Doctoral programme in Business Administration and Management (in extinction)

Regulations

The PhD programme in Business Administration and Management is governed by the following regulations:

Academic regulations for doctoral studies at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Specific regulations of the programme

Reading of the thesis

Preliminary evaluation of the thesis:

The thesis will be submitted together with a detailed report from the supervisor, which will also include the publications that have been derived from it (articles, books and chapters of books) and the indications of quality corresponding to each one.

In order for the Committee to consider the quality indicators to be sufficient, the thesis must be accompanied by a minimum of two publications corresponding to one or more of the following categories:

a) Articles published or accepted in peer-reviewed scientific journals;

b) Papers or communications presented at scientific congresses with a full-text review process;

c) Books or chapters of books from scientific publishers of recognised prestige (published or accepted).

Apart from these criteria, at least one of the publications must correspond to an article published or accepted in one of the following indexes: JCR (Journal Citation Reports of Web of Knowledge); SJR (SCImago Journal and Country Rank); SCOPUS; Carhus Plus+.

Presentation of the thesis as a compendium of publications

If you wish to submit your thesis as a compendium of publications, please follow the instructions here. In addition, the programme's Academic Committee will take into account the criteria specified in the programme's specific regulations.

Board

The thesis examining board will be made up of five members (three members and two substitutes):

-President
-Secretary
-Member
-Substitute
-Substitute

The majority of full members must be external to the UPC. As a general criterion, co-authors or co-authors of publications made with the doctoral candidate cannot be members of the examining board.

All members of the examining board must meet the following criteria:
1 - Have accredited research experience in accordance with criteria equivalent to those of the UPC, which are: having supervised a doctoral thesis written in the last five years; or having a valid research record (obtained in the last seven years); or acting or having acted in the last five years as principal investigator on a project financed by an external public institution, awarded on a competitive basis.
2 - Have research experience in a field related to the subject of the thesis. The CAPD will assess the suitability of each member on the basis of the following information: (i) published articles; (ii) theses supervised; (iii) competitive research projects directed.

Doctoral thesis reading process:

STATUS	ACTION	DOCUMENTS	ACTION RESPONSABLE	DAYS
Preliminary assessment	The doctoral candidate presents the thesis	-Thesis (pdf) -Summary of the thesis -Director's report -Director's authorization-Indications of quality (copy of published article(s) / congress certificate(s)) -Proposal of the thesis examining board, drawn up by the thesis supervisor -If applicable, authorisation to present the thesis as a compendium of publications and annexed documentation.	Doctoral candidate	7
	If applicable, the CAPD assesses the application for the thesis as a compendium of publications	-Whether or not the authorisation for the presentation of the thesis as a compendium of publications is approved or not	CAPD
	The CAPD assesses the director's report		CAPD
	If the CAPD considers it necessary requests reports from external experts	-External expert report	External experts	30 (indicative period)
	If the external experts make suggestions for improvement, they are communicated to the doctoral candidate so that he/she can revise the thesis		Doctoral candidate
	The CAPD authorises the processing of the thesis	-Authorisation from the programme coordinator -Selection board proposal -For each member of the examining board: CV	Administrative manager	15 (indicative period
Registration	Formality of registration		Doctoral candidate	1
Registration	Send thesis dossier and proposal for the examining board to the UPC's Doctoral Commission and disseminate the thesis dossier and summary of the thesis		Doctoral Area- UTGAEIB	10
Authorisation and Designation	To authorise the reading of the thesis and to review the proposal of the examining board		Doctoral Committee of the UPC	10
	Send documentation to the CAPD		Doctoral Committee of the UPC	4
	Communicate the appointment to the members of the examining board	-Appointment -Thesis -Instructions	Administrative manager	5
Call for Applications	Convene the examining board to read the thesis		President	10
	Communicate the reading of the thesis to the examining board 10 days in advance.		Secretary	10
	Public announcement of the reading.Reserve facilities for the reading of the thesis	-E-mail	Administrative manager	2
Reading	Reading of the thesis		Doctoral candidate	1