Supervisors

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Responsibilities

The members of the scientific supervision team have the following responsibilities:

  • to define the study plan for the student;
  • to submit to PDEEC’s Scientific Commission, within 12 months after student’s enrolment, the proposal for CAT members (see below);
  • to schedule the seminar for the public presentation of the developed research work and of the thesis proposal to CAT;
  • to ensure regular monitoring of the student's scientific progress;
  • to guarantee the resources necessary for carrying out the research;
  • to encourage the student's integration into the research team and Técnico’s community;
  • to encourage the students' participation in national and international scientific meetings, to disseminate the obtained results and to promote the interaction with the scientific community and with society;
  • to supervise the student until the delivery of the thesis;
  • to propose to PDEEC’s Scientific Commission the composition of the Jury, upon the delivery of the preliminary version of thesis (see below);
  • to have one element in the Jury.

Guidelines for Thesis Monitoring Committee (CAT)

1. Regulation

CAT should follow the General Regulation for Ph.Ds. in Instituto Superior Técnico, https://posgraduacao.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/sites/29/regulamento-geral-dos-doutoramentos-do-instituto-superior-tecnico_19maio2025.pdf.

2. Proposal

The Supervisor should send the CAT proposal:

3. Presentation

The Chairperson of CAT should schedule the student’s presentation up to 6 months after the submission of the proposal by the Supervisor, and send the information (location and date/hour) to PDEEC’s Secretariat (pdeec@deec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), at least, 2 weeks in advance.

4. Recommendation

The Chairperson of CAT should elaborate the Recommendation in agreement with the all CAT members, using PDEEC’s template (PDEEC_CAT-Recomendacao.docx), and send it within 1 month after the student’s presentation, to PDEEC’s Coordinator, via PDEEC’s Secretariat (pdeec@deec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt).

Guidelines for Jury Proposal:

1. Regulation

The Jury composition should follow the General Regulation for Ph.Ds. in Instituto Superior Técnico, https://posgraduacao.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/sites/29/regulamento-geral-dos-doutoramentos-do-instituto-superior-tecnico_19maio2025.pdf.

2. Clarification

The jury composition should take into account that:

  • The members of the Jury belonging to companies are considered “specialists”, not being account for “professors and researchers with a Ph.D. from other national or foreign higher education or research institutions not belonging to the University of Lisbon”.

3. Proposal

The Supervisor should send the Jury proposal: