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ca careers contact us home about education people research partner news events search sbme menu search menu phd program supervisory committee and research supervisor overview the program of each student is overseen by a committee of no fewer than 4 committee members normally at least at the rank of associate professor one of which is the student s research supervisor one of the committee members not the supervisor should be designated as the chairperson this role will apply to the supervisory committee and also to the examining committee the supervisor provides academic guidance directed toward the completion of ph d dissertation of high quality and assists with the financial planning associated with the program in case of absence from the campus of a month or more the supervisor must appoint an acting supervisor for each ph d candidate phd comprehensive exam phd final exam interested in our programs sign up for our webinars here supervisor the research supervisor or a co supervisor must be a full time regular faculty at least at the rank of assistant professor or associate faculty member in the school emeritus or associate faculty are normally required to appoint a full time regular or associate faculty member as a co supervisor further information explore faculty their research supervisory committee other members of the supervisory committee are nominated by the student s supervisor the chair must be an associate member or core faculty of sbme the chair role will apply to the supervisory committee and also to the comprehensive examining committee the chair of the committee is responsible for ensuring the graduate project is grounded in the design components of biomedical engineering see appendix sbme thesis guidelines the committee should be as diverse as possible including faculty members with primary appointments in faculty of medicine and the faculty of applied science at least 50 of the members of the supervisory committee must be members of the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies the supervisory committee membership may include senior instructors honorary faculty adjunct faculty off campus professionals as well as faculty members from other universities a request for approval for these members submitted to the dean of the faculty of graduate studies must include a copy of the individual s curriculum vitae and a letter from the graduate program supervisor annual meetings it is required that the supervisory committees meet regularly at least once a year to ensure student s progress annual meetings require 3 people of which the supervisor is one if a committee member cannot attend they will organize a one on one meeting with the student the majority of cases with a very difficult doctoral examination or extended completion time occur when there are not regular meetings with the supervisory committee expectations document all incoming masc and phd students and their supervisors will be given a set of expectation documents students are required to meet with their supervisors at the onset of their program to discuss the roles responsibilities and expectations of both student and supervisor supervisors of students are encouraged to use this document as well to facilitate a discussion on the graduate student supervisor relationship ubc school of biomedical engineering home about education people research partner news events search sbme menu careers contact us school of biomedical engineering vancouver campus faculty of applied science faculty of medicine gordon b shrum building 6088 university boulevard vancouver bc canada v6t 1z3 loading dock address 2165 wesbrook mall t 604 822 7810 e reception bme ubc ca the university of british columbia emergency procedures terms of use ubc copyright accessibility visit ubc site