Doctoral students will have access, through the virtual campus IT platform, to teaching materials and related tasks on the university's specific rules for writing a thesis, as well as for preparing educational presentations and public speaking. The aim of this activity is for doctoral students to become familiar with the institutional style and formal requirements that must be applied when preparing their thesis, as well as to learn how to prepare educational presentations to convey the results of their research in a rigorous yet engaging manner. In addition to the thesis submission procedure, they will learn about the academic protocol for the public defense.

Students will have access to teaching materials and assignments via the virtual campus IT platform. Students must complete the assignments set in order to pass the activity on the virtual campus, where they will be assessed by the person responsible for the activity. This activity can be carried out at any time during the doctoral program, at the student's discretion. However, it is recommended that it be completed during the final year.

Description of the procedure: Complete the activity on the virtual campus before June 30 of each year. Upload the work requested by the professor to the assignment corresponding to the activity on the virtual campus. The professor will evaluate it and grade it as PASS or FAIL. The person responsible for the activity will correct the requested work and issue a certificate of completion for the activity in mid-July. The student must upload this certificate to the corresponding activity in LAUREA ACADEMIC.

Assessment report: The tutor will be responsible for validating in LAUREA ACADEMIC whether or not the activity has been passed.

The activity may be recognized if you hold a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA), Research Proficiency, or Doctorate degree. To do so, you must upload the corresponding certificates to LAUREA ACADEMIC, where your tutor will evaluate and validate them if applicable.

• 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.