DOCTORAL SCHOOL

Each academic year, the University of Alcalá awards extraordinary doctoral prizes based on the scientific merit of the theses defended.

Annually, the Vice-rectorate for Doctoral Studies announces the competition for extraordinary doctoral awards, indicating the dates for the submission of applications and the corresponding requirements, in accordance with the Regulations on the granting of extraordinary doctoral awards for theses, as approved by the Governing Council on October 25, 2018.

Students who have defended their thesis in the academic year corresponding to award announcement and meet the following requirements shall be eligible to apply:

1. Their thesis was rated by the tribunal as "outstanding" and awarded the mention of "cum laude".
2. All the members of the examining board deemed the thesis to be worthy of the award.

Extraordinary awards are assigned by branches of knowledge: Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Health Sciences, Social and Legal Sciences, and Engineering and Architecture, and by complete academic years.

Announcement of the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize for theses examined in academic year 2020-21

• Extraordinary Doctoral Prize Regulations
• Call for the 2020-21 academic course 
• Abridged Curriculum Vitae (template) 
• Achievements information sheet 
• Self-test Mode A - Experimental 
• Self-test Mode B – Human and Social 
• Self-test Mode C – Human and Soc. Experimental format.
•  Instructions for applying for the Prize.
• Granted Awards for the 2020-21 academic year (PDF)

Granted Awards for former years

• Granted Awards for the 2019-20 academic year (PDF)
• Granted Awards for the 2018-19 academic year (PDF)
• Granted Awards for the 2017-18 academic year (PDF)
• Granted Awards for the 2016-17 academic year (PDF)