Protocol for Joint Supervision of Doctoral Research

PROTOCOL FOR JOINT SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL RESEARCH

between

Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa

and

[replace with name of the degree granting institution/university]

regarding

[replace with name of the PhD student]

Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)

Address: Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1

1049-001 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

Telephone +351 218 417 332 Fax +351 218 470 858 e-mail:

represented by its President, Professor Arlindo Oliveira

and

Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)

Adress: Alameda da Universidade, 1649 - 004 Lisboa

Telephone +351 217 967 624 | +351 210 113 400 Fax:+351 217 933 624
E-mail:

represented by its Vice Rector, Professor Eduardo Pereira

and

[replace with name of the degree granting institution/university]

[replace with address of the university]

Telephone [replace with phone number of the university]Fax[fax number] e-mail [email address]

represented by the [function e.g. Dean/Rector/President], Professor [name of representative of the degree granting institution/university].

sharing the common will to develop academic and scientific cooperation between the two institutions by fostering mobility among doctoral students.

DECIDE:

Article 1

To provide joint supervision for doctoral research, subject to current Portuguese and [replace with the country of the degree granting institution/university] legislation on doctoral studies, said research to be undertaken by [replace with the nameof the PhD student], of [nationality of the PhD student] nationality, hereinafter referred as PhD student with effect from the date of the signature and valid until___/___/___.The responsibilities of the PhD student are effective from___/___/___.

Article 2

Instituto Superior Técnico and [replace with name of the degree granting institution/university] designated herein as contracting parties, agree that the time in which the PhD student is working on the thesis will be divided into alternating periods in each of the contracting parties, with [replace with the description of the period of stay – example >the first 24 months spent at [name of one the contracting party] from January 2008 to December 2009. The remaining time, from January 2010 onward, will be spent at Instituto Superior Técnico – Important: the minimum requirement for stay at IST is one year]. To adjust the period of stays to the development of the doctoral work, an addendum to the present Protocol will be drafted.

Article 3

After the competent authorities have signed this agreement, and subject to legislation on doctoral studies in force in each country and contracting party, the PhD student will register for study at both contracting parties. Tuition fees are due to Instituto Superior Técnico, relative to the period of permanence in Instituto Superior Técnico, with the minimum requirement of permanence of one year.The PhD student will [select one option only: pay academic fees, if applicable,/be exempted from the payment of fees] at[replace with name of the degree granting institution/university].

Article 4

The PhD student will carry out the research work under the supervision of a designated supervisor from each of the two contracting parties:

Doctor [name of the supervisor], Instituto Superior Técnico

Address: Instituto Superior Técnico

Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1

1049-001,Lisboa, Portugal

Telephone [replace with phone number of supervisor at IST] Fax [replace with fax number of supervisor at IST] e-mail [replace with email address of supervisor at IST]

Doctor [supervisor of the other contracting party], [replace with name of the degree granting institution/university]

Address [replace with postal address of supervisor at other contracting party]

Telephone [replace with phone number of supervisor at other contracting party] Fax [replace with fax number of supervisor at other contracting party] e-mail [replace with email address of supervisor at other contracting party]

[In case of co-supervision include:]

and

Doctor [], [ ]

Address [ ]

Telephone [ ] Fax [ ] e-mail [ ]

The powers and duties of doctoral research supervisor, as defined in the legislation in force in each country and contracting party,will be undertaken jointly by the research supervisors.

Article 5

The two contracting parties recognize the validity of the thesis, which will be preliminarily examined and defended by the PhD student, within the framework of this protocol.

Article 6

Protection of the subject of the thesis, together with its preliminary examination, publication, development and protection of the results of the research carried out by the PhD student will be in compliance with the specific procedures of each of the countries involved in the protocol.

Article 7

The thesis submitted by the PhD student will be defended in a single viva voce examination, recognized by both contracting parties, to be held at [replace with the institutionwhere the thesis discussion will take place; e.g.Instituto Superior Técnico]. The examination of the thesis must be held according to the rules and regulations of both contracting parties.

Article 8

The examination board appointed by the two contracting parties should be defined by the relevant legislation in force in each of the countries and contracting parties and must contain an equal number of members from each contracting party.

Article 9

The PhD student will write the thesis in the English, with an abstract in Portuguese and an abstract in [include additional language and change as appropriate. It is mandatory the inclusion of an abstract in Portuguese].

Article 10

At the viva voce examination, the PhD student will defend the thesis in English[change as appropriate: it is mandatory that the thesis discussion is performed in a language understood by all jury members].

Article 11

Procedures concerning the format, number of copies and mode of submission of the thesis will be defined by the relevant legislation in force in each of the countries and contracting parties.

Article 12

In compliance with legislation in force in each country, and based on the official report drawn up after the viva voce examination, the degree of Doutor em[name of the degree in Portuguese] will be conferred by Instituto Superior Técnicoon the PhD student, and the degree of [replace with name of the degree at the other institution] will be conferred by [replace with name of the degree granting institution/university]. The examination board will decide on the approval and the grading of the thesis according to the rules and procedures of each contracting party.

Article 13

The progress of the PhD studies will be monitored by the following mechanism: at Instituto Superior Técnico by the Comissão de Acompanhamento de Tese and/or at [replace with name of the degree granting institution/university] by [include description of the mechanism for monitoring progress of the PhD studies].The plan of studies of the PhD candidate, to be submitted to the PhD program coordinator at both contracting parties, includes the doctoral-level courses required to fulfill the course requirements at both contracting parties.

Article 14

Throughout the duration of this protocol, the PhD studentwill be covered by the following social security systems: [select all that are relevant from the list: The Portuguese Social Security system while in Portugal; the [replace with country of other institution]Social Security system while in [replace with country of other institutions], through the European Health Insurance Card; Personal insurance]. During the period of preparation of the final thesis, the PhD student must hold a health insurance valid within EU countries, according to the legislation in force.The student will have to be covered also by insurance against injuries and against damages caused to third parties during all authorized PhD activities. The PhD student is responsible for obtaining the before-mentioned insurance.The two contracting parties cannot be considered responsible for any injury to the student or damage caused to third parties.

The PhD student:

I have read this protocol and agree with its contents.

Date: ___/___/___

Signature:

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