ECTS credits acquisition

Ph.D. students, under the supervision of a member of the Board of Teachers, undertake a research project and follow specific courses and other educational activities. Educational activities concur to the accumulation of credits necessary to complete the Ph.D. Programme.

One ECTS credit (briefly, ECTS) can be achieved attending 6 hours of lessons or seminars, or participating to 1 day of National or International Schools or Workshops. For research activity, 1 ECTS corresponds to 25 hours (approximately 5 ECTS per month of full-time work).

To complete her/his 3-year Programme, a Ph.D. student must accumulate 180 ECTS, including at least 20 ECTS in educational activities. Educational ECTS are assigned by the speaker of the lesson/seminar, or by a member of the Board of Teachers, who checks the active participation by the Ph.D. Student.

A document (Annual and Final report) certifying the activities accomplished during each year must be delivered by the Ph.D. Student to her/his Supervisor, who will present it to the Board of Teachers for admission to the next years of the Programme or to the final examination.

Educational activities attended by Ph.D. students during the three years of the Programme are distributed among different kinds of activities, following approximately the partition detailed in the list below. Significant deviations from this plan, agreed in advance by the Ph.D. student and her/his Supervisor, have to be approved by the Board of Teachers.

Attività didattiche

Ø Seminars - 4 ECTS 

Ø    National or International Schools / Workshops- 8 ECTS 

Ø Courses on specific topics - 4 ECTS 

Ø Interdisciplinary courses - 4 ECTS