# Which degree do you get after completing a doctoral thesis in Spain?

Question 5063 · Task 5 · Spanish society · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** ¿Qué título se obtiene tras realizar una tesis doctoral en España?

- a) Máster. (Máster.)
- b) Graduado. (Graduado.)
- c) Doctor. (Doctor.) · Right answer

**Right answer:** c) Doctor.

## Why

The Doctor (PhD) degree is the highest university degree and you get it by defending a doctoral thesis. Before that, you study a bachelor's degree (grado) and normally a master's degree.

Question 5063 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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