Supervision and Dissertation topic
ASSIGNMENT OF TUTOR AND DIRECTOR
In terms of assignment of tutors and directors, supervision of doctoral dissertations and documentary agreements, PhD-EngLin-UCM complies with the common regulation of UCM www.ucm.es/normativa
- PhD-EngLin-UCM has an Academic Committee that will assign a tutor to every student once they get admitted, either enrolled as a Full time or Part time student. The ssigned tutor can be the same or different person as the dissertation director. If (at least one of the) supervisors belong to the Ph.D programme , then he or she will also be the tutor.
- Given that the tutor or dissertation supervisor’s work lies essentially in advising and guiding the student in all the aspects related to the research and writing of his or her doctoral dissertation, the Academic Committee will take account of the candidate’s CV, and above all, the preliminary proposal of their dissertations, the research field in which their work will be carried out and their previous experience when assigning the tutors. With all this information, the Academic Committee will make the decision to assign the most suitable participating professor to every dissertation plan, in accordance with research projects or groups, and professors' profiles and publications. Students will have a supervisor assigned during their 1st semester of study.
- PhD-EngLin-UCM will promote the co-direction of dissertations, where new and experienced professors work together. The co-direction of dissertations by professors belonging to the programme and foreign experts will be particularly encouraged. In addition, supervisors must prove a six year (quality) research period.
- In the same way, tutors/supervisors will encourage students to meet the requirements for Dissertations with an International Award, as well as their stay in relevant research centres.
RESEARCH TOPIC
- Candidates should carefully select a research topic to be adequately and fully developed under the guide of supervisors. As a PhD dissertation is probably the longest and most complicated project candidates have completed to date, false starts, writing difficulties or unexpected results demanding further reading, the redefinition of the topic and regular revisions may occur.
- In order to overcome the above-mentioned challenges in a gradual and controlled way, the PhD-EngLin-UCM entails a training plan contributing to the candidate’s adequate academic achievement, their proficiency in English, the completion of their dissertations and their future professional careers.
- Tasks planned will also meet the specific needs of students eager to be involved in their training process more actively.