Research plan

The contents of the PhD programme's research plan, established by the programme's academic coordinators, include at least the methodology and objectives that you will have to achieve as a PhD student, the means to be employed and the planned timing of your research project.

From the moment you are admitted to the PhD programme, you will draw up the research plan with the help of your thesis supervisor, who will assist you in defining the research project.

Once this is done you must add it to your PhD academic record (Intranet Services: Doctoral students: research plan and activities) for it to be approved by your thesis supervisor and thesis tutor (see below for the instructions). Finally, fill in and sign the application for approval of the research plan (see below) and submit this and the research plan itself to the doctoral programme’s academic committee, for evaluation and approval.
If, when submitting the application for approval of the research plan, a change in your enrolment status is agreed with your thesis director, you will also need to submit the form for changes of enrolment status so your academic record is updated.

Once approved, the research plan can still be improved, added to or corrected during your time on the PhD programme. To do this, follow the same procedure as above, but using the form modification of the research plan.

• Research plan request form (MS Word, )
• Modification of the research plan (MS Word, )
• Tutorial for the UAB self-enrolment system (PDF, )