These committees follow the guidelines set out in the tenth agreement of the Regulation of the Doctoral School by Agreement of the Governing Council of 13 July 2011, modified by Agreement of the Governing Council of 20 March 2013:
Tenth. Doctoral Programme Academic Committee
Each Doctoral Programme has an academic committee responsible for the definition, updating, quality and coordination of the doctoral programme and the progress of the research and training of each doctoral student, as well as those other functions established in this article.
The academic committee of each doctoral programme is appointed by the Rector and is made up of UPF PhD holders and may include researchers from public research organisations and other national and international R+D+i institutions and entities involved in research on the doctoral programme.
Each academic committee shall include the coordinator of the doctoral programme, who shall chair it, the coordinators of the university master's degree programmes of the departments and up to a maximum of eight other PhD holders, at the proposal of the department director, depending on the field of knowledge of the doctoral programme or of the entities referred to in the previous section. Among those appointed at the proposal of the department, there must be at least one representative of the UPF's own university research institutes, depending on the lines of research of the doctoral programme.
The secretary is the youngest member of the doctoral staff, unless the committee has appointed another secretary from among its members.
The functions of the academic committees of the doctoral programmes are as follows
a) To define, update and guarantee the quality and coordination of the doctoral programme.
b) To organise, design and coordinate each doctoral programme.
c) To establish the supervision system for doctoral students and the tutoring programme.
d) To provide the necessary support for the preparation of the doctoral student's personalised activities document.
e) To establish additional requirements and criteria for the admission of students to a specific doctoral programme.
f) Appointing the tutor for each doctoral student or modifying the tutor.
g) To appoint the thesis supervisor or any modification thereof.
h) To authorise or revoke the co-direction of the thesis.
y) To authorise or revoke the co-supervision of the thesis.
j) To authorise stays outside the doctoral student's home country.
k) To authorise the presentation of the thesis of each doctoral student.
l) To authorise part-time doctoral studies.
m) To authorise the extension of the deadline for submission of the thesis.
n) To decide on the temporary withdrawal of a doctoral student.
o) To determine the exceptional cases in which certain aspects of the thesis should not be publicised.
p) Annually evaluate the doctoral student's activity document and the reports of the tutor and thesis supervisor.
q) To annually evaluate the doctoral student's research plan and the reports of the tutor and thesis supervisor.
r) Any others attributed to it by general legislation or UPF regulations or the School's Regulations.
The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme in History is made up of the following members:
PRESIDENT
Dr. Josep M. Fradera Barceló, coordinator of the PhD Programme and president of the committee.
MEMBERS
Dr. Alexandre Coello de la Rosa, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Asia-Pacific Studies in a Global Context.
Dr. Jorge Luengo Sánchez, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in World History.
Dr. Miquel Berga Bagué, Coordinator of the University Master's Degree in Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Thought.
Dr. Joaquim Albareda Salvadó, lecturer in the Department of Humanities on behalf of the IUHJVV.
Dr. Josep M. Delgado Ribas, Director of the UCA Humanities Department.
Dr. Ana Delgado Hervás, lecturer in the Department of Humanities.
Dr. Linda Jones, lecturer in the Department of Humanities.
Dr. Sandra Montón Subías, ICREA researcher at the Department of Humanities.
SECRETARY
Dr. Josep Pich Mediana, lecturer in the Department of Humanities and secretary of the committee.
The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme in Humanities is made up of the following members:
CHAIRMAN
Dr. Domingo Ródenas de Moya, coordinator of the PhD Programme and chair of the committee.
MEMBERS
Dr. Alexandre Coello de la Rosa, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Asia-Pacific Studies in a Global Context.
Dr. Jorge Luengo Sánchez, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in World History.
Dr. Miquel Berga Bagué, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Thought.
Dr. Josep M. Delgado Ribas, Lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Director of the UCA in Humanities.
Dr. Victoria Cirlot Valenzuela, Lecturer in the Department of Humanities.
Dr. Sonia Arribas Verdugo, Lecturer in the Department of Humanities.
Dr. Antonio Monegal Brancós, Lecturer in the Department of Humanities.
Dr. Jordi Ibáñez Fanés, Lecturer in the Department of Humanities.
SECRETARY
Dr. Raquel Bouso García, lecturer in the Department of Humanities and secretary of the committee.