Educational activities
This page is dedicated to the training of PhD students on the PhD Course in Energy.
The training activities include compulsory courses belonging to the 3rd level didactic offer of the Department of Engineering, Summer and Winter Schools, Seminars and Workshops on technical topics specific to the course but also multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary.
Syllabus and Calendar
PhD students are required to attend a total of 60 hours over the three years (with an average of 20 hours/year) of specialised doctoral courses (with the passing of the relevant examinations) belonging to the educational offer of the PhD course in Energy and forming part of the catalogue published on the University of Palermo's PhD website.
The catalogue (with dates and registration links) of the specialised doctoral courses offered to all students enrolled in the PhD programmes of the Department of Engineering can be accessed from this page:
Doctoral courses 2025
Practical information (e.g. course programme, syllabus and delivery methods) is available.
Courses must be chosen from those with course code E.
As an alternative, students may choose other courses offered by other doctoral programmes in the engineering department if they are useful for their own research project or have a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary character.
The deadline for course registration is usually one week before the start date.
The description of the specialised courses of the ENERGY PhD Programme can be accessed here:
PhD Energy Syllabus
Guidelines for the use of courses in the doctoral offer can be found here:
Guidelines for PhD students
For deadlines, registration and other information, please refer to the guidelines for doctoral students
For information on courses and to request certificates of courses attended, please write to Education Support:
lidia.drago@unipa.it
specifying the courses for which information or certification is requested
Only for PhD students of cycle 40: Each student is expected to attend at least 2 seminars per year among those organised by the PhD Programme or the Doctoral School in collaboration with other universities, research organisations or companies on multidisciplinary and highly innovative topics.
These seminars will be promoted by the PhD from time to time during the three-year period.