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Appointment of supervisor(s) and/or tutor(s)

Upon admission to the PhD programme, the relevant Academic Committee shall assign to each PhD student and  one or two thesis supervisors, who must be PhD holders with accredited research experience and must be currently active. 

Emeritus professors may not act as sole supervisors of a doctoral thesis, but may co-supervise it.

The Academic Committee will also assign the doctoral student a tutor, who must be a PhD holder with proven research experience. The supervisor must be affiliated with the University of Zaragoza and shall, preferably, be a member of the programme’s academic staff or, failing that, a person whose collaboration and knowledge of the programme are endorsed by the Academic Committee.

 In exceptional cases, doctoral candidates may be supervised by doctoral supervisors from outside the University of Zaragoza who are affiliated with the doctoral programme and who have the endorsement of the academic committee. The supervisor may or may not be the same person as the doctoral thesis supervisor.

Both the doctoral candidate and the supervisor, as well as the thesis director, must expressly confirm their agreement to the proposed supervision arrangement by signing the corresponding Doctoral Letter.

Change of supervisor(s) and/or tutor

The Academic Committee, having heard the views of the parties concerned, may change the appointment of the supervisor or a thesis supervisor at any time during the course of the PhD programme, provided there are justified reasons and that both the supervisor and at least one of the thesis supervisors meet the requirement of having accredited research experience

In the event of the temporary absence of the thesis supervisor, where there is no co-supervisor and the tutor is the same person as the supervisor, the supervision of the doctoral student may be carried out by the person appointed for that purpose by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme. Should the leave of absence be prolonged, and at the request of the doctoral candidate, the Academic Committee may appoint a new supervisor or add a co-supervisor, as appropriate.

The doctoral candidate must submit the form Application for a change in the appointment of the supervisor and/or supervisor – Inclusion of a third supervisor, duly completed and signed by all parties involved (doctoral student, supervisor and the supervisor(s) being added and/or removed, with the approval of those whose details remain unchanged).

Along with the form above, a document must be attached explaining and justifying the proposed changes.

This documentation must be submitted via the electronic registry, addressed to the administrative office of the relevant doctoral programme.

The Academic Committee of the relevant doctoral programme will be responsible for accepting, where appropriate, the proposed amendments and for ensuring that the doctoral student is never left without a tutor or supervisor. All parties are called upon to actively seek solutions and alternatives to prevent this from happening. The agreement reached will be forwarded to the Doctoral School as soon as possible.

Triple supervision

The appointment of a third supervisor shall be exceptional and shall require the authorisation of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee, in accordance with the public and objective criteria established by the Steering Committee.

Therefore, the following must be submitted: Application for amendment of the appointment of supervisor(s) and/or doctoral thesis tutor – Inclusion of a third supervisor,  which must be properly justified, via the Electronic Register, addressed to the  administrative office of the relevant doctoral programme.

Once it has been assessed by the programme’s Academic Committee, it will be forwarded to the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for final approval in accordance with the criteria approved by the EDUZ Steering Committee. 

Should the PhD student hold a pre-doctoral contract , the response from the Academic Committee or the Doctoral Committee, as appropriate, is subject to final approval by the body funding the relevant contract .

Supervision certificate

Supervision certificates for theses already defended

UZ staff may request the “ANECA Thesis Supervision” certificate, which lists the theses already defended, via  Employee e-Management (rrhh.unizar.es)/Certificate requests/Certificate request: New request

Once signed, the applicant can download it from the certificate request screen itself or via Employee e-Management/My electronic documents. 

External staff should submit their request by sending an email to titulosdoctor@unizar.es. 

Certificates of thesis supervision in progress

These should be requested from the administrative offices of the programmes. 

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