Once the thesis has been defended and approved, the doctoral candidate may request the issuance of the university doctoral degree at the secretariat of the International Doctoral School of the University of Seville (request prior appointment) where they will be informed of the procedure. Once their academic record has been reviewed and compliance with the necessary requirements has been verified, the interested party will receive the degree receipt.

The procedure to follow is as follows:

1. Request the payment letter for the degree fees from EIDUS and pay the fees (it is important to note that the date of issue for the Doctoral Degree will correspond to the date of payment of the fees). Optionally, students who are members of the European Union (a requirement to apply for DNI or NIE) may submit the request through the University of Seville's Electronic Office.
2. Submit the following documentation at the University Registry (General Registry, San Fernando street, or Auxiliary Registry, Pabellón de Brasil):
   • Paid payment letter (See: Public prices and fees)
   • T12 - Annex 12: Application for Official Doctoral Degree
   • For Spanish doctoral candidates: certified photocopy of the DNI (front and back).
   • For doctoral candidates from other countries: certified photocopy of the passport in force (front and back).
   • Certified photocopy of the official degree with which they accessed the doctoral program:
   • Countries belonging to the European Higher Education Area: duly certified photocopy of the access degree to doctoral studies (front and back of the Bachelor's, Architect, Engineer, University Master's degree, etc.). 
   • Countries not belonging to the European Higher Education Area: certified photocopy of the access degree to doctoral studies (front and back) duly legalized.
     • Official documents issued abroad will comply with the following requirements:
       • They must be official and issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the legal system of the country concerned.
       • They must be presented legalized by diplomatic means or, where appropriate, by means of an apostille from the Hague Convention or other procedures such as that existing between the signatory countries of the Andrés Bello Convention. This requirement will not be demanded for documents issued by the authorities of the Member States of the European Union or signatories of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. More information at Legalization of Documents
       • All documents must be accompanied by the corresponding translation into Spanish, carried out, in any case, by an official translator. In case of doubt about the authenticity, validity, or content of the documents provided, the necessary steps will be taken to verify them, and the competent authority issuing said documents may be contacted to validate any doubtful aspects.
3. Within approximately 10 days of having delivered the documentation to the Registry, the receipt will be available for collection at EIDUS.
4. Once the Doctoral Degree has been issued, the interested party will be notified in writing and can collect it from EIDUS (See Collection of the Doctoral Degree).
5. If an official certificate of the qualification and the data of the doctoral thesis defense is needed, it can be requested at any time, by paying the corresponding fees.
6. The interested party may obtain, by requesting it at the Degrees Unit of Pabellón de Brasil, a provisional supplementary certificate of the Doctoral Degree (see section Provisional supplementary certificate).
7. It is important for doctors to enter the data of their doctoral thesis in the institutional Teseo repository of the Ministry of Education: https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/irGestionarConsulta.do

Once the doctoral degree issuance file is complete, the University of Seville may provide a provisional supplementary certificate which will substitute the degree and will have identical value for the purpose of exercising the rights inherent to it, until its material issuance. Said certificate will include the essential data that must appear on the corresponding degree and the national registration number of official university graduates, will be signed by the Rector, and will be valid for one year from the date of issue, which may be extended when due to technical reasons the University has not been able to issue the degree.

Once the Doctoral Degree has been issued, the interested party will be notified in writing and can collect it from EIDUS. The interested party must collect it personally, providing the receipt they received when applying for said degree, the order of payment for the issuance fees, and their DNI or passport.

If you are unable to collect it personally, you may opt for:

• Authorizing another person by means of a notarial power of attorney issued by a Spanish notary.
• Requesting its dispatch to the Government Subdelegation you wish (if residing outside the province of Seville).
• Requesting its dispatch to the nearest Spanish embassy/consulate to your place of residence (if residing outside Spain).

• The processing and resolution of applications for the declaration of equivalence of foreign higher education degrees to the academic level of doctor will be governed by the provisions of Royal Decree 889/2022, of October 18, or the legislation that replaces it. EIDUS will be the body responsible for instructing the procedure and submitting the corresponding resolution proposal to the Rector, following a reasoned report from the EIDUS Executive Committee.
• The procedure will begin with a request from the interested party T13 - Request for equivalence of foreign doctoral degree to the Doctoral Degree by the US, addressed to the Rector of the University of Seville, presented at the University Registry, or at the places established in Article 16 of Law 39/2015, accompanied by the corresponding documentation.
• The submission of the application will imply the accrual of the fee for the equivalence of foreign degrees and studies, as legally established, and its justification will be necessary for the processing of the file.
• For the purposes of accreditation of the grant of equivalence, the University of Seville will issue a certificate stating the foreign degree held by the interested party and the university of origin. Said equivalence will not imply, in any case, the homologation, declaration of equivalence, or recognition of other foreign degrees held by the interested party, nor recognition in Spain at a level different from that of doctor.

More information: Royal Decree 889/2022, of October 18, which establishes the conditions and procedures for homologation, declaration of equivalence, and validation of university studies from foreign educational systems and by which the procedure for establishing the correspondence to the level of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education of official university degrees belonging to previous academic regulations is regulated.