Doctoral School / UAM

The Doctoral School of the Autonomous University of Madrid, based on its regulations on Doctorate Honorable Mentions, approved by Agreement of the Governing Council of July 14, 2016, calls for the granting of Doctorate Honorable Mentions (Extraordinary Doctorate Awards) on the theses defended in the 2024/2025 academic year, for each of the Doctoral Programs, in the number shown in annex I of the call.

Requirements to participate

The call is open to all Doctors from UAM who have defended their doctoral thesis between 01/10/2024 and 30/09/2025 who have obtained the grade of "Summa Cum Laude".

When the Program for which the applicant is applying cannot propose any honorable mention for not reaching the minimum of five defended doctoral theses in 2023/2024 academic year, their application will be transferred automatically to the next call.

Formalization of requests

The deadline for submitting applications will be between 00:00 on April 1^st and 23:59 on April 24^th, 2026 (Spanish peninsular time).

Applications will be made electronically through the UAM electronic administration website, at the following URL https://sede.uam.es/sede/premiosdoctorado

All the details of the call can be found by accessing the full text, from the download area.

Important dates

As a summary, below you can find the estimated dates of the process. They can be postponed if necessary. 

List of provisional admitted and excluded candidates: 29^th April, 2026 

Rectification period: 30^th April to 8^th May, 2026

List of definitive admitted and excluded candidates:11^th May, 2026 

Provisory resolution of the process: 9^th June, 2026