The UIB is governed by applicable European Union legislation, by the LOU Act, by the regulations passed by the Spanish central government and the regional government of the Balearic Islands in line with their respective authority, by its own Statutes, which comprise the basic regulations of its self-governing system, and by the implementing regulations thereof.

The LOU Act, UIB Statutes and Academic Regulations

• Organic Law 6/2001, of 21^st December, on universities. Organic Law 4/2007, of 12^th April, which modifies Law 6/2001
• Statutes of the University of the Balearic Islands
• Academic Regulations

General Regulations

• Royal Decree 822/2021, of 28^th September, which establishes the organization of university education and the quality assurance procedure. [PDF - html (ES)]
• Royal Decree 103/2019, of 1^st March, which approves the pre-doctoral research staff in training statute. [PDF (es) - HTML (es)]
• Royal Decree 195/2016, of 13^th May, which sets out the requirements to award the European supplement to the university degree of doctor. [PDF (es) - HTML (es)]
• Royal Decree 43/2015, of 2^nd February, which modifies Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29^th October, that sets out the organisation of official university programmes, and Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28^th January, that regulates official doctoral programmes. [PDF (ca) - html (es)]
• Royal Decree 967/2014, of 21^st November, which sets out the requirements and procedure to validate and grant equivalence to official university academic qualifications and to accredit overseas higher education qualifications, and the procedure to set equivalence to levels within the Spanish framework of higher education qualifications for the official degrees of architect, engineer, licentiate, technical architect, technical engineer and diploma. [PDF (ca) - html (es)]
• Royal Decree 534/2013, of 12^th July, which modifies royal decrees 1393/2007, of 29^th October, that sets out the organisation of official university programmes; 99/2011, of 28^th January, that governs official doctoral programmes; and 1892/2008, of 14^th November, that regulates the terms to be admitted to official undergraduate degree programmes and the admissions procedure for public universities in Spain. [PDF (ca) - [html (es)]
• Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28^th January, which regulates official doctoral programmes. [PDF (es) - html (es) - Consolidated text from 3^rd June 2016]
• Royal Decree 1002/2010, of 5^th August, regarding the issuance of official university qualifications. [PDF (ca)  - html (es)]

Decree on Public Fees

• Law 19/2019, of 30^th December, on the 2020 general budget of the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands. (Edict no. 13065. Pages 49, 50 and 51) [es]
  
  • Law 2/1997, of 3^rd June, on fees in the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands (consolidated version) [ca]
• 2022-23: Public fees for academic and administrative services for official programmes at the University of the Balearic Islands (Governing Council Agreement of 20^th June 2022) [es]

UIB-specific Regulations for Doctoral Studies

• 11331. REGULATORY AGREEMENT of 23^rd March 2015 that approves the admissions requirements for doctoral studies for those with licentiate, engineering, architecture, diploma, technical engineering and technical architecture degrees.
• 13084. REGULATORY AGREEMENT of 10^th April 2019 that approves the Regulations on the organisation of university PhD programmes at the University of the Balearic Islands. [Text in English]
  • 11330. REGULATORY AGREEMENT of 23^rd March 2015 which modifies Regulatory Agreement 11037/2014, of 22^nd July, whereby the Regulations on the organisation of university PhD programmes at the University of the Balearic Islands are approved. [Text in Catalan] - [Text in Spanish]
  • 11037. REGULATORY AGREEMENT of 22^nd July 2014 that approves the Regulations on the organisation of university PhD programmes at the University of the Balearic Islands.
• 11821. REGULATORY AGREEMENT of 18^th March 2016 that approves the regulations for the equivalence statement procedure at the University of the Balearic Islands for overseas higher education degrees at doctoral level. (In English)
• 10909. REGULATORY AGREEMENT of 5^th February 2014 which modifies Regulatory Agreement 10041/2011, of 22^nd November, whereby the Doctoral School of the University of the Balearic Islands is created.

General Procedures of the Doctoral School

You will find information on admissions and registration for doctoral programmes in the Pre-registration and registration and Procedures sections, the Code of Best Practice, the Thesis Charter, etc.
Other relevant information can be found in the Doctoral Theses section, as well as the format criteria for PhD theses at the UIB.