Academic requirements - Cycle 38 & 39

PhD Students must gain 180 credits by the end of their 3rd year.

Credits can be acquired by attending:

• courses and seminar from the ET-IT training;
• additional external activities approved by the PhD Board;
• Master's Degree activities;
• in-person PhD courses, schools, workshops, and seminars.

The amount of earned credits is proportional to the attended hours and is calculated as follows: 1 attended hour = 1 credit.

Also attending the following activities entitles PhD Students to a certain amount of credits as detailed belows.

• Language courses by CLA different from AcES (Academic English Skills courses): 1 course > max. 30 credits, 2 courses > max.40 credits;
• Online courses (i.e. Coursera): max. 20 credits;
• Research stay abroad or in Italy: 1 stay - 10 credits / month > max. 60 credits; 2 different stays - 10 credits / month > max. 90 credits;
• online and hybrid PhD courses, schools, workshops, and seminars: max. 20 credits per a.y.

For further information on the procedures for credit validation, click HERE.

PLEASE NOTE

The PhD Students enrolled in 38th and 39th cycle must accumulate at least 60 attendance hours by attending ET-IT training activities or external training activities from a.y. 2024/2025 onward that meet the following criteria:

• addressed to PhD Students only;
• technical in nature;
• including a final exam.

Diploma Supplement

In accordance with Ministerial Decree no. 226/2021, starting from the 38th cycle, PhD Students will be issued a Diploma Supplement upon completion of their doctoral programme.

The Diploma Supplement includes all the educational and training activities in which the PhD Student has participated during their doctoral studies.

For candidates from the 38th and 39th cycles, the data entry process began in February 2025, with the launch of the new "Libretti" function available on Dottorandi. 

All PhD Students are therefore required to enter all training activities (e.g. PhD courses, PhD schools, conferences, etc.)  attended to date, following the guidelines provided by the UNIBO PhD Unit (AFORM). They are available both in Italian and English in the Attachments section below.

Please note that for each activity entered, PhD Students of 38th and 39th cycle must indicate 0 Doctoral Credits.