There are three possible types of thesis defenses at the USC depending on the way the people involved act: face-to-face, blended or virtual.
- Face-to-face defenses: The defense takes place at the USC facilities with all the members acting in person.
- Blended defenses: These are the defenses in which at least the PhD student and one member of the examining committee 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 defenses: These are the defenses in which all members attend electronically via Microsoft TEAMS. For additional information about virtual defenses 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 defense can be held, keep in mind:
- Deadlines: The thesis defense 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 defense act sufficiently in advance to give it a minimum of 7 calendar days of publicity.
- Days enabled: The defense must be carried out during the school year of the academic calendar at a USC centre (except virtual defenses). You can check the non-teaching periods here.
After the defense
The minutes of the defense will be sent electronically signed by the secretary of the examining committee to the email address: doutoramento [at] usc.es (doutoramento[at]usc[dot]es) within 24 hours.
If the documentation cannot be signed electronically, it may be physically signed and sent to the SXA by certified mail or courier, to the address:
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Servizo de Xestión Académica - Terceiro Ciclo
Pavillón Estudantil – Campus Vida
15782 – Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
The Academic Management Service will transfer the defense data to the Xescampus application and it can be consulted by the doctoral student and thesis director(s) through their respective Virtual Secretariats.
The doctoral candidate may apply for the issuance of their Doctoral degree at the Academic Management Service.