For each academic year, the PhD Board prepares the list of educational activities, which include seminars, institutional courses within the university, participation in national and international schools, and international conferences.
The PhD Board determines the credit equivalency (ECTS) for each of the aforementioned educational activities.
The list of activities will be published online on these pages and updated/enriched every academic year.
To obtain the title of PhD, it is necessary for each candidate to achieve 180 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits over the three years of the course (60 credits/year), divided as follows:
- 45 credits obtained through research activity related to the thesis project, evaluated by the PhD Board based on a report submitted by the doctoral candidates within the 2 weeks prior to the end of each academic year of the Doctor course (September 15 - October 1).
- 15 credits obtained by doctoral candidates through mandatory attendance (75%) at courses proposed by the PhD Board, seminars organized by the doctoral program, various training activities (e.g., cross-sectional courses), participation in national and international schools, stays abroad, and training internships at biotechnological industries.
The attendance of educational activities, internships, national and international schools will be recorded by the doctoral candidates in the Doctoral Candidate Handbook, which will be used as detailed information by the annual and final Verification Committees.
At the end of each year, there is an assessment test of the activities carried out, which consists of presenting/discussing a poster on the activities undertaken during the year to the College of Teachers (usually during the annual "Meeting of the PhD School").