The research training activities consist of curricular activities, extracurricular activities, and dissemination.
The curricular training of the PhD program includes activities related to:
i) disciplinary and multidisciplinary training;
ii) training in acquiring transversal skills.
This training is organized directly by the PhD program, the participating departments, or the University.
Disciplinary and Multidisciplinary Training. The PhD offers a training path characterized by:
i) basic teachings from the various core areas of the PhD: chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, and environmental sciences;
ii) multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and interdisciplinary teachings.
The final goal is to offer training that covers the entire field of nanosciences organically. While maintaining strong specialized skills in their reference areas, students will be able to develop an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary and non-sectoral approach to chemical, physical, biological, and medical sciences. Specific curricular activities designed for the PhD, organized by the CHIM and CHIMIND Departments, which differ from first and second-level teaching, include:
These disciplinary training activities are covered as part of an ordinary teaching load and include 2 credits characterized by 12 hours of frontal teaching. The courses are offered from May to September 2025 (exact dates will be published on the course website once available) and can be taken in any of the three years of the PhD program. The assessment method includes achieving a pass mark. Attendance at curricular activities specifically designed for the PhD, organized by the competing departments DIFA, DIMEC, and FABIT, is also recognized. In particular the following courses are suggested:
Other curricular training activities may be borrowed from similar activities already available in the University's portfolio of Bachelor's and Master's degree offerings.
Promotion of Transversal Skills. The PhD program promotes training activities related to the valorization of research (e.g., topics related to technology transfer, entrepreneurship, innovation management, etc.); methods, techniques, and tools for research management (e.g., bibliographic sources, data management, editorial policies and practices, open science, etc.); dissemination and communication of research activities (e.g., methodologies for writing articles and scientific presentations, written/oral/visual communication techniques, advanced language proficiency, etc.); the impact of scientific research on society and sustainable development; knowledge of European and international research systems, with the related mechanisms for accessing competitive funding; career orientation and planning; teaching training; fundamental principles of ethics, gender equality, and integrity.
Activities for promoting transversal skills specifically designed for the PhD, organized by the CHIM and CHIMIND Departments, include:
Additionally, each PhD student can earn credits throughout the three years by participating in seminars and seminar cycles organized by various departments, including those organized by the Institute for Advanced Studies. Access to external laboratories, different from those where the PhD student's research activities normally take place, will be encouraged, particularly at public or private institutions other than the PhD Research Courses’ home institution.
Extracurricular Training. Extracurricular training aims to ensure and stimulate the growth of PhD students as members of a scientific community, for example, through participation in national and international training schools (summer school, winter school, etc.) or training moments for exchange/presentation of research results (PhD symposia).
Dissemination Activities. Dissemination activities include PhD students' participation in congresses, conferences, workshops, etc., as speakers or poster presenters; as well as their participation in outreach activities (Researchers' Night, Pint of Science).