The School Board

Photo of the School Board at a meeting on 12 December 2019

The Board, which is chaired by its director, is the Doctoral School's highest collegial body. The Board ensures that the Doctoral School adequately fulfils all of the functions attributed to it in the current legislation, the UPC Statutes and the Regulations on the Organisation and Functions of the Doctoral School.

Doctoral School Board decisions

The Board acts as a management committee in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.6 of Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies.

Functions

To approve the Doctoral School's strategic plan, within the framework of the University's strategic planning.
To sanction the Doctoral School's management report, which is presented by the Doctoral School's director.
To promote actions to foster the Doctoral School's leadership and its strategic plan.
To propose the approval of the Regulations on the Organisation and Functions of the Doctoral School and any amendments thereof to the Governing Council.
To propose the approval of internal regulations on the rights and obligations of doctoral students, tutors and thesis supervisors and the composition and functions of the doctoral programmes' academic committees to the Governing Council.
To propose the academic regulations for doctoral studies and any amendments thereof to the Governing Council.
To approve the document outlining the design and implementation of the quality assurance system for doctoral programmes and monitor its progress.
To propose the approval of the creation, modification and withdrawal of doctoral programmes to the Governing Council.
To propose the regulations on the special doctoral awards to the Governing Council and rule on the corresponding calls.
To regulate the academic committees of the doctoral programmes in accordance with the proposals of the school's directors and within the framework of the University's regulations.
To propose the approval of the creation, modification and withdrawal of the Doctoral School's areas of knowledge to the Governing Council.
To present the proposal for a code of good practice (doctoral charter) or any amendments thereof to the Governing Council for its approval.
To approve the proposal for the annual operating budget and the list of human and material resources needed for it to fulfil its functions for its submission to the Governing Council.
To propose initiatives and aspirations and express an opinion on issues that affect the Doctoral School and its environment.

Composition

Ex officio members:

Dr Josep Maria Font, director of the Doctoral School.
Dr Cristina Canal, assistant director of the Doctoral School.
Dr Lluís Jofre Cruanyes, secretary of the Doctoral School, who acts as secretary of the Board.
Ana Canales, head of the Support Service Unit to the Doctoral School
Dr Alberto Abelló, coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus doctoral degree in Information Technologies for Business Intelligence.
Dr Carlos Enrique Alemán, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Polymers and Biopolymers.
Dr Maribel Rosselló, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Theory and History of Architecture.
Dr Jasmina Casals, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Mechanical, Fluids and Aerospace Engineering.
Dr Eulalia Planas, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Chemical Process Engineering.
Dr Gonzalo Ramos, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Construction Engineering.
Dr Blanca Roncero, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Textile and Paper Engineering.
Dr Miguel Cervera, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Civil Engineering.
Dr Michelle Chiumenti, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Structural Analysis.
Dr Anna Pagès, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Architecture, Energy and the Environment.
Dr Olga Muñoz, , coordinator of the doctoral degree in Signal Theory and Communications.
Dr Toni Dorado, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Natural Resources and Environment.
Dr Antonio Isalgué, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Nautical and Marine Engineering and Naval Radio-Electronics.
Dr Martí Rosas, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Sustainability.
Dr Pedro Francisco Delicado, acting coordinator of the doctoral degree in Statistics and Operations Research.
Dr Beatriz F. Giraldo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Dr Ana Maria Lacasta, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Architectural, Building Construction and Urbanism Technology.
Dr Javier Larrosa, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Artificial Intelligence.
Dr Ferran Mazzanti, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Computational and Applied Physics.
Dr Álvaro Luna, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Electric Energy Systems.
Dr Manel Mateo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Supply Chain and Operations Management.
Dr Magda Mària, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Architectural Design.
Dr Davide Careglio, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Computer Architecture.
Dr Emilio Jiménez, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Materials Science.
Dr Ernest Redondo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Architectural, Civil and Urban Heritage and Refurbishment of Existing Buildings.
Dr José Rodrigo Miró, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Transport Engineering and Infrastructure.
Dr Jaime Óscar Casas, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Electronic Engineering.
Dr Leandro Navarro, coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus doctoral degree in Distributed Computing.
Dr Carlos David Pérez, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Thermal Engineering.
Dr Sebastià Olivella, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Geotechnical Engineering.
Dr Maria Rubert, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Urbanism.
Dr Marta Casasnellas, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Bioinformatics.
Dr Manuel Espino, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering.
Dr Jordi Pons, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Aerospace Science and Technology.
Dr Alberto Ledesma, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics.
Dr Lluïsa Quevedo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Optical Engineering.
Dr Carlos Marmolejo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Urban and Architectural Management and Valuation.
Dr Enric Ventura, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics.
Dr Vicenç Fernández, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Business Administration and Management (interuniversity)
Dr José María Sallán, , coordinator of the doctoral degree in Business Administration and Management
D Xavier Hesselbach, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Network Engineering.
Dr César Mösso, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Marine Sciences.
Dr Guillem Pere Cortés, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Nuclear and Ionising Radiation Engineering.
Dr Carlos Andújar, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Computing.
Dr Vicenç Puig, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Automatic Control, Robotics and Vision.
Dr Roberto Villafáfila, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering.
Dr Sergio Zlotnik, coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus doctoral degree in Simulation in Engineering and Entrepreneurship Development.
Dr Marc Alier, coordinator of the doctoral degree in en Engineering, Science and Technology Education.
Dr María Isabel Achaerandio, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Agri-food Technology and Biotechnology.
Dr Robert Sewell, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Photonics.

Elected members:

MªEugènia Miranda, head of the doctoral management unit.