There are three possible types of thesis defences at the USC depending on the way the people involved act: face-to-face, blended or virtual.
- Face-to-face defences: The defence takes place at the USC facilities with all the members acting in person.
- Blended defences: These are the defences in which at least the PhD student and one member of the tribunal attend in person. The means enabled for remote attendance of the remaining members is Microsoft Teams or videoconferencing using the equipment at the faculties.
- Virtual defences: These are the defences in which all members attend electronically via Microsoft TEAMS. For additional information about virtual defences check this link.
Defense notifications may be signed by the secretary, the president of the committee or, on their behalf, the PD coordinator.
The notification will be sent to the corresponding Doctoral Program, which will be responsible for transferring the data to the Xescampus application.
If the existence of a substitute is known, the name of the substitute will be included in the notification.
To schedule the day on which your defence can be held, keep in mind:
- Deadlines: The thesis defence will take place within a maximum period of 3 months from the day following its authorization by the EDIUS. In order to be able to give the necessary publicity established in the current regulations, you must communicate the date of the defence act sufficiently in advance to give it a minimum of 7 calendar days' publicity.
- Days enabled: The defence must be carried out during the school year of the academic calendar at a USC centre (except virtual defence). You can check the non-teaching periods here.
Para programar a data de defensa da túa tese ten en conta:
- Prazos: A defensa da tese terá lugar nun prazo máximo de 3 meses a contar desde o día seguinte ao da súa autorización pola EDIUS. Para poder darlle a publicidade necesaria establecida no regulamento vixente deberás comunicar a data do acto de defensa cunha antelación suficiente para darlle unha publicidade mínima de 7 días naturais.
- Días habilitados: Deberase realizar durante o período lectivo do calendario académico. A lectura das teses presenciais ou semipresenciais realizarase nun centro da USC. Podes consultar os períodos non lectivos aquí.
Despois da defensa
A acta da defensa será enviada asinada electronicamente pola persoa secretaria do tribunal ao correo electrónico doutoramento [at] usc.es (doutoramento[at]usc[dot]es) no prazo de 24 horas.
Se a documentación non se pode asinar electronicamente, esta poderá asinarse fisicamente e enviarse ao SXA por correo postal certificado ou mensaxería, á dirección:
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Servizo de Xestión Académica - Terceiro Ciclo
Pavillón Estudantil – Campus Vida
15782 – Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
O Servizo de Xestión Académica trasladará os datos da defensa na aplicación Xescampus e poderá ser consultado polo doutorando/a e o director/es de tese a través das súas respectivas Secretarías Virtuais.
A persoa doutoranda poderá facer a solicitude de emisión do seu título de Doutor ou Doutora no Servizo de Xestión Académica.