The Doctoral School of the University of Vigo (EIDO) is responsible for the organization, planning, management, supervision, and monitoring of all doctoral activities at the University of Vigo, as well as managing open research training activities. The EIDO develops, disseminates, and reviews its strategy, which integrates quality policy and objectives, as well as goals and measurement indicators.
The EIDO has extensive experience in training doctoral students, promoting the production of high-quality theses. It is conceived as an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary school that manages, through doctoral programs, the University of Vigo's doctoral training projects in all fields of knowledge, seeking maximum cross-disciplinary integration and contributing to the internationalization of researcher training.
The creation of the EIDO became effective with the publication of Decree 95/2013, of June 13, establishing doctoral schools in the universities of the Galician university system (DOG of June 26, 2013). Subsequently, the Ministry of Education was notified of the creation of the school through the Directorate General for University Policy for the purposes of its registration in the Register of Universities, Centers, and Degrees (RUCT) with the code 36020684. The objectives, nature, purposes, resources, organizational structure, and responsibilities of the EIDO's governing bodies are described in its Internal Regulations, approved by the University Governing Council on October 14, 2014.
All doctoral programs that have received a favorable verification report from the Council of Universities and authorization from the Regional Government of Galicia are integrated into the EIDO, which organizes the educational offering by defining its own strategy for doctoral training. Furthermore, the EIDO and the doctoral programs plan the activities offered for the cross-disciplinary and specific training of doctoral students, providing them with advice on all aspects necessary for their full integration into the doctoral programs. The purpose of EIDO is to develop a flexible, interdisciplinary, and high-quality doctoral training model aimed at promoting the university's most interesting and promising lines of research.
EIDO Strategy 2022-2026
Mission
- The International Doctoral School (EIDO) of the University of Vigo is a center of higher education whose purpose is to organize, within its scope of management, doctoral studies and activities, which play an essential role in the university-based doctoral training model, while promoting collaboration with other organizations, entities, and institutions involved in R&D&I both nationally and internationally.
- In line with the UVigo Strategic Plan, it pursues this challenge through quality teaching and research that contribute to the creation and transfer of knowledge to the socioeconomic and business fabric, to the comprehensive training of individuals, to the development, innovation, and intellectual growth of society in general and Galician society in particular, which is multicultural and multilingual.
New trends
- Integration of doctoral students into the workforce as researchers who lead the production of knowledge and innovation
- Dissemination of doctoral activities
- Inclusion of doctoral studies in the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs
- Satisfaction with inclusive care or vulnerability
Vision
- Position EIDO as a leading training center in our region, in the Euroregion, and internationally, through comprehensive training for its graduates that contributes to improving people's lives and their socioeconomic environment.
Quality Policy
- Develop a transparent and participatory governance model based on ethical behavior, with special attention to unique characteristics, social responsibility, and sustainability.
- Maintain a range of courses that meets the demands of society in general and Galicia in particular, is sustainable, and offers high-quality programs, without compromising the academic foundations of the University based on the development of knowledge, critical thinking, and the capacity for analysis and reflection.
- Achieve recognition, positioning, and visibility in national and international academic, professional, and social spheres through excellence in education, research, and knowledge transfer, while promoting sustainability and the 2030 Agenda in research.
- Attract talented students and promote internationalization and multiculturalism.
- Consolidate a culture of quality, equality, and sustainability focused on the comprehensive satisfaction of students and staff through effective management and consideration of quality and sustainability standards, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved by the United Nations.
- Achieve a permanent commitment to improvement as a standard of conduct, and propose and develop the necessary actions for maintaining and improving quality.
Quality Objectives 2022-2026
- Obtain institutional accreditation from the EIDO.
- Improve the satisfaction of students and other stakeholders involved in doctoral training, creating a framework of trust and security that facilitates student progress, prevents dropouts, improves academic results, with inclusive attention to vulnerabilities, and placing them in a competitive advantage when entering the job market or research field to lead the production of knowledge and innovation.
- Strengthen the internationalization and multiculturalism of programs through collaboration with universities and other higher education institutions and the recruitment of the most talented students, facilitating the recruitment of international students.
- Improve staff training in doctoral quality.
- Involvement and dissemination of doctoral studies and related activities, especially those related to the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.
- In order to position the University of Vigo as a leading research institution in our environment, in the region, and in the Euroregion, research staff in training will be encouraged to carry out high-quality open research activities to increase the international visibility of research and the transfer of results.