Who we are?
The Doctoral School of the University of Valladolid (EsDUVa) is the centre whose main purpose is the organisation of doctoral teaching and activities. In this sense, it integrates all the doctoral programmes of the University of Valladolid.
The main objective of the Doctoral School of the University of Valladolid is to guarantee the highest quality in third cycle studies, coordinating and promoting excellence in the Doctoral Programmes offered.
To this end, the Doctoral School is responsible for the planning, development and supervision of the Doctoral Programmes offered by the University of Valladolid, as well as for the organisation of the training activities considered appropriate in the field of research.
Its main functions are:
- To plan and propose the Doctoral Programmes offered at the University of Valladolid.
- In the case of inter-university programmes, the Doctoral School will assume the appropriate coordination functions with the participating entities or bodies.
- To assume the administrative tasks related to doctoral studies, manage the administrative processes involved in students' academic records in the different doctoral programmes, enrolment, records of activities, theses deposits, to issue academic certificates, process degrees, and other similar functions.
- To promote the highest quality in third cycle academic offer, as well as participate in the verification, monitoring, and accreditation of these studies.
- To organise the complementary training activities considered appropriate, particularly those focused on fostering transversal competences in research.
- Promote collaboration with external entities, both public and private, aimed at improving the training offer in research, with special attention to international collaborations.
- To guarantee the quality of doctoral theses presented at the University of Valladolid.
- Representation and participation in institutions or activities related to training in the field of research.
Technical Adviser
María de los Ángeles García de las Heras. Phone: +34 983 423613 mariaangeles.garcia.heras@uva.es
Head of Section
María Luisa Poncela Álvarez. Phone: +34 983 184343 marialuisa.poncela@uva.es
Head of Department
Raquel Blázquez Marciel. Phone: +34 983 423908 raquel.blazquez@uva.es
Victoria Rodríguez Nodal. Phone: +34 983 186471 mariavictoria.rodriguez.nodal@uva.es
Management Secretary
Ismael Martín Villa. Phone: +34 983 183004 ismael.martin@uva.es
Administrative Staff
María Josefa Martín Viera. Phone: +34 983 423908 mariajosefa.martin.viera@uva.es
María Cristina Nieto Moro. Phone: +34 983 185067 mariacristina.nieto@uva.es
Digital Communication Specialist
Alba Diez Gracia. alba.diez.gracia@uva.es
International Relations Fellow
Sandra Bertolini Crespo. internacional.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
DISSEMINATION OF ACTIVITIES OF THE PhD PROGRAMMES
The coordinators of the doctoral programmes may contact comunicacion.escuela.doctorado@uva.es in order to inform and request the dissemination of specific training activities, as well as research seminars and other events.
CONTACTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE QUERIES
- PhD access, enrollment, academic records...: acceso.doctorado@uva.es and negociado.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
- Transversal training activities: actividades.formativas.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
- Technical consultancy: tecnico.asesor.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
- Management and financial issues: escuela.doctorado@uva.es
- Research master’s programmes: master.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
- Theses: tesis.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
Governing bodies of the EsDUVa
Management Team
Director
José Ramón González García
direccion.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
Phone: +34 983 184885
Academic Secretary
María Teresa Pérez García
secretaria.academica.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
Phone: +34 983 184885
Deputy Director for Quality Management
Fernando Juan Tadeo Rico
subdireccion.calidad.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
Phone: +34 983 184885
Deputy Director for Masters and Industrial Doctorate
Cristina García Cabezón
subdireccion.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
Phone: +34 983 184885
Deputy Director for International Relations
Pilar Velasco González
subdireccion.relaciones.escuela.doctorado@uva.es
Phone: +34 983 184885
Management Secretary
Ismael Martín Villa
Phone: +34 983 423004
The Management Committee is the collegiate governing body of the EsDUVa. It is made up of the following members:
- Ex officio members: the Director, the Deputy Directors, the Academic Secretary, the coordinators of the Doctoral Programmes, the coordinators of the official master's degrees affiliated to the School.
- Elected members: representatives of doctoral students and of the students of the official master's programmes affiliated to the School, representatives of the public or private entities that participate in the Doctoral Programmes and representatives of the EsDUVa's Administration and Services Staff.
In order to ensure that it functions correctly, the Doctoral School has several committees that stem from it:
- Standing Committee
- Official Master's Degrees Committee
- Doctoral Thesis Committee
The Standing Committee of the Steering Committee shall be made up of:
- The Director of the EsDUVa, who chairs it.
- The Deputy Directors of the EsDUVa.
- The Academic Secretary of the EsDUVa who will act as Secretary of this Committee.
- A coordinator of one doctoral programme for each field of knowledge.
- A coordinator of the official master's degree programmes.
- A representative of the doctoral students and of the students of the official Master's programmes affiliated to the EsDUVa.
- A representative of the public or private entities participating in the EsDUVa's doctoral programmes.
- The PAS responsible for the administrative services of the EsDUVa.
Its functions are the resolution of procedural matters established by the Management Committee, and those other matters that, by delegation, the Management Committee expressly entrusts to it.
- The Deputy Director, who has competence in this area, and who chairs the committee.
- The coordinators of the official master's degrees affiliated to the EsDUVa, one of whom, appointed by the president, will act as secretary.
- One student representative of the official master's degree courses affiliated to the EsDUVa, selected by and from among the course delegates.
- One representative of the administration and services staff, selected by and from among said staff.
The functions attributed by the regulations in force to the Centre Boards and, where appropriate, to their management or dean's offices, in relation to the academic management and organisation of the official master's degrees, as well as the functions attributed in the regulations in force to the End of Degree Awards Assessment Committees and to the Quality Assurance Committee, in relation to the latter.
The Doctoral Thesis Committee is the EsDUVa's collegiate body responsible for the quality control of doctoral theses. The Doctoral Thesis Committee is made up of EsDUVA’s Deputy Director for Quality Management and twelve other members, who represent all fields of knowledge.
The composition of the Doctoral Thesis Committee is available in the University of Valladolid transparency portal.
The functions of the Doctoral Theses Committee include, among others:
- To deal with matters relating to the processing of doctoral theses, including the decision on their admission for defence, in compliance with the regulations approved by the Governing Council for this purpose, and the supervision of co-supervision agreements.
- To define and ensure compliance with procedures that guarantee the quality of the doctoral thesis, from its beginning to its admission for defence.
- To verify compliance with the requirements for obtaining a PhD with an international mention, with an industrial mention or under international co-supervision.
- To propose to the Rector the approval of the thesis evaluation committees, in accordance with the applicable rules.
- To publish the calls for the Extraordinary Doctorate Award, to instruct the procedure and to submit to the Governing Council the proposal for the resolution of these calls.
Other commissions
The Academic Committee of each Doctoral Programme is responsible for its specific training and research activities. This Academic Committee will be made up of PhDs, and may include researchers from Public Research Bodies, as well as from other entities and institutions involved in national and international R+D+i.
According to the Regulation on the bodies of the quality assurance system of the UVa, there is a Degree Committee for each Master's Degree offered at the EsDUVa.
The Committee will be composed of at least the following members:
a) The President.
b) A student enrolled in at least 50% of the credits of the degree.
c) One full-time member of the teaching and research staff for each academic year.
d) One external professional and one graduate linked to the degree.
e) The degree tutor, a figure included in the Academic Regulations of the University of Valladolid.
f) Any other members contemplated, where appropriate, in the corresponding degree programme verification report or in the corresponding inter-university agreements that may be applicable.
The Guarantee Commission is the EsDUVa body responsible for the study and resolution of doctoral and master's degree students' complaints regarding their assessment.
The EsDUVa's Guarantee Committee is made up of the following members:
a) The Director of the EsDUVa, who will chair it, and who may delegate this function to a Deputy Director or another member of the Management Committee.
b) Two lecturers from two of the doctoral programmes.
c) A lecturer from one of the master's degrees affiliated to the EsDUVa.
d) Four students from the degrees affiliated to the EsDUVa.
e) Two representatives of the administration and services staff.