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Committees and delegates

Course Council Coordinator

The Dean is responsible for carrying out the duties assigned to them by the University Statutes and the University Teaching Regulations:

  • coordinates the committees and those responsible for the activities of the degree programme
  • convenes the Degree Programme Council
  • approves the SUA-Degree Programme, the SMA and the RCRs
  • reports to the CCS on the results of all activities carried out by the committees and the various activity coordinators

Contact

Course of Study QA Committee

The degree programme (CdS) has a Quality Assurance (QA) system in place to monitor its management processes. It is responsible for:

  • compiling and updating the Single Annual Report (SUA-CdS) and the Annual Monitoring Report (SMA)
  • draft the Cyclical Review Report (RCR) and monitor the progress of the proposed improvement activities
  • analyse teaching evaluation questionnaires, Almalaurea questionnaires and reports from the Joint School Committee
  • monitor reports and requests from students, lecturers and technical and administrative staff
  • identify training needs and learning objectives
  • develop the training programme
  • ensure that transparency requirements are met

Committee members

Teaching Commission

It deals with:

  • reviewing teaching facilities and student services
  • reviewing CFUs in relation to teaching load and progression across semesters
  • revise the admission requirements and the modalities for intermediate and final examinations
  • check the information in the teaching schedules
  • monitor the course and organise it taking into account the needs of facilities and services

Committee members

Steering Committee

It is in charge of:

  • expressing the needs coming from society and the world of work and culture
  • providing an opinion between the coherence of the study pathway and specific training activities with the demand for training
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Guidance and mentoring committee

Responsibilities include:

  • organising meetings with students to present the course
  • organising welcome services for international students in collaboration with UniGe’s International Mobility Service
  • monitor students’ career progress
  • promote activities to publicise the International Curriculum (Serp+ Master’s) 

Committee members

Ordinary Curriculum
Year One:

International Curriculum:

Mario Rocca - rocca@fisica.unige.it (lecturer, Local Serp+ Contact)

Responsible for LM internships and theses and orientation to the world of work

Responsibilities include:

  • promoting, collecting and managing proposals for work placements and dissertations
  • organise the collection of questionnaires and feedback from organisations where work placements and dissertations have taken place
  • monitor the employment status of graduates
  • promote career guidance activities

Managers

Admissions Committee

For the ordinary curriculum, it deals with:

  • examining applications for admission, ascertain the fulfilment of the curricular requirements and decide on admission
  • provide information on how to fulfil the admission requirements

For the international curriculum, it deals with:

  • examining applications and awarding any scholarships
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Committee members

Website manager

This is responsible for:

  • updating and verifying information on the course website
  • checking that transparency requirements are met
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Responsible

Responsible for coordinating class schedule and exams

Responsibilities include:

  • managing timetables to avoid clashes
  • optimise the scheduling of exam dates

Managers

Responsible for international activities

Responsibilities include:

  • co-ordinating student mobility under the Erasmus+ programme or other international programmes
  • co-ordinate the teaching activities of the international curriculum
  • select incoming students for the international curriculum
  • organise the SOSMSE Summer School (compulsory for the international curriculum)
  • serve on the final examination board which meets in Paris every year

 

Contact persons

Responsible for Departmental Quality Assurance (RAQ)

Prof. Massimo Ottonelli - Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry