Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia: Educational offer

Educational offer

The educational path of each PhD student enrolled in the Doctoral Course of National Interest in Technologies for Fundamental Research in Physics and Astrophysics involves carrying out research activities under the guidance of a supervisor and one or more co-supervisors assigned by the Academic Board.

Educational obligations of the PhD student

Each PhD student must attend at least 4 of the courses offered and accumulate at least 10 credits, i.e. (approximately) 80 hours of lectures, preferably within the first 2 years;

Each student must attend at least one School;

One or two courses may be replaced by a School;

The PhD student is invited to participate in the national days of the PhD TFPA;

The PhD student is invited to participate in the guided tours of the PhD TFPA.

In agreement with the supervisors, the student may enrich the training activity where the particular project requires specific skills to be acquired. The training obligation is therefore intended as a training basis, and no further propaedeutic, characterising or supplementary training activities are restricted.

In agreement with the supervisors, the student can attend courses that are not part of the Educational Offer presented below. In order to do so, the student must send an email to require the pertinent Curriculum Coordinator's approval, to be sure that the course can be part of their Study Plan. The PhD Secretariat (phdnazionale.dfa@unipd.it) must always be cc'd in these communications.