Educational activities
The Catalogue of specialist courses for all students enrolled in the PhD programmes of the Department of Engineering can be accessed from here.
Practical information (e.g. course schedule, syllabus, and delivery mode) is available. The course offering mainly refers to the 2022/23 academic year.
The course enrolment deadline is usually a week prior to the start date.
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Educational activities (EA - 40 CFU)
Tipology |
Synthetic description |
Number of ECTS |
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Language |
Organized by the Linguistic center of UNIPA, CLA [LINK] |
3-6 |
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Information Technology |
Big-data Analytics – Machine learning - IoT – Block chain – Industry 4.0 |
Min 3 |
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Research management, research financial support measures |
Organized by UNIPA [LINK] |
Min 3 |
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Valorization of research results and IPR management |
Organized by UNIPA [LINK] |
Min 3 |
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Master degree courses |
[LINK] |
9-18(min 2 courses) |
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Courses for Engineering PhD program |
Organized by the Department of Engineering of UNIPA - Reserach methods - Statistical data analysis - Numerical methods for engineering - TBC |
15-20 |
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Courses for M3AI PhD program |
Organized by the PhD program board or other qualified academic or research istitutions -3D printing/additive manufacturing - Sustenabilit/circular economy/life cycle assessment - Project Management - Innovation Management - TBC |
5-10 |
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Seminars |
Seminars on PhD program core topics held by experts in the field and on PhDs’ placement |
0-6 |
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Summer School |
PhD Summer Schools organized by scientific association |
0-18 |
Educating by Doing Activities (EDA – 140 CFU)
Tipology |
Synthetic description |
Number of ECTS |
| Individual research activity (theoretical, analytical, computational) | Not strictly supervised and not included in the commitment for the activities listed below | Max 40 |
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Laboratory or other experimental activities |
Laboratory or other experimental activities related to the PhD student’s research project |
Max 40 |
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Stage |
Stage |
0-6 |
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Supervised research activity |
Research activity with the tutor or other experts in the field |
20-40 |
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Participation in Conferences and Workshops |
The PhD program board selects the suggested conferences or workshops for each PhD student
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3-15 |
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Oral presentation at scientific congresses |
The PhD program board selects the suggested conferences or workshops for each PhD student |
2-10 |
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Presentation of posters at scientific congresses |
The PhD program board selects the suggested conferences or workshops for each PhD student |
0-4 |
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Drafting of a conference or workshop paper |
The PhD program board selects the suggested conferences or workshops for each PhD student |
10- |
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Drafting of a journal paper |
The PhD program board selects the suggested journals for each PhD student
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10- |
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Additional teaching activity according to the doctorate regulations
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Max 40 hours/year |
1-13 (per year) |
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Research Dissemination and knowledge contamination Activities |
These activities include all those initiatives that actively involve the doctoral student in communicating their research project to colleagues, college professors and students of the major master's degrees. The contamination of knowledge will be promoted with the aim of creating synergies and importing methodologies between the various areas. |
1-5 |
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Visiting Stay |
The PhD program board selects for each PhD student the foreign academic or research istitution that can contribute to research project
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Min 10 |
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Drafting of the final manuscript |
It consists in a critical collection of the research activities conducted during the PhD. |
20 |