Universitat Rovira i Virgili URV (Tarragona)

Libraries: as members of the ICIQ we have access to all URV libraries with the ICIQ's ID card and we can borrow books. If you have any problems, mention that there's a URV-ICIQ agreement and ask to see the Library Director.

Contact person: Sílvia Duran (Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica) telephone nr. 977 55 81 37

Thesis bureaucracy: Thesis paperwork changes every now and then, so pay attention to ask to URV which rules apply at the moment you would like to submit. Following are described some of the steps that are usually required as a guideline. Take into account that on August most URV offices are closed.

Most of the procedure concerning the thesis submission process is very well described in the link above. However, there are some aspects that may cause confusion:
- The first thing is POP ( = octopus in catalan). On the web page it says that you need an authorisation from POP when submitting to the department. This is not accurate! POP is the department and you cannot obtain an authorisation before having submitted the thesis to the department. On the authorisation form you therefore fill out your personal data, hand in the form at the secretary's office and they will fill out the rest.
- Another thing is the reports from the European experts: at the moment you submit the thesis to the department, you hand in a form with the personal data of the European experts. The university will then send them an e-mail with instruction on what to do. The reports will be sent electronically directly to the doctorate school. You don't have to worry.
Some days (weeks) in advance of submitting to the department it is advisable to go to the secretary's office at the department of physical chemistry asking what documentation you have to provide. At the moment of writing (September 2010) some additional documentation compared to what is mentioned on the web page is required.

1) Thesis registration

2) Thesis deposit: remember to check the data you gave when registering your thesis, some things (specially the title!) might have changed.

2.1) Docs for the Department:

- thesis director report

- defence application form

- 1 copy of the thesis (can be spiral bound)

- Thesis jury members' data

- copy of your B. Sc. degree, university data, date of B. Sc.

2.1) If you want to ask for the "European Mention Thesis":

- application form

- certificates to prove you've been doing research in a UE university/research centre for at least 3 months

- 2 reports on your thesis by external European researchers

2.3) Docs for the Escola de Postgrau i Doctorat (can only be handed in between the 1st and 10th of the month).

- 1 copy of your thesis

- if the thesis is written in English, a 4-page summary in catalan / Spanish is needed

- TDX form

Dealings with the URV university can be frustrating, so we hope the following links are useful:

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