Seminars
Every year each Ph.D. student must present a seminar in English to other Ph.D. students and to the Board of Teachers, describing and explaining a scientific issue related to her/his research activity or field of interest, agreed with her/his Supervisor. These are called the "Winter Seminars" and are educational activities aimed at developing comunication skills in science and technology. Summer Seminars (generally delivered in February or March) are scheduled by the Board of Teachers and the Calendar is published on the Course website. If a Ph.D. student is abroad for his secondment, she/he should deliver the seminar in the site of secondment, communicating the title and date of the seminar to her/his Supervisor. Active participation to the seminars is mandatory for all other Ph.D. students.
Ph.D. Students can also attend, to fulfill the requirements for educational activities, seminars offered by the University or by other Institutions, including those delivered by the Board of Teachers members or by invited teachers.
Participation to the seminars must be certified through a form reporting the date, speaker and duration of the seminars, signed at the end of each seminar day by the speaker or a member of the Board of Teachers.
One ECTS is assigned every (approximately) 6 hours of seminars attended or delivered by the Ph.D. student.