Exponential increase in the scientific production and publication of regulations and manuals on the quality and excellence in doctoral education (EHEA, ERA, OCDE, etc.).

Development and implementation of formally structured doctoral programs (in the Catalan context, regulated by the  RD 99/2011):

• Provision of a maximum duration of 3 years, with one renewable year.

• Collection of evidence on the quality of doctoral students' education through   Documento de Actividades Formativas del Doctorado.

Increasing attention to the quality of doctoral education and, in particular, doctoral supervision.

• Implementation of specific training courses to train doctoral supervisors. In some contexts, it is necessary to pass a process of accreditation of supervisory competencies.

Focus on doctoral students' mobility in the three dimensions of the concept: internationalization, interdisciplinarity, and intersectoral.

Special focus by universities in providing doctoral training that guarantees the acquisition of skills and competencies transferable in multiple contexts, in order to promote access to the job market of recent doctors.

Prepare doctoral candidates to access professional research careers in the public and private sector, both inside and outside academia.

Formalization of the new doctoral trajectories through the creation of Modern Doctorates: industrial, professional, clinical, etc.