TRAINING ACTIVITIES- 41th CYCLE
Doctoral Credits: An Overview
Throughout the thee-year PhD career, each student will have to allocate 180 Doctoral credits (DCs) across research activities, training and teaching courses. The DCs measure the workload required of a Ph.D. student for these activities to complete their doctoral degree. Ph.D. students must earn at least 60 DCs each year, equating to 1,500 hours of activity, with each DC representing 25 hours of commitment. For training and teaching activities, one DC is equivalent to one credit in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The teaching and training activities will follow a structured distribution with a certain degree of flexibility according to the PhD students’ interest. These activities will enhance both transversal and hard skills, equipping students with a valuable toolkit for their academic or non-acacdemic careers. These activities are composed of compulsory and elective courses, seminars, summer schools, workshops, conferences and other initiatives
The program sets a recommended number of Doctoral Credits (DCs) that Ph.D. students should earn each year in training and teaching activities to ensure a balanced workload alongside research. By the end of the first year, students are expected to have acquired 16 DCs. By the end of the second year, they should accumulate an additional 12 DCs, bringing the total to 28 DCs. In the third year, students are expected to earn a further 8 DCs, reaching the total number of required DCs. If a student falls short of the expected annual DCs, the shortfall can 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.