2ND AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS ASSESSMENT
Download Pdf1. What does the assessment of the second and subsequent of doctoral studies consist of?
In the following courses, the Academic Committee assesses the fulfillment of the doctoral student's Research Plan, as well as the completion of the training activities provided in the Training Plan.
The doctoral student will upload the self-report in pdf format to the online platform RAPI, once agreeded with the thesis supervisor and the tutor.
The thesis supervisor and the tutor will view the documents upplouded to RAPI by the doctoral students, in the "activity document" menu and in the "Research plan" menu. They will then upload to RAPI their corresponding Report for the annual follow-up of the doctoral student and record their assessment.
2. What documents are needed for the assessment for the 2nd and subsequetn years?
- PhD students: Self-report
- Thesis Supervisor/Tutor: Report for the annual follow-up of the doctoral student
- The thesis supervisor and the tutor can issue a joint report, using the Annual monitoring of the Research Plan and training activities document.
The doctoral student must develop the Self-report document on the progress made that year.
The supervisor and the tutor complete the Annual Monitoring Report of the Research Plan and the training activities. They must assess the evolution of the doctoral student during the course to be evaluated, with respect to the Research Plan, the Data Management Plan and the Training Plan.
Of notice to PhD Programme in Health: a specific template for both the "Research Plan" and the "Annual Self-Report" must be downloaded from the “Avaluació anual” resource folder of the Virtual Campus of "1306 Doctorate in Health (RD 99/ 2011)".
3. How to submit the documentation to the Academic Committee?
The documentation must be uploaded into RAPI online platform in the following order:
1. Doctoral students upload the required documents for that assessment period.
2. Thesis supervisors and tutors view and validate the documents of the doctoral students, issue their report and upload it to the platform.
3. The Academic Committee grades the doctoral students based on the assessment made by the thesis supervisors and tutors, and on the documentation submitted by the doctoral students.
4. How does the Academic Committee carry out the assessment?
The Academic Committee will assess the progress of the PhD student, according to the criteria of the Programme. Follor this link to check each rating and its description.
If the grade is negative, the Committe must inform the doctoral student and the thesis supervisors so they can submit a new self-report in the next assessment period, indicating the deficiencies detected in the comments section.
If the deficiencies persist, the Academic Committee must issue a reasoned report, wich will be recorded in RAPI, and the doctoral student will be definitively withdrawn from the Programme.