15 October 2019: Delivery to the Tutor, Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator of a written Study Plan for A.Y. 2019-20:
Provisional title of the dissertation accompanied by an abstract (5,000 characters) in Italian and English and an index in Italian and English;
Tutor, possible co-tutor, formalised co-tutorships with foreign universities;
Summary description and timetable of the research activities intended to be undertaken during the year for the development of the dissertation, with an indication of the expected results;
Programme of research stays abroad with an indication of the forms of funding to be used (30% increase in the scholarship with University funds; Marco Polo; etc.). The compulsory period of research abroad is indicated in the call for applications for each cycle);
List of compulsory activities and intersectoral activities chosen from those proposed by the Teaching Body and others, in Italy or abroad, agreed with the Tutor and approved by the Teaching Body (the list of activities may be updated by the doctoral student during the year);
Research dissemination programme (at least 1 planned publication - programme can be updated during the year) with details of any publication fees or missions to be reimbursed from PhD funds (at the beginning of the year, the Teaching Body will set criteria and available budget quotas for such reimbursements);
Development of Study Plan: CREDITS REQUIRED 15.
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2020
Deadline to be defined based on the indications of the PhD Office: Delivery of a written progress report to both Tutor and Coordinator for admission to the final examination:
September 2020 - delivery to the Teaching Body of a written summary of the research with an index of the contents of the presentation to be held in September (the document must be printed in triplicate and must not exceed two pages in length);
September 2020 - presentation of the annualresearch progress report for the passage of year;
September 2020 - updating of personal page and entry of publications on IRIS (NB please note that failure to complete the web page and IRIS will jeopardise for the passage of year;
September 2020 (final deadline) - the Teaching Body approves for the passage of year off of the academic year and admission to the final examination (enclosing the tutor's evaluation with the 2019-2020 Study Plan and, if necessary, that of other internal or external evaluators);
Presentation of research progress report for admission to the final examination. The presentation takes the form of a lecture, in Italian or English, accompanied by a slide-show, before a panel of discussants chosen from the members of the Teaching Body, the Teaching Body itself and all the doctoral students). The presentation may last no longer than 20 minutes and must focus on: topic, structure, research objectives, theoretical background and methodological approach, expected results, future developments. NB a one-year extension for the final discussion is no longer permitted except in the case of dissertations in co-tutorship, at the request of the foreign partner;
The (completed) dissertation will be sent to the evaluators in the first week of October 2020 (the exact date will be defined by the offices);
By December 2020, the evaluators will issue their judgements; if evaluated positively, the thesis should be definitively uploaded at the end of January 2021;
The discussion of the dissertation is scheduled indicatively for April 2021, with a single extension of six months permitted at the request of the evaluators for further study.
Information on the final examination procedure is available for consultation by PhD students on the intranet at the following link, accessible with their credentials.