At the end of the third year, each doctoral student must achieve a minimum of 15 training credits obtained by attending lectures for doctoral students, courses, seminars and schools which are divided as follows:
1 credit = 4 hours of frontal teaching for the courses proposed by the Ph.D. Board;
1 credit / day for schools;
0.5 credits / day for national and international congresses;
0.2 credits for seminars;
0.5 credits for each experimental master's thesis of which the doctoral student is co-supervisor.
All doctoral students must attend 12 of the annual seminars proposed by the doctoral school. Third year PhD students will be required to deliver a departmental seminar in English.
2025/2026 academic year Modules
Details and registration on the DIR platform
The DIR platform provides information on all PhD programme training activities. Participation in training modules offered by other PhD programmes is permitted, subject to notification to the Coordinator, Prof. Tron.
Teaching activities from prevoius academic years
For other opportunitiee you can also check:
UPO Enhancing Research - tailored courses and seminars to improve your research tools (I, II, III year)
the Seminars page
gruppo OA UPO: Open access e diritto d'autore per dottorandi
modules of other PhD programmes (see the DIR platform)