All teaching and administrative and services staff involved in the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya Doctorate School shall sign the Doctoral Charter, as a commitment to best practices in research. This will include acceptance of compliance with the Code of Best Practices in Research.
Before the doctoral thesis is started, the thesis tutor, the supervisor or supervisors, when not the same as the tutor, and the director of the Doctorate School, shall sign a commitment document defining their respective rights and responsibilities and the reciprocal commitments of the signatories, to ensure successful attainment of the objectives of the doctorate programmes during the thesis writing up period.