The Doctoral Course in Physics aims to train researchers capable of working on cutting-edge topics in basic and applied research, in a highly competitive international context. 

To this end, a training program has been designed that includes courses, seminars, participation in high-profile schools, and involvement in DFA research activities to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to professionally conduct highly qualified research at universities, public bodies, private entities, and in industry. The Course aims to develop the ability of the students to operate within scientific research with a high degree of autonomy, enhancing originality and creativity, precision in analysis and aptitude for synthesis, as well as methodological rigor. The Course prepares PhD students for a career that will not necessarily be confined to academic research, but will allow them to become professional researchers and innovators in a wide variety of fields.
In addition to specialized training in the research topic of the PhD Thesis, students develop skills and competences applicable to different fields, thanks to a solid basic preparation and the interdisciplinary nature of the Physical sciences. Consistent with these objectives, the training activity is structured so that each student takes in-depth courses on the topics covered by her/his research but must also take at least one course on different topics, in order to stimulate training to tools and methodologies different from those already known and used. The courses proposed by the PhD board are chosen annually after extensive consultation with the PhD board members, and take into account the observations of the social partners and the students themselves. 
Furthermore, the course offers presentations and seminar series on specific topics held both by teachers contacted specifically for this purpose and by teachers, often foreigners, visiting the Department for research purposes. In this way, we try to present students with a continuously updated picture of the most recent research results, as well as to facilitate an internationalization process through contact with foreign teachers visiting the Department. Among the proposed seminar series, attention is paid to proposing some dedicated to recent developments of broad interest to all areas of Physics but also essential from a transdisciplinary perspective, such as numerical calculation and data analysis techniques and approaches.