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: María José López Couso (USC)
- Secretary: María Jesús Lorenzo Modia (UDC)
- Noemí Pereira Ares (USC)
- Margarita Estévez Saá (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, Begoña Simal González, Carolina Núñez Puente, Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel Fandiño
USC
- Chair: María José López Couso
- Secretary: Noemí Pereira Ares
- Committee members: Margarita Estévez Saá, Patricia Fra López, Laura Lojo Rodríguez, Paloma Núñez Pertejo, Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez, 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