Maurice Apap
Director of the Doctoral School
As the Director of the Doctoral School I take the academic lead in promoting a supportive environment for doctoral researchers and supervisory academic staff across the University. I work with colleagues across the University to ensure that significant opportunities are created to provide researchers with the skills to be successful at the University and beyond. Alongside my role as Doctoral School Director I am an academic staff member at the Faculty of Engineering.

Ritienne Gauci
Deputy Director of the Doctoral School
As Deputy Director, I work with the Director and colleagues to support high-quality doctoral education and researcher development across the University. My previous involvement in international projects on doctoral education informs this role, including SEA-EU DOC, which profiled career paths and skills development for doctorate holders beyond academia, and reSEArch-EU, through which I now deliver Open Science training to doctoral candidates and research support officers. I am also Associate Professor in Geography within the Faculty of Arts.

Joseph Cacciottolo
Chair of the Doctoral Academic Committee
My role is to convene the School’s Doctoral Academic Committee that evaluates doctoral applications and programmes recommended by the boards of Faculties, Institutes and Centres of the University. With my colleagues, I am committed to ensure that the doctoral research experience is a fruitful one, supported by the right organisational structures. Apart from my role as the University’s Pro-Rector for Academic Affairs I coordinate the Humanities, Medicine and Science Programme (HUMS) in the Faculty of Arts.

Simon Fabri
Chair of the Professional Development Committee
The Professional Development Committee, which I currently chair, was primarily set up to ensure that the University provides essential initiatives and training programmes for the development of our doctoral candidates’ research and transversal skills, as well as fostering the mentoring abilities of academic supervisors. The committee also promotes initiatives aimed at creating a community spirit among doctoral researchers and encourages participation with external stakeholders. In addition to chairing this committee, I am the University’s Pro-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer, and an academic staff member in the Faculty of Engineering.

Administrative Staff:
  
Maria Abdilla
Rachel Camilleri
Chanel Grech
Sergio Laferla
Deborah Tabone