Regulations
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
Following the publication of Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4 July, work is underway to adapt the specific doctoral regulations of the University of Zaragoza.
Regulations on the organization and structure of doctoral studies. Agreement of 4 November 2011 of the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza (BOUZ 10-11, 14 November 2011, p. 1799 ff.).
Amended by:
Agreement of 17 October 2017 of the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza approving the Internal Regulations of the Doctoral School (BOUZ 9-17, 23 October 2017, p. 546 ff.).
Agreement of 13 December 2021 of the Governing Council modifying the Internal Regulations of the Doctoral School and the Regulations on the organization and structure of doctoral studies (BOUZ 11-21, 23 December 2021, p. 1096 ff.).
Internal Regulations of the Doctoral School. Agreement of 17 October 2017 of the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza (BOUZ 9-17, 23 October 2017, p. 546 ff.).
Amended by:
Agreement of 25 June 2020 of the Governing Council approving the Regulations on Doctoral Theses at the University of Zaragoza (BOUZ 7-20, 13 July 2020, p. 496 ff.).
Agreement of 13 December 2021 modifying the Internal Regulations of the Doctoral School and the Regulations on the organization and structure of doctoral studies (BOUZ 11-21, 23 December 2021, p. 1096 ff.).
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 (EDUZ) and Doctoral Programs (Agreement of 30 January 2019 of the EDUZ Management Committee and subsequent amendment).
Regulations on Doctoral Theses at the University of Zaragoza (Agreement of 25 June 2020 of the Governing Council, BOUZ 7-20).
Partially repealed by the Resolution of 28 August 2024 of the Rector of the University of Zaragoza, publishing the Procedure for the Deposit of Doctoral Theses at the University of Zaragoza. This is implemented through Instruction 1/2024 of the Doctoral School regarding the deposit of doctoral theses, which includes the processing of reports issued by external expert doctors (26 November 2024).Regulations for the awarding of Extraordinary Doctoral Prizes at the University of Zaragoza (Agreement of 12 July 2019 of the Governing Council).
Criteria used by each field of knowledge to evaluate curricula:
Procedure for processing the Academia General Militar Prize for doctoral theses (Agreement of 29 June 2022 of the Governing Council, BOUZ 8-2022).
Instructions, Procedures, and Other Agreements
Instruction on access, admission, dedication, and continuation in doctoral studies (Instruction of 23 May 2018 of the EDUZ Management Committee, with subsequent amendments).
Procedure for the deposit, authorization, and defense of doctoral theses at the University of Zaragoza (Agreement of 28 July 2020 of the EDUZ Management Committee, with subsequent amendment).
Partially repealed by the Resolution of 28 August 2024 of the Rector of the University of Zaragoza publishing the Procedure for the Deposit of Doctoral Theses, implemented through Instruction 1/2024 of the Doctoral School (26 November 2024).Instruction on open-access publication of doctoral theses in the institutional repository of the University of Zaragoza (30 May 2017, Management Committee), together with:
Procedure for open publication of theses (June 2017)
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).
Agreements of the Standing Committee of the EDUZ Management Committee.