International Stay
Research stay in an international institution other than UCAM (University or center outside Spain). Doctoral students will be able to participate in this activity from the second year onwards.
The stay must have a minimum duration of 3 months. The criteria for determining whether the stay is of an international nature will be the place where it is carried out, as indicated in the guidelines for obtaining the International Mention. Thus,:
- A foreign student with a place of residence in his or her home country who carries out a stay in his or her country of origin can validate the stay as International.
Person Responsible or teaching and and Assessment
El objetivo de esta actividad es ampliar los conocimientos del doctorando en su área de conocimiento o transferir conocimiento al tejido productivo. Por otra parte, con esta actividad se fomenta en el doctorando el trabajo en equipo y la integración en grupos de trabajo multidisciplinares, además de la colaboración con otros investigadores de su área de conocimiento
The person responsible for this activity will be in charge of:
- Provide all the information necessary for the student to be able to carry out the activity normally.
The supervisor must:
- Evaluate, alongside the doctoral student, the suitability of this type of stay and examine the possible centers in which this activity could be carried out.
- Approve the stay by means of the Application to carry out a Research Stay in a Foreign/International Institution*.
The tutor must:
- To control the development of the activity by the student, to corroborate the delivery of the documentation at the end of the stay and to confirm its success, both in the annual final report and in the report for the thesis deposit.
The PhD student must:
- Take the initiative in contacting their supervisor and tutor for the development of this activity.
- Evaluate, alongside its supervisor, the suitability of this type of stay and examine the possible centers in which it could be carried out.
- Before initiating the stay, send the Application to carry out a Research Stay in a Foreign/International Institution to EIDUCAM for its approval by the Academic Commission.
- Upon completion of the stay, upload to Laurea Academic the certificate of the stay issued by the institution where the stay was carried out, along with a short report explaining all the academic activities undertaken during the stay, signed by the tutor responsible at the host institution.
This activity is compulsory for all doctoral students who wish to obtain the International Mention in their doctoral degree.
- In this case, the doctoral student must notify his/her tutor/supervisor and EIDUCAM in writing of his/her intention to apply for the International Mention, following all the necessary guidelines for this purpose.
*available at: https://investigacion.ucam.edu/sites/investigacion.ucam.edu/files/Eiducam/PortalDoctorando/tramites/proced-menc-internacional.pdf
This activity is not recognizable by stays carried out before admission to the program or by stays carried out during the program, but not authorized by the Academic Commission.