Thesis Workshop
Participation in a workshop on the writing and defence of a PhD thesis. PhD students may engage in this activity as soon as they are admitted to the programme. The estimated time commitment of the student will be 5 hours over 4 years for full-time students and 7 years for part-time students.
Modality
Online - Campus Virtual
Type
Mandatory
Presentation date
15/07/2025
Person Responsible or teaching and and Assessment
Via the virtual campus platform, PhD students will be provided with didactic material and associated tasks on the university's specific rules for the writing of the thesis, as well as on the preparation of didactic presentations and how to speak in public.
Students will have access to the didactic material and proposed tasks through the virtual campus platform. The student must complete the established tasks in order to pass the activity. Assignments submitted via the virtual campus platform will be assessed. The workshop can be held at the student's convenience. Description of the procedure for completion of the activity on the virtual campus. Upload the task that was requested by the teacher in the assignment corresponding to the activity on the virtual campus. The teacher will evaluate it as a PASS or a FAIL. The person in charge of the activity will correct the requested task and issue a certificate of successful completion of the activity. The student must upload the certificate to the corresponding activity on LAUREA. Evaluation report: The tutor will be in charge of validating whether or not the activity has been passed on LAUREA.
The activity may be passed if the student holds either the DEA title (Research Proficiency) or PhD degree. Therefore, the corresponding certificates must be uploaded on LAUREA ACADEMIC, and the tutor will evaluate and validate them if necessary.
- To be able to compile and present in a coherent and orderly manner the results derived from the research carried out throughout the doctoral program and to draw conclusions from them.
- To prepare the report for the defense of the doctoral thesis.
- Be able to communicate in a rigorous, didactic and pleasant way the results derived from their research.
- Adequately answer possible questions asked by the members of the examining board.
- Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.