Photo of the Standing Committee of the Doctoral School
The Standing Committee, which is chaired by its director, is the School Board's executive and permanent representative body.
Functions
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To ensure that these regulations and the Board’s agreements are complied with.
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To regulate the use of the Doctoral School's name and its corporate identity, within the framework of the University's regulations.
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To set up the consultation committees that are deemed necessary.
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To draft the Doctoral School's strategic plan, within the framework of the University's strategic planning.
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To design and implement the quality assurance system for monitoring activities and the results of the doctoral programmes.
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To approve the settlement and distribution of the budget allocated to the Doctoral School every year.
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To authorise the economic items needed to cover infrastructure and maintenance costs that are not allocated in the annual operating budget.
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To ensure that the Doctoral School's operations are fluid, in accordance with prevailing regulations.
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To set doctoral students' cross-disciplinary training activities and also regulate activities that may be of interest in their research training.
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To facilitate the recruitment of doctors by companies and promote the internationalisation of the doctoral programmes.
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To assess the effectiveness of policies on predoctoral grants and financial aid and, if necessary, make proposals to improve them.
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To propose the composition of the examination committees for doctoral theses to the rector for his approval, subsequent to the report of the academic committee of the doctoral programme in question.
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To count the votes for the cum laude mention or delegate this task to another body.
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To rule on the calls for special doctoral awards.
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To establish the procedures for the recognition of training activities and other aspects of training for researchers.
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To establish the procedures for conflict resolution in doctoral studies.
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To promote actions that enable the Doctoral School to be managed and to execute its strategic plan.
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To propose the nomination of an honorary doctoral degree holder to the Governing Council.
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To propose initiatives and aspirations and express an opinion on issues that affect the Doctoral School and its environment.
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To propose collaborating bodies that may participate in the Doctoral School's activities to the Board.
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To participate in the recruitment, training, assessment and promotion of the Doctoral School's administrative and service staff, under the terms established in the Statutes.
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To propose items to be included in the agenda for the Board's meetings.
Composition
Ex officio members
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Dr Josep Maria Font Llagunes, director of the Doctoral School, chair of the Standing Committee.
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Dr Cristina Canal Barnils, assistant director of the Doctoral School.
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Dr Lluís Jofre Cruanyes, secretary of the Doctoral School, who acts as secretary of the Standing Committee.
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Ana Canales Martínez, head of the head of the Support Services Unit at the Doctorate School
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MªEugènia Miranda, head of the doctoral management unit.
Elected members
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Dr Miguel Cervera, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Civil Engineering.
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Dr Manel Espino, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering.
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Dr Carlos Marmolejo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Urban and Architectural Management and Valuation.
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Dr Magda Mària, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Architectural Design.
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Dr Olga Muñoz, , coordinator of the doctoral degree in Signal Theory and Communications.
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Dr Carlos Andújar, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Computing.
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Dr Lluïsa Quevedo, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Optical Engineering.
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Dr María Isabel Achaerandio, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Agri-food Technology and Biotechnology.
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Dr Toni Dorado, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Natural Resources and Environment.
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Dr Roberto Villafàfila, coordinator of the doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering.