The training activities in our PhD Program are founded upon three primary pillars: course attendance, seminar participation, and involvement in the Journal Club activities. 

Courses

The courses proposed by our PhD Programme are divided into Interdisciplinary Courses and Thematic Courses. Students are required to enroll in each course they plan to attend by filling the course enrollment form that will be available in the moodle web platform and that will be opened by the PhD Office at the beginning of each semester. Once the student is enrolled in a course his/her attendance will be mandatory. For the courses proposed by our PhD Program, the Course Certification of the Attendance (available on moodle) will be signed and approved by the Instructor of the course.

In addition to these courses, external courses may also be considered after approval of a written request (template available on moodle) signed by the Student and the Supervisor and sent to the PhD Office. At the end of the course, in order to get recognition of attendance for external courses, students shall obtain a certificate of attendance signed by the Instructor.

For the complete list of courses for the 2023-2024 Academic Year see here.

For the complete list of courses for the 2024-2025 Academic Year see here.

For the list of courses proposed for the 2025-2026 Academic Year see here.

Seminars

Seminars proposed by the PhD Programme are announced by email by the PhD Office. Seminars external to our Course may also be considered. In order to certificate the attendance of the seminar students shall bring with them the Seminar Certificate of Attendance sheet (available on moodle), fill it in with the required information and have it signed by the speaker.

Seminar cycles proposed for the 2023-2024 Academic Year see here.

Seminar cycles proposed for the 2024-2025 Academic Year see here.

Seminar cycles proposed for the 2025-2026 Academic Year will be available in October 2025.

Journal Club

Journal Club activities are organized by members of the Academic Board within each curriculum. Students have to critically present a recent paper to other PhD students. The topic of the paper has to be general enough to be of broad interest. Attendance to JC meetings must be at least 75%.

For the complete schedule of the Journal Club meetings see the PhD Programme calendar.

Requirements and duties for student of the 40° Cycle onwords

I year 

• Minimum of 3 CFU for Courses/workshops/summer school 
• 3 CFU for Journal Club 
• Minimum of 2 CFU for Seminar Cycles

II year 

• Minimum of 3 CFU for Courses/workshops/summer school  
• 3 CFU for Journal Club 
• Minimum of 2 CFU for Seminar Cycles

III year 

• 3 CFU for Journal Club 
• Minimum of 2 CFU for Seminar Cycles

Requirements and duties for student until 39° Cycle

Teaching Activity requirements are the following:

• Attendance of a minimum of three courses within the three-year period is mandatory. Among the three courses at least two must be selected among the Interdisciplinary Core Courses list proposed by our PhD Programme. 
• Attendance of a minimum of 10 seminars per year is mandatory. Of these a minimum of 7 have to be proposed by our PhD Programme.
• Attendance of a minimum of 75% of the Journal club meetings is mandatory.

Training activities will be reported in a Progress Report document (template available on moodle), which must be endorsed by your Supervisor and submitted following the indication provided by email by the PhD Office at the conclusion of each year (specific deadlines will be communicated via email by the PhD Office).