The doctoral program in Linguistic, Literary and Theatrical Studies, promoted and organized by the Department of Philology, Communication and Documentation of the University of Alcalá, constitutes an integration of the previous existing programs in the Department (D227 Edition and Interpretation of texts (RD 98) / D232 Applied Linguistics (RD 98) / D277 Comparative Literature (RD 98) / D313 Spanish Language and Literature (RD 56) / D340 Spanish Language and Literature (RD 1393) / D1010 Theater Studies), and complies with the provisions by Royal Decree 99/2011, which regulates official doctorate education.