Team

It is made up of:

• The Vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, who acts as president.
• The director of the doctoral school.
• The Doctoral Programme coordinators.
• The presidents of the Doctoral Academic Committees.
• The Faculty Manager.
• A representative of the PhD student body.

The Steering Committee may also include a representative from any of the organisms or institutions with whom a collaboration agreement has been signed.

The Steering Committee is in charge of establishing, organising and updating the general procedures in place for running the different Doctoral Programmes, passing improvements suggested by the Doctoral School Quality Committee, and ensuring the research policies and strategies implemented by the university are followed up on, keeping in mind the sociocultural context, trends and the importance of knowledge transfer.

The CADof each doctoral programme is responsible for:

• Selecting and admitting doctoral students, appointing directors and tutors, and approving Research Plans.
• Carrying out an annual follow-up on the educational activities of doctoral students, ensuring that they acquire the specific and cross-cutting skills suited to their profile.
• Ensuring that Research Plans are followed as scheduled and that doctoral students and thesis supervisors comply with their responsibilities.
• Approving research trips abroad, managing extensions to study programmes, drop-outs, changes in director, and so on.
• Authorising the doctoral thesis defence and appointing members of the examining board.