National Regulations
Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies.
Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4 July, which amends Royal Decree 99/2011 of 28 January regulating official doctoral studies; Royal Decree 1002/2010, of 5 August, on the issuance of official university degrees; and Royal Decree 641/2021, of 27 July, which regulates the direct granting of subsidies to Spanish public universities for the modernization and digitalization of the Spanish university system within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
Summary of regulatory changes in doctoral studies
Royal Decree 195/2016, of 13 May, which establishes the requirements for issuing the European Supplement to the Doctoral Degree.
Royal Decree 822/2021, of 28 September, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedures for quality assurance.
Royal Decree 889/2022, of 18 October, which establishes the conditions and procedures for the recognition, declaration of equivalence, and validation of university studies from foreign education systems, and regulates the procedure for establishing the correspondence of official university degrees from previous academic systems with the levels of the Spanish Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (MECES).
Regional Regulations
Decree 23/2025, of 28 February, of the Government of Aragón, approving the Statutes of the University of Zaragoza.
Decree 72/2023, of 17 May, of the Government of Aragón, approving the regulation governing procedures and measures for quality assurance of official university studies in the Autonomous Community of Aragón.
Decree establishing public fees for the provision of regional services.
Regulations on university matters of the Government of Aragón
Specific Regulations of the University of Zaragoza
Internal Regulations of the Doctoral School. Agreement of 13 May 2026 of the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza.
Regulations on the Internal Quality Assurance System for Doctoral Studies. Agreement of 13 May 2026 of the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza.
Regulations for the Preparation, Approval and Amendment of the Verification Reports for Doctoral Programmes. Agreement of 13 May 2026 of the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza.
Electoral Regulations of the Doctoral School of the University of Zaragoza. Agreement of 25 June 2025 of the Governing Council.
Code of Good Practice for the Doctoral School and Doctoral Programs. Agreement of 9 July, 2026, of the Management Committee.
Regulations on Doctoral Theses at the University of Zaragoza. Agreement of 29 June de 2026, of the Governing Council.
Regulations for the awarding of Extraordinary Doctoral Prizes (in effect for the 2026 call). Agreement of 12 July, 2019, of the Governing Council.
Criteria used by each field of knowledge to evaluate curricula:
New Regulations for the awarding of Extraordinary Doctoral Prizes (in effect from the 2027 call onwards). Agreement of 29 June, 2026, of the Governing Council.
Procedure for processing the Academia General Militar Prize for doctoral theses. Agreement of 29 June 2022 of the Governing Council, BOUZ 8-2022.
University of Zaragoza Regulations
Instructions, Procedures, and Other Agreements
Instruction on access, admission, enrolment, dedication and continuation in doctoral degrees at the University of Zaragoza (Instruction of 9 July, 2026, of the EDUZ Management Committee).
Procedure for the deposit, authorization and defence of doctoral theses at the University of Zaragoza (Agreement of 30 April, 2026, of the EDUZ Management Committee, amended by the Agreement of 9 July, 2026).
Instruction on open-access publication of doctoral theses in the institutional repository of the University of Zaragoza (30 May 2017, Management Committee); Procedure for open publication of theses (June 2017) and Procedure for doctoral theses subject to confidentiality (June 2017).
Order of the Director and the Administrator of the Doctoral School of the University of Zaragoza regarding the processing of theses under international cotutelle arrangements (13 November 2024).
Management Instruction on payments for travel, accommodation, and allowances for members of doctoral thesis examination committees (14 March 2025).
Criteria for recognizing research experience for supervising and tutoring doctoral theses and/or serving on doctoral thesis evaluation committees at the University of Zaragoza (Agreement of 30 October 2024 of the Doctoral Committee). See also Agreement of 9 July, 2026 of the EDUZ Management Committee regarding the requirements for research experience for tutors, directors and members of viva committees.
Agreements of the Standing Committee of the EDUZ Management Committee.