Deadlines and procedures for admission to the next PhD year and to the final exam
1. Evaluation phase
You are required to submit the Annual Report and present your research project to a Committee appointed by the Coordinator. This is the phase in which you are actively involved in the assessment process.
N.B. The research presentation is required only for PhD Students in their second and third years.
2. Formal admission phase
The PhD Board reviews the documentation and evaluations submitted by your supervisor, the Committee and you, verifies that any academic requirements for the relevant year of the PhD programme have been fulfilled, and decides whether you are admitted to the following year / to the final exam. You are not required to attend this phase.
The document below provides the schedule of activities and deadlines for the year-end evaluation. It covers Cycle 39, including PhD students granted a three- or six-month extension, and Cycles 40 and 41.
The year-end evaluation procedure is launched several weeks before the deadlines listed in the Schedule. You will receive an email from the Department Administration informing you that the procedure has started and providing the relevant instructions.
You must complete the Annual Report on research activities using the template provided by the PhD Programme.
You must present your research project to a Committee appointed by the Coordinator and composed of two or three professors. The detailed presentation schedule will be shared a few days before the beginning of the presentation period indicated in the schedule provided in the first section. Presentations usually take place online.
Please plan for a 15-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. Briefly summarize the work carried out in previous years and focus primarily on the work completed during the year.
You must follow the instructions on tuition fee payment and annual enrolment published on the dedicated UNIBO webpage.
You must follow the instructions on the application to the final examination, thesis submission and related deadlines published on the dedicated UNIBO webpage.
Please read the relevant information carefully and use the contact box if you have any questions or need clarification.
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Per ciascun dottorando o dottoranda, i e le supervisor devono:
Ai fini dell’ammissione all’esame finale, i e le supervisor devono inoltre:
Dopo aver effettuato l’accesso all’applicativo Dottorati: