The Academic Committee directs the PhD programme and is responsible for a variety of tasks, including recommending student admission. It is comprised of nine members of staff belonging to the three organising universities:
- Chair: Margarita Estévez Saá (USC)
- Secretary: María Jesús Lorenzo Modia (UDC)
- Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez (USC)
- Paloma Núñez Pertejo (USC)
- José Manuel Estévez Saá (UDC)
- Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel Fandiño (UDC)
- Teresa Caneda Cabrera (UVigo)
- Esperanza Rama Martínez (UVigo)
- Jorge L. Bueno Alonso (UVigo)
Subcommittees
UDC
- Chair: María Jesús Lorenzo Modia
- Secretary: José Manuel Estévez Saá
- Committee members: María Jesús Cabarcos Traseira, David Clark Mitchell, José Liste Noya, Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel Fandiño
USC
- Chair: Margarita Estévez Saá
- Secretary: Paloma Núñez Pertejo
- Committee members: Patricia Fra López, Laura Lojo Rodríguez, María José López Couso, Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez, Noemí Pereira Ares, Jorge Sacido Romero.
UVIGO
- Chair: Teresa Caneda Cabrera
- Secretary: Jose Carregal Romero
- Committee members: Jorge Luís Bueno Alonso, Yolanda Fernández Pena, Belén Martín Lucas, Elena Seoane Posse, Martín Urdiales Shaw.