Industrial Doctorate mention

The doctoral degree certificate may include the International Doctorate mention on the front. To be awarded this mention, the following requirements must be met:

1. The thesis has developed a research project of industrial, business, social or cultural interest of an entity, public or private corporation or public administrative body. Universities, public research organizations (national or regional) and university hospitals are excluded. Exceptionally, studies could have been carried out in any of those institutions, except for universities, as long as the contents of the thesis are eminently applied. The direct connection between the doctoral thesis and the task carried out by the doctoral candidate at the entity or corporation must be formalized in a scientific-technical report, which must be approved by the University.
2. The University and entity, corporation or public administrative body must have signed an agreement for the academical development of the doctoral thesis, which must at least specify the obligations of the parties and the industrial property rights that could be produced.

3. The doctoral candidate must have been hired by the entity, corporation or public administrative body where they carry out the research project for at least a year during the thesis' development, and a considerable portion of the thesis must have been carried out there.

Further information

Academic Regulations for Doctoral Studies