The general regulations governing doctoral studies can be found at the following address: https://www.ucm.es/normativa

• Royal Decree 99/2011 of 28 January 2011, (BOE 10.2.2011), which regulates official PhD studies [99-2011 BOE-A-2011-2541].
• Royal Decree 576/2023, of July 4, 2023 (BOE 18.07.2023), which amends RD 99/2011 regulating official doctoral studies [BOE-A-2023-16573].
• Regulations implementing Royal Decree 99/2011 of the UCM regulating doctoral studies [BOUC no. 14, 21.12. 2012].
• Regulations implementing Royal Decree 99/2011 regulating doctoral studies at the Complutense University of Madrid [BOUC no. 10, 29.4.2015].
• Regulations for admission to doctoral studies regulated by the Royal Decree of January 28, which regulates official doctoral studies [BOUC no. 2, 11.2.2014].
• Regulation of the continuity in PhD programs at the Complutense University of Madrid [BOUC nº 24, 2.12.2016] and modification of point 5 [BOUC nº 18, 9.7.2018] Temporary and definitive withdrawals.
• Instructions for the management of enrollment in official Doctoral studies for the 2016-2017 academic year include aspects such as electronic address or registration of Thesis [BOUC nº21, October 6, 2016; article 3, page 10].
• Doctoral Thesis under co-supervision [BOUC nº 10, 29.04.2015].
• Doctoral Thesis with Industrial Mention [BOUC nº 18, 9.07.2018].

The student should bear in mind that the Doctoral Program is essentially regulated and based on Royal Decree 675/2023 (July 4, 2023)which ammends and updates RD99/2011 (of January 28, 2011) and its development by the UCM [BOUC nº 10, 29.04.2015].

Information on updated dates, new regulations, documentation, etc. can be found on the website of the Doctoral School

In some of the sections (e.g. presentation of thesis in publications format, PhD with international mention, co-direction of Thesis, etc.) the specific internal regulations of our Doctoral Program in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine are included.