Defense date and thesis self-registration
The thesis defences are face-to-face. If, exceptionally, you wish to request another modality, please consult the information on this page.
You can consult the list of places where the defence is authorised.
Once the examining board has been approved, you will need to inform the date and place of the defence by filling in the following form.
Video tutorial to fill in the form:
When you fill in the form and click Send, you will automatically receive an e-mail with the information you have provided.
Both the coordination of the doctoral programme and the Department/Institute that manages your programme will receive an e-mail with the details of the form that they will have to validate by resending it to the School for Doctoral Studies. The date on which this resubmission is registered is the date that will count for the purposes of the deadline (minimum 10 working days before the defence).
Once the School for Doctoral Studies has received the validation with the defence date of your thesis, you will receive a message informing you how you will have to register.
If you need to modify any information on the form, please contact ed.fitxa.defensa@uab.cat with the subject MODIFICACIÓN FICHA so that we can give you instructions on how to do it.
Consult the timetable for this procedure.
Remember that you have a maximum of three months between the deposit and the defence of your thesis (August is not included in this period).
Check in this same page the section Self-registration of the thesis deposit.
The self-register of the thesis involves a fee that you must pay once your thesis has been deposited and approved by the Permanent Board to make the deposit. It is a different fee than the one you must pay annually for self-registration of the follow-up.
To self-register the thesis deposit, you must connect to the link that we will send you by email when we receive the form with the date of your defence. Confirm with the coordination of the PhD programme that your email address that is stated in the defense file is correct. In the event that the message does not reach you and you cannot do the self-enrollment, you will not be able to defend the thesis on the scheduled date. Remember that you must do this self-registration within the period indicated by the message. The amount is € 156.87. If you have some degree of disability or a large family card, this amount will vary.
In the event that you do not self-enroll or that you do not pay this fee, the Doctoral School will not be able to issue the documentation and you will not be able to defend on the scheduled date.
In the following video tutorial (in Spanish with English subtitles) you will see how to do this very quickly:
If you have any incident with the payment, you should contact tesis@uab.cat.