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Applications for full professor accreditation (advanced research accreditation according to Law 1/2003) can be submitted at any time. To apply, please follow the steps below:
- Preliminary step. Requirements and incompatibilities
- Step 1. Prepare the documentation
- Step 2. Request the procedure
- Step 3. Attach the documentation and make payment
- Decision deadline
- Frequently asked questions and contact information
Preliminary step. Requirements and incompatibilities
Before starting the application, please check that you meet the applicable requirements and are aware of the specified incompatibilities.
Requirements
- You must hold a doctoral degree.
- You must provide proof of nine months of academic mobility during the post-doctoral training period (excluding those who are exempt). Multiple academic stays of at least one month can be combined to meet the requirement.
What are the exemptions to the mobility requirement? - You must provide proof of both a minimum career length and a minimum teaching experience: ten years of full-time work or the equivalent part-time. As a rule, a minimum of 140 ECTS credits or 1,400 hours taught will be required (excluding those who are exempt).
What are the specifics of the requirement to simultaneously demonstrate a minimum career length and minimum teaching record?
Incompatibilities
- Applications for associate professor accreditation will not be accepted for processing if the candidate already holds a research or advanced research accreditation issued by AQU Catalunya, as these have permanent validity.
- The submission of an application for accreditation as an associate professor is incompatible with the simultaneous submission of an application for accreditation as a full professor.
- No new application will be accepted if an earlier application from the same individual is still pending a decision.
- If associate professor accreditation is denied, one year must elapse from the date of submission of the last application before a new application for associate or full professor accreditation can be submitted.
- If full professor accreditation is denied, the applicant may submit a new application for associate professor accreditation, while one year must elapse from the date of submission of the last application before a new application for full professor accreditation can be submitted.
- The AQU Research Assessment Commission recognises that obtaining accreditation as a full professor implies having also obtained accreditation as an associate professor.
For any queries, please consult the Frequently Asked Questions section in the Accreditation Procedures area of our website.
To complete the procedure you will need to use a valid form of digital identification such as idCAT Mobile, Cl@ve, electronic DNI, idCAT Certificate, FNMT, T-CAT, etc.
Step 1. Prepare the documentation
Before starting the application, ensure you have the necessary documentation to proceed with the accreditation process.
Documentation
National ID or passport
Only if the applicant does not authorise us to access their data telematically on the Platform for Integration and Administrative Collaboration (PICA).
Doctoral degree certificate
Only for foreign doctorates and for cases in which the applicant does not authorise us to access their data telematically on the PICA..
Large or single-parent family card
A large family or single-parent card must be submitted to obtain a reduction in the fee (only If the applicant does not authorise us to access their data telematically on the PICA).
Mobility
Form accrediting compliance with the mobility requirement, as per the template published on the website, accompanied by the supporting documentation in a single file (preferably PDF). The data provided on the form must coincide exactly with the certificate(s) submitted. If applicable, certificate of exemption from the academic mobility requirement.
CV
Your CV should contain a narrative section on the quality, relevance and impact of your contributions with respect to the dimensions assessed, as per the instructions provided in the CV template. The applicant must provide full details to support any merits included in their CV. In the case of publications, please provide a navigable link to the publication, as well as indications of their quality and impact.
Research awards
Research awards, if applicable, to demonstrate sufficiency in terms of research merit and knowledge transfer and exchange in the sense set out in the assessment criteria (in a single file, preferably PDF).
Certificate of research or knowledge transfer stay
For research stays, a research or knowledge transfer stay certificate issued by the host university or research centre must be provided, stating the start and end dates of the stay (day/month/year). Research certificates must be submitted in a single file (preferably PDF). Research stays that are not officially certified will not be considered for assessment purposes.
Professional experience
Professional experience must be accredited by an official employment history report.
Official certificate of supervised theses
A certificate issued by the competent vice-rectorate must be provided, including the following information: the title and defense date of the thesis, the name of the doctoral candidate, the name of the supervisor(s), and the grade obtained. Certificates must be submitted in a single file (preferably PDF). For evaluation purposes, doctoral theses that are not officially certified will not be considered.
Research projects
A certificate as principal investigator (PI or co-PI) issued by the university or research center must be provided, including the following information: project title, funding entity, grant reference, awarded amount, and project duration. Certificates must be submitted in a single file (preferably PDF). For evaluation purposes, research projects that are not officially certified by the competent vice-rectorate will not be considered.
Minimum teaching requirement
With regard to the minimum requirement for teaching at a regulated university, please provide the following:
- Service record, issued by the person responsible for human resources and/or personnel at the relevant institution, detailing the applicant's teaching activity, professional category and the day, month and year on which they joined the faculty.
- Certificate of teaching activity issued by the relevant university and detailing the applicant's teaching activity in the terms indicated in the template published on the Agency's website. Certificates must be submitted in a single file (preferably PDF). If applicable, certificate of exemption or reduction of the teaching activity requirement, in accordance with the assessment criteria set out in the call for applications.
Certificate of teaching activity
Teaching aspect
With regard to the assessment of teaching, you must provide documentation to support the merits listed in the corresponding section of your CV:
- Certificate of teaching quality. DOCENTIA certificate or equivalent from another member agency of the REACU network. As a general rule, applicants are required to provide proof of their teaching quality in the form of positive evaluations conducted by their universities using a teaching assessment manual certified by AQU Catalunya or similar programmes recognised by the other member agencies in the network.
In those cases in which evaluation based on the university's manual has not been possible because the applicant does not meet the necessary requirements to apply for it, the CAR's specific commissions will carry out their own evaluation. If this exceptional situation arises, the applicant must provide:
- Certificate of teaching activity. Certificate issued by the relevant university attesting to the applicant's teaching activity in the terms indicated in the template published on the Agency's website. All teaching must be submitted in a single file (preferably in PDF format).
Please do not submit the same information more than once: if it has already been attached to the application in the minimum teaching requirements section, you do not need to attach it again.
Certificate of teaching activity
- Evidence to support teaching quality. Student satisfaction surveys, reports on the applicant's teaching quality written by an academic manager and/or certificates confirming the award of teaching innovation projects. These documents must be submitted in a single file (preferably in PDF format).
Accepted publications
Publications referenced in the CV template should not be attached. However, in the event that the publications have been accepted but are pending publication, please attach the work with a document justifying the definitive acceptance of the publication by the publisher in a single file (preferably PDF).
Appraisals
Applicants may provide the email addresses of up to three academics of recognised prestige who can offer a confidential assessment of the applicant's academic career. These nominated individuals will receive an email address to which they can send their appraisal.
Step 2. Access the procedure
One
Access the procedure from our website or from the Gencat Procedures Virtual Office website; look for the call for applications in the search bar and select the relevant procedure.
Two
Choose the option “Request accreditation” and click on “Start”. Next, sign in to fill in the data and validate the fields. Lastly, sign and submit the application.
While filling in the application, you can select the option to save a draft if you wish to continue with it later. You will receive an email with a link to access the draft.
If you encounter any problems when starting or submitting the application, try changing your browser, accessing from a hidden window, or deleting cookies.
If the issue persists, please send an email with a screenshot of the problem to professorat@aqu.cat
Three
Once the application process has been completed, you will receive an email with confirmation of receipt. The confirmation will contain the ID code required to access your private area. You can consult the status of your application from this link.
Step 3. Attach the documentation and make payment
Once you have sent the application to be processed, you have 5 calendar days to attach the documentation and pay the corresponding fee through your Gencat Procedures (Trámites Gencat) private area, starting from the day after the application has been submitted.
The merits claimed cannot be dated after the deadline for submission of the application.
Decision deadline
The applicant will be notified of the outcome of the application for associate professor accreditation within a maximum period of six months from the submission of the application.
To ensure the confidentiality of all participants, AQU Catalunya will not communicate the assessment results by telephone.
Frequently asked questions and contact information
Should you have any queries, please consult the FAQs relating to this procedure:
