Study plan

Pre-registration

· Depending on each university:

- First period: September

- Second period: February

Provisional list
Appeals
Final list

· ≅ 20 days later

Enrolment

- First period: ≅ October–November

- Second period: ≅ February–March

Assignment of
Thesis
Supervisors

· Within the first three months after enrolment

Appointment of
the Monitoring
Committee

· Within the first six months after enrolment and before the defence of the Research Plan

Defence of the
Research
Plan

· Within the first six months after enrolment before the Monitoring Committee

· Approval by the Academic Committee

· May–July

Enrolment renewal October–November

Training
activities
and thesis
development

· The following year after approval of the Research Plan

Annual
Assessment

· ≅ May–June

· Defence of thesis progress and training activities

· Approval by the Academic Committee

· Galician universities:

4 years full-time + 1 extension

7 years part-time + 2 extensions

· Portuguese universities: PENDING

Thesis
Defence

· Three years full-time from first enrolment, extendable by 1+1 additional years.

· Five years part-time from first enrolment, extendable by 2+1 additional years.