Once the Doctoral School has verified that the application meets the access requirements, the Academic Committee of each doctoral programme is responsible for deciding whether the applicant complies with the recommended access profile and the admission requirements.

The EDUAH Doctoral Programmes will reserve a minimum of 5% of the places offered for students who have a recognised degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, as well as for students with permanent special educational needs.

EDUAH will also reserve the percentage of places established by the Community of Madrid for students who are recognised as high-level or high-performance athletes, in accordance with the requirements determined by the Community.

The reserved places that are not filled will be added to those offered by the University under the general system in each call for applications. Reserved places will ranked and awarded in accordance with the assessment criteria applicable to each doctoral programme

Once the entrance requirements have been met, in order to be admitted to a doctoral programme, two components will generally be taken into account: admission criteria and the requirement for an endorsement from a researcher at the University of Alcalá. Admission criteria may differ between programmes.

1. Admission criteria

Criteria 1. Academic record.

Criteria 2. English language skills. The CRUE link for language level accreditation certificates lists the official certificates accepted by the University of Alcalá.

Criteria 3. Other merits: scientific output (author of scientific or technical publications or documents, participation in conferences), Erasmus, SICYE-Seneca or similar stays, specialist courses taken outside official university studies and previous professional experience related to the subject matter of the doctoral programme.

Account may be had of up to two letters of reference written by university lecturers, researchers and, in exceptional circumstances, professionals who have had some relation with the candidate and taken part in his or her academic or professional training.

The Academic Committee may interview the candidate to clarify any of the activities reflected in the documentation provided, as well as request any additional academic, research or professional information it deems appropriate for their possible admission to the doctoral programme. Similarly, it may contact the authors of the letters of recommendation directly in order to obtain further information about the candidate.

2. Endorsement from a researcher at the University of Alcalá

To complete the admission process, the Academic Committee will require the endorsement of a researcher from the University of Alcalá with proven research experience, who will supervise the doctoral thesis or, in collaboration with an external researcher acting as supervisor, tutor the student's doctoral training. The details of the endorsement will be included in the letter of motivation required for pre-enrolment in the doctoral programme.

The details of the endorsement will be included in the letter of motivation required for pre-enrolment in the doctoral programme.

The admission criteria and procedures for part-time students will be the same as those established for full-time students.

Admission to the doctoral programme may include a requirement for specific additional training.

During the admission process, if an applicant is missing any of the training requirements established in the admission profile, the Academic Committees may admit them on the condition that they take the necessary additional training, either from the training indicated in the degree verification report or from similar training deemed appropriate by the Academic Committee. In this process, the subjects the applicant must take will be clearly specified, with their corresponding credits and the degree programmes through which they can be completed.

Doctoral students will have one year from the date of their enrolment in the doctoral programme to complete the additional training. This deadline may be extended in exceptional cases where the student enrols in the doctoral programme partway through a term and, for organisational reasons, is unable to complete the additional training until the end of that term in the following academic year.

The additional training taken will be recorded in each doctoral student’s Activity Document, and the Academic Committee will supervise its completion through its annual evaluation. If the student fails to complete the additional training in the established timeframe, they will be withdrawn from the doctoral programme.

After admission, the applicant will register for academic advising at the Doctoral School, paying the corresponding public fees. In addition, at the appropriate time according to the calendar of the subjects established in the additional training, the student must enrol in the subjects defined in the additional training, in accordance with the fees established for the degrees in which they are taught.

Once the candidate has been admitted by the doctoral programme’s Academic Committee, they must present to the Doctoral School the original documentation certifying that they meet the entrance requirements submitted during the application process. Additionally, the commitment document must be signed by all parties involved in the process. Once this documentation has been received, the Doctoral School will inform the PhD student of their definitive admission to the programme.

This offer of admission will lose its validity if the enrolment is not formalised within the corresponding period or if payment is not made.

The University of Alcalá provides a corporate email account to facilitate institutional communication. Your email account will be activated the day after you register. The email account will have the format usuario@edu.uah.es. This account is created automatically and does not need to be requested. All communications regarding your academic record will be sent to this address.

With your UAH username and password, you will have access to the various services offered by the UAH to new students. I am a new student, and it will be essential for completing all the procedures related to your doctoral studies. If you do not know your account details or wish to change your password, you can do so via this link. Please note that it is mandatory to change your password at least once a year.

It is important to register with the UAH Electronic Headquarters, where you can carry out administrative procedures quickly, securely, and without having to travel, such as requesting academic or administrative certificates, among others. Here you can consult the guide on  Use of the UAH Electronic Headquarters an Registry

You may request your TUI card using this link How do I request it?. If in doubt, call our office at 91 885 64 90 send an email to tui@uah.es .

“Comunic@”: If you wish to receive notifications and information published on the Doctoral School website, you can subscribe to the Universidad de Alcalá's communication channel “Comunic@” by clicking on the link. There, you’ll find full instructions. From the list that appears, choose the category “Doctoral School”.

Doctoral School webpage: On the webpage you will find all the information you need to know about the formalities and procedures related to the progress of your doctoral studies: training activities, the research plan, the doctoral thesis and other procedures.

DATRES PLATFORM: This platform, which can be accessed from the Doctoral School's web page, is used to manage the transversal training activities offered by the Doctoral School, as well as some specific and branch activities offered by the Academic Committees. You will also be able to see your doctoral record, the activities carried out and the certificates of these activities.

At present, the procedures to be carried out through this application are as follows:

• Training activities: Transversal activities offered by the Doctoral School, as well as the specific and branch-related activities offered by the Academic Committees, are processed through DATRES and recorded in each doctoral student's file, automatically incorporated into the activities document generated by the application. The range of activities on offer can be consulted on the Doctoral School's website.
• Research plan: It must be submitted to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme within six months of the date of enrolment in the doctoral studies. You can consult the Support Guide for the preparation of the Research Plan and Personal Training Plan (PIyPFP). In the event that the report is negative, you will be given a maximum of 15 days to submit the modified. Once the new version of the plan has been received, the academic committees must issue the second report before twelve months have elapsed since the student's admission to doctoral studies.
• Document of Activities: It will be compiled, on the one hand, with the activities carried out through DATRES and automatically recorded in the aforementioned document and, on the other hand, those carried out outside this application, which must be uploaded to the platform manually by the doctoral student. The latter will be reviewed by their tutor/supervisor. The Academic Committee of each programme will carry out an annual evaluation of all of them. 
• Annual assessment: There willbe 1 annual evaluation each academic year in the month of February-March. New students will be evaluated in February-March of the following academic year. Details on administrative calendar.
• Submission of thesis: Once the doctoral thesis has been completed, it must be submitted to your supervisor(s) and the Academic Committee for approval. This procedure will be carried out through the DATRES application, in the section on procedures for thesis defence.

Matriculation: 

• New students. Once admission has been granted, students must enrol within 10 days of receiving notification. Failure to do so will invalidate their admission and they will not be able to begin their doctoral studies.
• Second-year students and above. They must enrol in Academic Supervision for each year of their doctoral programme. This must be done using the corresponding computer application within the established deadlines.

Duration of studies: You must submit your doctoral thesis within four years of enrollment if you are studying full-time, and within seven years if you are studying part-time. Likewise, if you have a disability rating of 33% or higher, the duration will be six years for full-time study and nine years for part-time study.