Phd structure

All you need to know about training, research and credits in our PhD programmes.

How the programme is organised

In agreement with their supervisors and co-supervisors, PhD students can flexibly plan their training and research activities, choosing those best suited to their needs and goals.
The programme includes the following activities:

Research
Disciplinary and multidisciplinary training
Acquisition of transferable skills
Extra-curricular training
Dissemination of research results
Teaching and tutoring activities
Final examination

Supplementary teaching and compulsory learning activities (from the 40th cycle)

In the first two years, in addition to research activity, PhD students undertake at least forty hours of supplementary teaching as part of courses taught by members of the Academic board.

The programme also includes two cycles of compulsory training:

Meetings on European Law practice and studies (twenty hours per year)
In-depth seminars on European Law (at least twenty hours per year).

Research activities abroad

As part of their research activities, a research period of at least six months at a foreign institution is required.

Extra-curricular training

The programme is completed by choosing additional learning activities to be agreed with the supervisor, offered within or outside the University.

The programme also promotes participation in events organised as part of the PhD programme; the calendar is available on the dedicated page.

Go to the calendar

Final examination

The programme involves the submission of a PhD thesis, through which the results achieved in carrying out their research project will be made public.
A provisional calendar for thesis supervision is available, listing the main deadlines envisaged for the final examination.

Doctoral credits

Doctoral credits (DCs) represent a measure of the workload required to complete the training and research activities in the PhD programme. Each DC corresponds to twenty-five hours of work.

The PhD programme requires the acquisition of a total of 180 DCs, divided as follows:

Research activities: they represent 80% of the total workload required and the acquisition of 144 DCs
Research and teaching training activities: they represent 20% of the workload required and the acquisition of 36 DCs