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Requirements for Obtaining the International Mention
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International Research Stay: <\/strong>During the training period, the doctoral student must have completed one or more research stays, lasting at least three months in total, outside of Spain, at one or more higher education institutions or research centers. At least one of these stays must have a minimum duration of one month.
The stays and activities must be endorsed by the thesis supervisors and authorized by the academic committee of the doctoral program. Once completed and validated by the host institution, they must be recorded in the doctoral student\u2019s activity document.<\/p>\n

Language Requirement
\n<\/strong>Part of the doctoral thesis\u2014at minimum, the abstract and conclusions\u2014must be written and defended in one of the commonly used scientific communication languages in the relevant field of knowledge, other than any of the official languages of Spain.
This requirement does not apply if the research stays, evaluation reports, and experts are from a Spanish- or Catalan-speaking country or territory.<\/p>\n

External Reviewers
\n<\/strong>The two external experts evaluating the thesis must belong to a higher education institution or research center outside of Spain. These individuals must not be the same as those who hosted the doctoral student or who were involved in supervising or mentoring the student’s work at the host institution.<\/p>\n

Thesis Examination Committee
\n<\/strong>At least one member of the thesis examination committee must be affiliated with a higher education institution or research center outside of Spain. Moreover, this member should not coincide with the host of the research stay.<\/p>\n

Co-supervised theses (cotutelle)
\n<\/strong>Co-supervised theses in cotutelle may also qualify for the International Doctorate Mention if the research stays are carried out at institutions other than those included in the formalized agreement.<\/p>\n

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Place of the Thesis Defence<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The thesis defence must take place at Universitat de Barcelona or, in the case of cotutelle, at any of the participating universities or as provided for in the respective collaboration agreements.<\/p>\n

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Application Process<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n