Our team

Diego Cosmelli

Graduate School Director

Responsible for the definition and implementation of strategies for the Graduate School of the Catholic University, oriented to ensure the quality of the programs by promoting policies and mechanisms to improve the training experience. Facilitating the curricular flexibility, interdisciplinarity and internationalization of PhD training. Head of the Advisory Council of the Graduate School, and it´s responsible of addressing academic issues related to doctoral training that the Academic Units need to resolve.

Milagros Delgado

Executive Director

Responsible of the management and coordination of the PhD activities of the Catholic University, ensuring program quality and driving politics and mechanisms to facilitate the curricular flexibility, interdisciplinarity and internationalization of doctoral training.

Valerie Decap

Deputy Director of Training and Thesis Development

Responsible for the integral proposal of the doctoral student's life cycle and the processes involved in their progression and Curricular process, career development and welfare, in strong articulation with other units of the University. Supervising the implementation of the Transversal Abilities Program and Support for the Direction of Doctoral Thesis Program. In addition to designing and promoting actions contribute to the growth and continuous improvement of these programs. Advises and coordinates the updates of the regulations and study plans of the doctoral programs and ensures their consistency with the guidelines of the Graduate School.

Florencia Roncone

Head of outreach

Responsible for coordinating and managing the activities aimed at promoting internationalization and national ties of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Doctoral Programs, supporting and strengthening inter-institutional ties, to position UC doctoral training as a benchmark in Latin America.

Marcela Caroca

Head of Quality Assurance

Responsible for coordinating and reviewing accreditation processes of all our PhD programs, monitoring the fulfillment of the standards and criteria established by the CNA and institutional quality assurance policies, in coordination with the Program Directors of the Academic Units. Likewise, it leads the process of following up on the doctoral programs and implementing their respective development plans.

Daniela Viñals

Doctoral Thesis Development Officer

Responsible for coordinating the implementation of the activities of the Doctoral Thesis Support Program, as well as its evaluation and continuous development, also, for the continuous improvement of the Doctoral Thesis Management and Support System (SaGa). Responsible for coordinating the graduating student assignment process and monitoring students in their final cycle. Coordinates the implementation of wellness and student experience initiatives.

Paz Olivares

Training Officer

Responsible of the coordinating and implementation of the Transversal Abilities Program, its evaluation and continuous development. Also, the coordination and management in the creation process and modification of courses. Follows up students associated with graduation requirements and manages exceptional cases, exemptions, suspensions, reinstatements, reasons for elimination, among others.

Fernanda Guajardo

Thesis Development Manager

Responsible for the operational and administrative management of processes in the Doctoral Thesis Development area related to monitoring students in the final stage, training activities, and coordinating tasks associated with strengthening thesis supervision.

Training Manager

Responsible for the operational and administrative management of the implementation of the Transversal Skills Program for doctoral students. Also responsible for collaborating on requirements that arise from student monitoring and compliance with graduation requirements, within the same context of the Transversal Skills Program.

Quality Assurance and Outreach Manager

Responsible for the operational and administrative management of all the areas of quality assurance and outreach to fulfill all the processes.

Gisselle Huircán

Scholarships and Benefit Officer

Responsible for the planning and management of the internal doctoral contests, from their publication to their awarding, including support for applicants, follow-up, analysis, impact assessment, and continuous improvement of the processes associated with the Graduate School's competitive funds. I also plan and manage support services for applying for external scholarships.

Diego Ruminot

Scholarships and Benefit Manager

Responsable of managing and administering internal doctoral contests, from their publication to their awarding, including orientation of the applicants, following up, análisis, impact evaluation, and continuous improvement to the processes associated with competitive funds from the Graduate School (EG). As well as the operational management of administrative support mechanisms for applying for external competitive doctoral funds.

Karla Reyes

Communications manager

Responsible coordinate and manage the comunications of the Graduate School (EG). This means realizing various communicational actions for different platforms and audiences, with a special target in the more than 1.400 PhD students and potential future Students.

Francis Silva

Financial Assistant

Support to the management of meetings and agenda of the Graduate School Directorate, management of purchases, payments and financial control of competitive funds and scholarships for doctoral students. For agenda items and meetings of the Director, contact Francis.

Bárbara Rivera

Administrative Assistant

Responsible for efficiently supporting and maintaining the administrative management of the area or unit by providing the necessary reports for decision-making to deliver an efficient service aligned with the procedures established by the University.

Board

It is an academic entity whose mission is to propose to the Vice Rector for Research, policies and mechanisms of action to ensure the development of doctoral training at the University, promoting and facilitating the integration, flexibility, interdisciplinary and internationalization of the Doctoral Programs, preserving their quality.