J. H. Newman Doctoral School
The J. H. Newman Doctoral School (EDN) is the eUniv centre with statutory responsibility for implementing the Doctoral Programme, and for supplying the trainee researchers with the resources necessary for a coherent scientific research project.
The Management Office is the EDN’s higher academic body; it represents it to third parties, performs the functions of general coordination and supervision of scientific activities, and chairs the Doctoral Committee.
The J. H. Newman Doctoral School is headed by the person holding the position of Vice-Rector for Research of the University ().
The Technical Secretariat is the EDN’s higher academic body responsible for the academic management of the centre, monitoring quality assurance, and organising the academic processes set out in the Doctoral Programme.
The Technical Secretariat of the J. H. Newman Doctoral School is headed by the person holding the position of Praelector of the University ().
The Doctoral Committee is the EDN’s governing academic collegiate body. It is formed by the Management Office, which chairs it, and the Technical Secretariat, which carries out administrative functions, coordinates the Doctoral Programme and lines of doctoral research, and represents each of the EDN’s participating entities designated by the Doctoral Student Council, when this is provided for in the agreement formalised.
The Doctoral Committee is chaired by the person heading the Doctoral School, while the Praelector serves as secretary. The coordinators of the doctoral research lines and the representative of the Doctoral Students’ Council are ex officio members of the Committee.