Appointment of the examination board and authorisation of the defence
During the public consultation period, any doctor may submit any comments they deem appropriate regarding its content. Following this public consultation period, the Standing Committee of the EDUZ Management Committee will decide on whether to authorise the thesis defence.
Case 1: No comments are received during the public consultation period
If no comments have been received during the public consultation period and the proposed examination board complies with current regulations, the Standing Committee of the EDUZ Management Committee shall appoint the members of the examination board and authorise the thesis defence within fifteen academic days from the date of the conclusion of the public consultation period. The appointment shall specify the full members who are to act as chair, secretary and panellist, and the members who are to be the first and second substitutes. Should a member of the examination board resign, they shall be replaced by one of the substitute members, in accordance with the regulations governing the composition of the examination board.
The Doctoral School shall send the letter of appointment for the examination board electronically to its members and to the doctoral candidate, thesis supervisors, administrative offices and coordinators. The examination board will also be provided with the thesis document, the document of activities (DAD), the reports from external experts, as well as the doctoral candidate’s response to the reviewers and a description of any changes made to the thesis, where applicable, and finally, any errata that the doctoral candidate may have submitted in cases where authorisation has been granted for the thesis to be deposited alongside the originally deposited thesis manuscript. The programme’s Academic Committee may establish a supplementary procedure to ensure that a hard copy of the thesis is sent to the members of the examination board. This copy must correspond exactly to the electronic document deposited.
The appointment letter shall include the examination board reference number, which will be required to make bookings with the travel agency and to complete the form for daily allowance. To arrange bookings, please contact gastostribunaleduz@unizar.es first so that we can assess your requirements.
Information on arranged accommodation
Furthermore, the Standing Committee of the EDUZ Management Committee, having examined the documentation provided, will decide on the proposal to award the requested distinctions to the doctoral degree (international distinction and/or industrial distinction).
Case 2: Comments are received during the public consultation period
If comments have been received during the public consultation period, the thesis shall be forwarded to the Quality Assurance Committee for Doctoral Studies to decide on authorisation for its defence, within 15 academic days from the end date of the public consultation period. The Quality Assurance Committee for Doctoral Studies will examine the documentation received and the comments submitted. It may also make use of any additional information it gathers on its own initiative.
In the event that authorisation is refused, the decision shall be reasoned and communicated to the doctoral candidate, the thesis supervisor(s) and the Academic Committee responsible for the doctoral programme. In the event of a decision to refuse authorisation, the doctoral candidate and the thesis supervisor(s) may submit representations to the Quality Assurance Committee for Doctoral Studies within 7 working days.
The Quality Assurance Committee for Doctoral Studies shall issue a reasoned decision within the following 7 working days.