Doctorate calendar | International PhD School of the University of Santiago de Compostela (EDIUS)

To request information and carry out procedures related to the process of extension, termination or admission and registration, you must contact the Academic Management Services via this email doutoramento [at] usc.es (doutoramento[at]usc[dot]gal)

Deadlines for requesting extensions

From 15^th to 30^th November 2023 for those students whose deadline for submitting their thesis falls within the period from 1^st February to 31^st August 2024.

From 21^st June to 5^th July 2024 for those students whose deadline for submitting their thesis falls within the period from 1^st of September 2024 to 31^st January 2025.

From 15^th November to 2^nd December 2024 for those students whose deadline for submitting their thesis falls within the period from 1^st February to 31^st August 2025.

From 23^rd June to 7^th July 2025 for those students whose deadline for submitting their thesis falls within the period from 1^st of September 2025 to 31^st January 2026.

Research plan calendar and annual report for the academic year 2024-2025

	PhD students continuation	PhD students initial enrolment in the 1^st call	PhD students initial enrolment in the 2^nd call
PhD student: Submission of RP	-	8^th April	31^st July
PhD student: upload via VS activities for year 2024/25	30^th June	30^th June	30^th June
Annual assessment	According to dates indicated by each programme and always before the 30^th September	According to dates indicated by each programme and always before the 30^th September	According to dates indicated by each programme and always before the 30^th September
PhD student: unfavourable report claims	10 working days	10 working days	10 working days

Non-teaching periods

There will be non-teaching periods in August, public holidays and other periods of interruption in the academic activities.

The periods of interruption in the academic activities will be:

From 21^st December 2024 until 7^th January 2025 (both dates included)
Carnival Monday and Tuesday (3^rd and 4^th March 2025)
Easter (from the 14^th until 18^th April 2025, both dates included)

There will also be a non-teaching day on Friday 27th January 2025, date of celebration of San Tomé de Aquino, and also the days stated public holiday by the Gobernment, the Autonomous Region and those days corresponding to local public holidays in each Campus. The 8th September 2023 will also be a non-teaching day as it is the official opening day for the academic year 2023-2024.

This does not affect

The deadline period the PhD student has for the submission of the thesis for its processing. The deadline will be the one indicated in the student file regardless of whether it is a teaching or non-teaching day.

This affects

The public exposure period of the thesis as well as the date of the thesis defence act.