The Steering Committee consists of the HITEC Scientific Director and representatives of the HITEC member institutes nominated by the HITEC Assembly as well as representatives of the HITEC doctoral researchers. The members of the Steering Committee support the Scientific Director and the HITEC Management in the day-to-day business and in the overall organisation of the Graduate School.

In particular, the Steering Committee is responsible for ensuring that the guidelines for doctoral training are adhered to, for drawing up proposals to improve the recruitment of outstanding doctoral researchers, for drawing up the statutes and regulations of the Graduate School, and for recommending competence training courses and ongoing quality control of doctoral training. The Steering Committee is chaired by the Scientific Director of the Graduate School. The HITEC Steering Committee is currently being reconstituted.