The committee shall:
- contribute to ensuring that the faculty has a comprehensive strategy for the PhD programmes, and that the portfolio of PhD courses is of high quality and reflects the faculty’s academic profile and distinctiveness
- contribute to developing the PhD programmes in accordance with the requirements for universities in the Study Quality Regulations and the Study Supervision Regulations
- make decisions on matters delegated by the Dean and provide recommendations to the Dean/faculty management on issues related to the faculty’s PhD education
- serve as a forum for discussing the faculty’s PhD programmes to develop them based on experiences and results, and recognized national and international standards.
The committee can initiate investigations in areas it deems necessary.
The doctoral committee's tasks
Matters concerning individual PhD candidates:
- Make decisions on matters concerning individual PhD candidates.
- Process applications for admission to PhD programmes.
- Approve major changes in supervision arrangements (main supervisor or the entire supervision team).
- Appoint an evaluation committee for the doctoral examination.
- Make decisions based on the evaluation committee’s recommendation on whether a doctoral dissertation is approved for defence when the recommendation is negative, complicated, and/or divided.
- Process appeals.
- Review annual progress reports at an overall level.
Matters concerning the PhD programmes (PENG, PINS):
- Manage regulations, guidelines and procedures for the PhD programmes at the faculty.
- Make decisions and recommendations concerning the PhD programmes at the faculty.
- Approve new and revised programme and course plans for the faculty’s PhD level study programmes. (The doctoral committee is supplemented with two members from the Academic Affairs Committee at TKD.)
- Review the overall programme and course plans for the PhD programmes according to a set cycle in accordance with the quality system for education at OsloMet.
- Follow up on the ongoing quality assessment of the PhD programmes.
- Discuss and follow up on annual programme reports.
- Approve changes to the supplementary guidelines for the faculty’s PhD programmes.
The committee can provide input and advice to the faculty management on:
- Reports on external evaluation of PhD programmes and account for the follow-up of the external committee’s recommendations.
- Measures and plans to ensure and further develop the quality of research education in line with the faculty’s strategy.
- Coordination of the PhD programmes at the faculty.
- Consultative statements within the committee’s area of responsibility.
- Recruitment basis and recruitment strategies.
- Annual plans and budget measures concerning the PhD programme.
- Establishment or discontinuation of PhD programmes in collaboration with the Academic Affairs Committee at TKD.
Meetings and case papers
Case papers and meeting information (opengov.360online.com).
The deadline for submitting cases is always 21 days before the actual meeting date.
Members
The doctoral committee is led by the Vice Dean for Research and Innovation, and includes members from teaching and research staff, PhD candidates, administrative staff, and external academic members. The program leaders are regular observers in the committee meetings.
Committee secretariat
The faculty's R&D administration is the committee’s secretariat and will, in cooperation with the vice dean for R&D, prepare and provide advice in cases presented to the committee.
The dean will supplement the committee’s expertise during the period as needed.
