Engagement and supervision agreement
At the time of formalising the first registration for academic supervision in the programme, the PhD student, the EIDUS management, the supervisor of the PhD thesis and the tutor must sign an Agreement of engagement and supervision which will include the procedure for conflict resolution and will solve issues relating to intellectual and industrial property rights that may arise in the context of the PhD programme and in relation to the PhD thesis. Once completed and signed, it will be delivered together with the rest of the documentation corresponding to the registration. Subsequently, the secretary's office will ensure that this commitment is signed by the EIDUS Management. If you are enrolled in thesis tutoring, in the case of requesting the modification of the Tutor or Thesis Director, it must not be previously signed by the EIDUS Direction in the process of requesting these modifications.
More: Arts. 57 of the Regulations on PhD Studies (Agreement 6.1/CG 23-7-19)
Research Plan and Personal Training Plan
Before the end of the first year, counting from the date of enrollment, the doctoral student, with the assistance of their supervisor and tutor, must prepare a document that includes a research plan and a personal training plan.
The research plan shall include, at a minimum, the title of the doctoral thesis, the methodology to be employed in the research, the objectives to be achieved, as well as the means and the timeline to accomplish them.
Learn more: Art. 58 of the Doctoral Studies Regulations (Adaptation of the Doctoral Studies Regulations of the University of Seville to Royal Decree 576/2023, of July 4 (Agreement 6.2/CG 24-2-25).
IMPORTANT: Applicants admitted as of the 2023/24 academic year must submit the personal training plan through RAPI, as an attached file, within the Research Plan section. E08. Personal Training Plan
The doctoral student’s personal training plan will contain a forecast of the different training activities to be carried out during the development of the doctoral thesis (courses, seminars, mobility actions, etc.).
This document may be refined and detailed throughout the student’s participation in the program and must be endorsed by the Supervisor and the Tutor. In the case of doctoral students with an Industrial Mention, the provisions of Article 15 bis of Royal Decree 99/2011 (Consolidated Legislation), regarding the scientific-technical report, shall also be considered.
PhD Student Activity Document
Each student registered in the PhD programme will be provided with a PhD student activity document, consisting of an individualised record of all the activities of interest carried out by the PhD student.
More: Arts. 59 of the Regulations on PhD Studies (Agreement 6.1/CG 23-7-19)
Annual assessment
The programme’s academic committee will jointly assess the research plan and the PhD student’s activity document on an annual basis, together with the reports to be issued for this purpose by the tutor and the supervisor of the PhD thesis. To this end, the EIDUS Steering Committee will set the call dates for each academic year.