3. In what way is a doctorate carried out under cotutelle different from a joint doctorate?
The joint doctorate is a doctoral program common to two or more universities leading to the award of a single diploma.
The doctorate under Cotutelle consists of a doctoral thesis supervised by two thesis directores (one from the UPV/EHU and another from a foreign university) in two Doctoral Programmes (one from each university) leading to the award of two diplomas (one by each university).