Committee is in charge of authorising your application for a Deposit.

Such authorisation shall be accompanied by:

1. 1. The two reports from experts in the subject of the thesis required by art. 13 of R.D. 99/2011. (Requirement not required in International Mention).
2. 2. Proposal for a Thesis Committee.

The University of León will guarantee the publicity of the finished doctoral thesis so that during the evaluation process, and prior to its defence, other PhD students may submit observations on its content.

The period of public exhibition of the thesis will be 15 calendar days during the academic year. Anyone wishing to consult a thesis during its deposit period may do so by accessing the Notice Board.

The thesis must include a table of contents, introduction, bibliographical review, a body made up of clearly differentiated chapters, summary, conclusions and bibliography. The main body of the thesis must be single-authored and cannot be an aggregation of scientific publications, regardless of whether these can be added as appendices.

The Cover Page must contain the information indicated here.

The doctoral thesis may be written and, where appropriate, defended in the usual languages for scientific communication in the field of knowledge. If the thesis is written in another language, it must include a summary in Spanish, which must be at least 25 pages long, of the chapters or previous publications, as well as the table of contents and conclusions.

In general, doctoral students may freely use any official logo of the University of León in the writing of the thesis report, as provided for in the Corporate Identity Manual.

Find out from your supervisor or the coordinator of the doctoral programme whether your doctoral programme has specific regulations on the presentation of the thesis.

If your thesis is a compendium of publications, you must check that you have all the necessary articles and that they are published in journals with certain characteristics of impact and quality. The requirements may change depending on the programme you belong to.

In the case of co-supervised theses, you must take into account the procedure of the other university and check that the agreement is valid.

If the thesis is to be protected by confidentiality (confidentiality declaration), you need to consult the procedure.

Once you consider that you have finished writing your doctoral thesis, you must apply to the programme’s Academic Committee for authorisation to deposit it.

This application can be submitted as long as you have two consecutive positive annual monitoring and evaluation reports.

Only in exceptional and duly justified cases, the Academic Committee may authorise that the application for authorisation to deposit the doctoral thesis may be submitted after having obtained a single positive annual monitoring and assessment report.

Esta es la lista de documentos que deben acompañar a tu solicitud:

1. 1. A copy of your completed doctoral thesis.
   2. Copy of your doctoral thesis intended for publication in BULERIA, substituting the contributions and scientific articles for the abstract, and D.O.I. or other similar locator on the internet, or any part susceptible to confidentiality criteria.
   3. Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (free format).
   4. A declaration signed by the PhD student that the thesis is original, has complied with the codes of ethics and good practice, and the thesis does not contain plagiarism, and that he/she is aware that his/her thesis will be subject to a procedure to check its originality and that he/she consents to this.
   5. Supplementary documents requested for:
      • The theses presented as a compendium of publications.
      • The theses presented with an industrial mention.
      • International doctoral theses.
      • Theses submitted on a co-supervision basis.

The Academic Committee is in charge of authorising your application for a Deposit.

Such authorisation shall be accompanied by:

1. The two reports from experts in the subject of the thesis required by art. 13 of R.D. 99/2011. (Requirement not required in International Mention).
2. Proposal for a Thesis Committee.

The University of León will guarantee the publicity of the finished doctoral thesis so that during the evaluation process, and prior to its defence, other PhD students may submit observations on its content.

The period of public exhibition of the thesis will be 15 calendar days during the academic year. Anyone wishing to consult a thesis during its deposit period may do so by accessing the Notice Board.