In fact, the Research Service of all participating universities considers thesis supervision in the research grants received by the Department/Institute where the director carries out this activity and in the research grants received by research groups.

The CAD will encourage that most of the theses presented in the doctoral program have an international mention, which will imply, at least a stay of at least 3 months duration in a foreign research center, that the thesis is previously informed by two expert doctors from higher education or research institutions outside of Spain and that at
At least one member of the thesis evaluation committee must also be a member. The goal is to achieve a percentage of theses earning the international mention award of higher than 60% of the total number of theses defended. This percentage is based on the previous record of theses that have achieved the international mention award.

It should be noted that, as a general rule and regardless of whether the thesis has an international mention or not, both the preliminary reports and the thesis committee include the presence of internationally recognized experts (at least two foreign experts in total).

Provision of stays in other centres, co-supervisions and European mentions:

Based on prior experience in the Doctoral Program, it is known that most doctoral students, especially those who have received a research/training grant, have completed one or more internships while completing their doctoral thesis. Of the theses defended in the Doctoral Program in recent years, a significant proportion have been co-supervised and have also obtained the European Distinction.

In subsequent years, it is estimated that all doctoral students in the Program will undertake stays at other universities or centers (in reality, this is one of the training activities contemplated in the Program) and that, as we have just indicated in the previous section, 60% of the % theses will be eligible for international mention.

These stays will be carried out at scientific and university institutions with which we maintain relationships, and will include mobility between the different Spanish universities participating in the Program. These stays will not differentiate between full-time and part-time students. The institutions involved have been specified in section 1.4. Agreements have been reached with most of these institutions to facilitate the stays and even provide the necessary funding (through Spanish research excellence programs).
of the CONSOLIDER-INGENIO type, or of European research and mobility programmes (the COST-PoCheMon action, for example).

The research activities that students will undertake at each of these institutions will obviously depend on their research experience. They can be divided into the following categories:

· Chemistry of molecules and molecular materials: The aspect related to inorganic systems will be developed in the research centers involved in the COSTPoCheMon Action. The aspect related to organic systems will be developed in the organic chemistry groups participating in the CONSOLIDER-INGENIO NANOMOL, HOPE, and SUPRAMED projects (for example, the groups of Nazario Martín (UCM), Tomás Torres (UAM), and Fernando Fernández (UMH)).
· Molecular Magnetism: The aspects related to the design of molecular magnetic systems, the magnetic characterization of these systems, and their nanostructuring and applications in molecular spintronics will be developed in the centers integrated into the European Institute of Molecular Magnetism.
· Applications of Molecular Electronics and Molecular Electronic Devices: This aspect will be developed primarily in the centers integrated into the HOPE and NANOMOL projects, primarily in multidisciplinary research institutes such as IMDEA-Nanoscience and the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ).
· Biomedical applications of supramolecular chemistry: This aspect will be developed in the centers integrated into the SUPRAMED project and will allow the student to undertake internships at the medical centers (university hospitals) with which this project has signed the corresponding agreements.

In the past, this Programme has demonstrated its ability to develop a significant number of theses under co-supervision. Most of these theses have involved French centres (Univ. Paris VI, Univ. Paul Sabatier) which are integrated into the European Institute of Molecular Magnetism. This institute also awards the mention of “European PhD in Molecular Magnetism”. One objective of the present Doctoral Programme is to encourage this European path in the future.

Provision of internships at other centers, joint supervision, and European mentions: Based on prior experience in the Doctoral Program, it is known that most doctoral students, especially those who have received a research/training grant, have completed one or more internships while completing their doctoral thesis. Of the theses defended in the Doctoral Program in recent years, a significant proportion have been co-supervised and have also obtained a European mention.

In subsequent years, it is estimated that all PhD students in the Programme will undertake stays at other universities or centres (in fact this is one of the training activities included in the Programme) and that, as we have just pointed out in the previous section, 60 % of the theses will be eligible for the international mention.

Given the inter-university nature of the Programme, there is an Academic Doctoral Committee responsible for coordinating the different universities to carry out joint activities (the ENMM and ESMOLNA Schools described above), to promote collaboration between groups and co-direction and co-supervision of theses and to ensure that the doctorate meets the quality standards required for an excellent doctorate.

Furthermore, doctoral thesis directors must comply with the general regulations established by the participating universities:

1. Within a maximum period of six months from the date of registration, the CAD will assign each doctoral student a doctoral thesis supervisor who may or may not be the same as the tutor. This assignment may be given to any doctor with duly accredited research experience, regardless of the University, Centre or Institute in which he or she provides his or her services.

2. A doctoral thesis may be co-supervised by a maximum of three doctors who meet the above conditions, subject to prior authorization from the academic committee in cases of thematic interdisciplinarity or programs developed in collaboration with other State or international universities.

3. No doctor may direct or co-direct more than 10 theses simultaneously.

4. The director may resign from the direction by means of a reasoned written submission to the CAD, which will resolve the request and proceed to appoint another director to continue the doctorate.

5. The CAD may modify, after hearing from the doctoral student and provided there are justified reasons, the appointment of the doctoral thesis director at any time during the completion of the thesis.

6. The regulations of each University that govern the activity of the teaching staff will establish the equivalence in credits of the tutoring and direction of doctoral theses.

7. Each participating university may enter into agreements with foreign universities for the completion of doctoral theses under a joint supervision regime. In this case, doctoral students will carry out their thesis work under the supervision and responsibility of at least one thesis supervisor from each of the universities that signed the agreement.

8. For the purposes of depositing, evaluating and defending the doctoral thesis, each participating university will follow the regulations approved for this purpose. We must clarify that each university has established in its regulations on the Doctorate specific aspects regarding the assignment of the thesis tutor and director, the supervision and monitoring of the doctoral student, and the thesis direction. In any case, the regulations of all universities are based on the regulations established in Royal Decree 99/2011 of January 28, which regulates official doctoral studies. Therefore, we can affirm that the procedure for the assignment of the thesis tutor and director is unique for the doctoral program presented. The same occurs in relation to the procedure established for the possible change in the assignment of the tutor and/or director (point 5 of the general regulations) and for the monitoring of the doctoral student's activities (see next point).

In order to ensure equal treatment for all students with regard to the applicable regulations, the procedures and deadlines established for the assignment of the tutor and thesis director for the doctoral student will be those established by the University of Valencia, regardless of the university in which the student enrolls.