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:

  • within 12 months after student’s enrolment,
  • formed by the following documents:
    • Updated workplan,
  • To PDEEC’s Coordinator, via PDEEC’s Secretariat (pdeec@deec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt).
  • Retired Professors may be part of juries, but cannot preside.
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. Recommendations

The PDEEC Scientific Committee recommends that jury members:

  • include a professor from IST Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering;
  • include, within the group of members internal to the University of Lisbon, at least one member from an R&D institute other than those to which the supervisory team belongs - possibly even from a different department;
  • do not have co-authored publications with the candidate from the last 5 years, with the exception of the representative of the supervisory team;
  • include, whenever possible, a member from a foreign institution or at least one of the external members of CAT.
4. Proposal

The Supervisor should send the Jury proposal:

Guidelines for the Qualification Proposal “Approved with Distinction and Honours”

1. Regulation

The qualification proposal for “Approved with Distinction and Honors” 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. Recommendations

The PDEEC Scientific Committee recommends that the classification of “Approved with Distinction and Honours” be awarded to a candidate who meets the following cumulative criteria:

  • has submitted the thesis for defence within 5 years of initial enrolment in the doctoral programme;
  • has produced at least 5 publications (international journal or conference papers), including at least 2 papers in first-quartile international journals or 2 papers at A*/A-ranked international conferences, or, alternatively, have at least 1 patent application accepted by IST in the first evaluation phase, instead of 1 journal paper and 1 conference paper;
  • holds a “Best Paper” award, or another distinction or recognition for the work performed.
3. Proposal

The Supervisor should send the proposal for the award of “Approved with Distinction and Honours”: