TRAINING ACTIVITIES- 41th CYCLE
Doctoral Credits: An Overview
Throughout the three-year PhD program, each student must complete a total of 180 Doctoral Credits (DCs), distributed among Research activities and Training and teaching activities.
DCs quantify the workload required to fulfil the doctoral requirements: For research activities each DC represents 25 hours of work. For training and teaching activities, the details are on table "Correspondence between hours of commitment for training and teaching and DCs earned".
Students must earn at least 60 DCs per year, corresponding to 1,500 hours of activity.
Training and teaching activities follow a structured plan, and include compulsory courses and personalised activities based on the PhD students’ interests. These activities are designed to develop both transversal and technical skills, providing students with a valuable toolkit for their academic or non-academic careers.
The program recommends a yearly number of Doctoral Credits (DCs) that PhD students should earn through training and teaching activities to maintain a balanced workload alongside their research. If a student does not reach the recommended annual number of DCs, the shortfall may be carried over to the following year.
The number of DCs assigned to curricular training activities is calculated by adding the lecture hours to the estimated time for independent study.
Earned DCs and related documents have to be uploaded in the website dottorandi.unibo.it
Above is the list of compulsory courses that every PhD student must attend during their three-year program.
Each research topic has compulsory courses that each PhD student linked to those research area must attend
For "Academic Writing", "PhD information on literacy", and "Knowledge valorisation" courses, see highlights for the avalable dates.
All the other courses will begin from January 2026. The calendar will be available soon.