Duration of study programme: Temporary leave of absence for personal reasons
- DESCRIPTION: This is the procedure to be followed by people who during the course of an academic year are unable to work on their doctoral thesis for personal reasons, extendable to an additional year.
Application procedure |
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Who |
The doctoral student or authorized persons on presentation of the necessary identification. |
Where |
Through the online administrative procedures on the Intranet of the URV. Students who do not have access to the online procedures can submit their applications to the online registry of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili University or to any of its auxiliary registries. |
When |
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How |
Students must present:
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Cost |
(*)Temporarily for the academic year 2024-25:
From the academic year 2025-26, if a student wants a temporary leave of absence to be recorded in their academic record, they must be registered for that academic year. |
Observations |
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Resolution of the application |
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Who |
The academic committee of the doctoral programme. In the event of an unfavourable resolution for technical reasons, the corresponding technical body, as delegated by the Academic Committee, will decide. |
When |
When required. |
How |
If the leave of absence is requested after 1 October 2024 and the student has not yet registered for the academic year 2024-25, the Academic Committee will assess the request and, if necessary, accept it. In this case, acceptance of the temporary leave of absence implies registration for the academic year 2024-25. The academic committee will sign the document electronically and send it by email to the Secretariat of the Campus/Faculty/School. The Secretariat of the Campus/Faculty/School will the student's registration for the academic year 2024-25 and once the corresponding refund has been paid, will update the data in the file and will send the corresponding resolution, by means of electronic notification, to the interested party. It will send a copy of this resolution to the Doctoral School, to the secretary's office of the corresponding department and to the doctoral programme coordinators. |
Effects on academic progresss |
The duration of the period of temporary leave of absence will be one academic year (1 October to 1 October of the following year). |
Observations |
Doctoral students must maintain their administrative relationship with the URV by registering annually up until the moment when they deposit and defend their doctoral thesis. |