Access and Registration - Admission

After your application and documentation have been reviewed, you will be considered for admission to the doctoral programme.

You will receive an email informing you whether you have been admitted:

• If you are admitted, you will receive information about the status of your documents. If the documents meet the requirements, you will receive information about registration.

• If you are not admitted, you will be told the reason.

You can check the status of your admission via this link:

Status of the application for admission to official doctoral degrees 

Your status may be one of the following:

• Confirmed

• Validated for admission

• Admitted academically

• Admitted academically with bridging courses

• Admitted pending of requirements of documentation

• Admitted with bridging courses, pending of requirements of documentation

• Admitted pending proof of qualification / obtaining at least 60 master’s degree credits*

• Admitted pending of original documents

• Admitted with bridging courses pending of originals

• Access to registration

• Access to registration with bridging courses

• Conditional access to registration

• Conditional access to registration with bridging courses

• Waiting list

• Technically excluded

• Academically excluded

• Confirmed

You have successfull​y completed the registration. The next step, if you have not done it, is to upload the entrance documentation to your document manager.

The deadline for uploading documents is 10 days after the end of the pre-registration period. You can check the schedule .

• Validated for admission

You have uploaded the minimum documentation required for the coordinator/academic committee of the doctoral programme to evaluate your application.

• Admitted academically

The coordinator/academic committee of the doctoral programme has approved your application and admitted you to the programme. You now have a place reserved for the doctoral programme

If you wish, we can provide you with an admission letter to apply for a grant or a student visa.

You will shortly receive an email informing you of the decision and the steps to follow.

You can see the guide to obtain the visa to study a doctoral programme here.

You can see the orfer issued by the Spanidh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation to apply for a student visa here.

• Admitted academically with bridging courses

The coordinator/academic committee of the doctoral programme has approved your application and admitted you to the programme. You now have a place reserved for the programme.

In view of your prior education, the coordinator/academic committee has decided that you must study subjects as bridging courses to successfully pursue the doctoral programme. You can find the bridging courses in the Access and Admission section of the doctoral programme.

If you wish, we can provide you with an admission letter to apply for a grant or a student visa.

You will shortly receive an email informing you of the decision and the steps to follow.

• Admitted pending of requirements of documentation

​You have been admitted academically to the doctoral programme but you have to provide proof of a formal documentation requirement. When you provide this proof, you may register.

You will receive an email with information about the documents that are missing.

• Admitted with bridging courses, pending of requirements of documentation

​You have been admitted academically to the doctoral programme but you have to provide proof of a formal documentation requirement. When you provide this proof, you may register.

In view of your prior education, the coordinator/academic committee has decided that you must study subjects as bridging courses to successfully pursue the doctoral programme. You can find the bridging courses in the Access and Admission section of the doctoral programme.

You will receive an email with information about the documents that are missing.

• Admitted pending proof of qualification / obtaining at least 60 master’s degree credits*

​The coordinator/academic committee of the doctoral programme has approved your application and admitted you to the programme. You now have a place reserved for the programme. When you provide proof of your entrance qualification, of having paid the issuing fee, or of having obtained at least 60 master's degree ECTS credits*, you can access the registration. You will receive an email informing you of the decision and the steps to follow.

*IMPORTANT: In the case of Spanish degrees, the access way of superation of 60 ECTS credits of a Master's degree is only applicable for university degrees prior to those regulated according to the royal decree 1393/2007, of 29 October. Therefore, candidates with a Spanish Bachelor's degree after this regulation cannot use this access way and they must hold an official Master's degree.

• Admitted pending of original documents

​You have been admitted academically to the doctoral programme but you must submit the original documents. When you present the original documents, you may register.

• Admitted with bridging courses pending of originals

​You have been admitted academically to the doctoral programme but you must submit the original documents. When you present the original documents, you may register.

In view of your prior education, the coordinator/academic committee has decided that you must study subjects as bridging courses to successfully pursue the doctoral programme. You can find the bridging courses in the Access and Admission section of the doctoral programme.

• Access to registration

​You have been admitted academically and it has been found that you have submitted all the necessary documentation. The next step is to register within the set period. Check the schedule .

You will receive an email with the information necessary to register online.

• Access to registration with bridging courses

You have been admitted academically and it has been found that you have submitted all the necessary documentation. Because it has been determined that you must obtain bridging course credits, we recommend that you contact the coordinator of the doctoral programme before registering within the set period. You can find the bridging courses in the Access and Admission section of the doctoral programme. Please check the schedule .

You will receive an email with the information necessary to register online.

• Conditional access to registration

​You have been admitted academically to the doctoral programme and you may register but you still have to meet an entrance documentation requirement.

In view of your interest in registering, you have submitted a declaration of commitment, signed by you and by the coordinator of the doctoral programme, in which you agree to submit the missing documents before an established deadline. If you do not fulfil your commitment on this date, the registration will be cancelled without refund of the amounts paid.

• Conditional access to registration with bridging courses

​You have been admitted academically to the doctoral programme and you may register but you still have to meet an entrance documentation requirement.

In view of your interest in registering, you have submitted a declaration of commitment, signed by you and by the coordinator of the doctoral programme, in which you agree to submit the missing documents before an established deadline. If you do not fulfil your commitment on this date, the registration will be cancelled without refund of the amounts paid.

Because it has been determined that you must obtain bridging course credits, we recommend that you contact the coordinator of the doctoral programme before registration within the set period. You can find the bridging courses in the Access and Admission section of the doctoral programme. Please check the schedule .

• Waiting list

​The coordinator/academic committee of the doctoral programme has approved your application and you have been admitted academically. In addition, you have provided all the necessary documents but at present there are no places available on the programme.

If a place becomes available, you will receive an email with information on how to register.

• Technically excluded

As you have not submitted the minimum documentation required to be able to be assessed by the Coordination / Academic Committee or, after being admitted, you have not fulfilled the formal requirements of the documentation within registration period, your application has been technically excluded. 

You will receive an email with information about the reason why you were not admitted and the procedure for appealing if you disagree with this decision.

If you are still interested in pursuing this or another doctoral programme, you must pre-register again in accordance with the schedule .

• Academically excluded

​The coordinator/academic committee has assessed your application academically and decided not to admit you.

You will receive an email with information about the reason why you were not admitted and the procedure for appealing if you disagree with this decision.

If you are still interested in pursuing this or another doctoral programme, you must pre-register again in accordance with the schedule .