The total commitment is 180 credits, evenly distributed over the three years of the program (60 credits for each year).
The educational activity involves the acquisition of 60 credits annually through attendance at courses offered by the University of Messina (either specific courses dedicated to doctoral students or regular university courses with undergraduate students).
The 20 credits for the first and second years must be earned through attendance at lectures and in-depth seminars in the disciplinary areas (SSD) of the individual majors.
The remaining credits (40 credits) in the first two years are allocated by the teaching staff to activities related to the specific research of individual doctoral students, including participation in conferences, seminars, schools, and visits abroad.
Specifically, the credits are distributed as follows:
- Individual research activity, to be discussed in the report for the transition to subsequent years (15 credits);
- Thesis writing (5 credits);
- Participation in research-related activities chosen by the doctoral student: conferences, congresses,
- Erasmus-type or other study abroad programs (20 credits).
For the final year of the program, 15 credits are awarded for participation in conferences, seminars, schools, and study abroad programs. Additionally, 15 credits are awarded for publication in journals with national and/or international impact, 20 credits are awarded for writing the doctoral thesis, and the remaining 10 credits are awarded for activities chosen by the doctoral student.
- Participation in a conference, congress or seminar (3 CFU);
- Participation in a conference, congress or seminar as a speaker (5 CFU);
- Erasmus or other type of research stay abroad (12 CFU);
- Attendance at specialization courses or certifiable training activities connected with the training and research activity of the doctoral student will be evaluated by the teaching council of the individual program for the purposes of assigning training credits and quantifying them;
- The publication of scientific articles in journals, essays in volumes, book chapters or monographs, for which the date of acceptance of the contribution or the publication of the volume will be valid, will be evaluated by the teaching council of the individual program for the purposes of assigning training credits and quantifying them;
- Tutoring activities for students in the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses at the University of Messina will be evaluated by the teaching council of the individual program for the purposes of assigning training credits and quantifying them Quantification;
- Supplementary teaching activities will be evaluated by the faculty council of each program for the purposes of awarding and quantifying credits.
Please note that elective courses cannot exceed a total of 8 credits for each year of the program. Therefore, excess credits will not be counted toward reaching the annual threshold.
The course calendar will be published on the dedicated page of the Doctoral Program website.