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Suspension of studies

Requests for suspensions are to be addressed to your CAPD. There are two types of suspensions: sickness- or maternity-related and voluntary.

The period of temporary leave does not count in the period of time that the doctoral student has to elaborate the doctoral thesis. For this reason, during the period of the leave, the student cannot perform any task related to the elaboration of the doctoral thesis, such as: receive support/advice from the thesis direction and/or tutoring, nor elaborate articles for publication, nor attend or perform the obligatory or optional activities, nor present himself/herself for the follow-up evaluation.

Whatever the type, you do not have to enrol if the suspension period coincides with a whole academic year (1 October to 30 September). However, if the suspension period covers part of one academic year and part of another, you need to enrol for both years.

These requests only affect the doctoral academic record. If you have a scholarship that implies a employment contract with the UAB, you must also contact ajuts.agr@uab.cat to process sick leave, if applicable.


Suspensions due to sickness, maternity or any other cause determined by law

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Voluntary suspension

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Withdrawal

Withdrawal from the PhD programme may result from any of the following situations.

  • The student does not enrol on the PhD programme in an academic year.
  • The student does not submit to the progress review and the Monitoring Committee records a grade of Not Assessable in the review report.
  • The student does not pass the second progress review.
  • The student asks for the enrolment to be cancelled. Check the academic and administrative calendar to know the deadline to request cancellation of enrollment.
  • The student has exceeded the deadline to deposit.


Suspension request form (form in Catalan)

Report template Academic Tutor / Thesis Supervisor

FAQ's  suspension (Catalan version)