Programmed study plan for the academic year 2020/2021


List of courses / activities for the first year

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Prof. A. Balbi - Communicating your results to your colleagues and the public - 10/05-20/05/2021 6
R. Coratella - Budgeting Science the funds Universe, Importance in research and innovation - 26/04/2021 to 06/05/2021 6
Written review on the scientific topic of the thesis project - September 2021 4
Seminars (at least 6 seminars required) - Feb - Dec 2021 2

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Oltre alla frequenza obbligatoria, al primo anno, dei corsi citati sopra, i Dottorandi hanno l'opportunità di partecipare a più 50 seminari di astrofisica svolti nelle 3 sedi consorziate ogni anno.

Dr. R. Coratella (CNR)
Budgeting Science the funds Universe - Importance in research and innovation (10h)
26.04: An introduction to the science funding: the difference between experimental and theoretical science (2 hrs). How expensive to do science is?
28.04: Horizon Europe, Apre, Miur, EIT, JCR, ERC: the world of “crowdfunding”, what they are looking for? (2 hrs)
30.04: The EU opportunities: what’s a science research project? An introduction to the Project Cycle Management (PCM), the Logical Framework Approch (LFA) and the Goal Oriented Project Planning). An application for funding (4 hrs) - First part
04.05: The EU opportunities: what’s a science research project? An introduction to the Project Cycle Management (PCM), the Logical Framework Approch (LFA) and the Goal Oriented Project Planning). An application for funding (4 hrs) - Second part
06.05: Projects evaluation: how to reach the goal? The evaluation process and the project start monitoring (2 hrs)

Prof. A. Balbi (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata)
Communicating your results to your colleagues (and the public) (10h)
10.05 - Introduction. Functional communication and the IMRAD structure
12.05 - The scientific paper
13.05 - Organisation, style and common problems
19.05 - Giving a talk
20.05 - Interacting with the media and the public



Method of choosing the subject of the thesis

Each student ranks 4 possible theses, from the list made available in advance by the hosting institutes. The list offers about 60 possibilities, and includes abstracts and contacts of the proposers. During the first month, the coordinator assigns the topic to each student. Among the ranked theses, the coordinator assigns the highest ranked not yet assigned, starting from the best ranked student in the selection. Most of the times the top ranked is assigned.

Admission to the second year

PhD students start working on the thesis from first year, in close collaboration with the tutor. To pass the end of year evaluation, each PhD student is required to write a review on the scientific issues of specific interest to the topic of the thesis. The same review is presented in the Astrophysics Workshop publicly and in the presence of the entire Teaching Council.


List of courses / activities for the second year


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Method of preparation of the thesis



Admission to the third year




List of courses / activities for the third year


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Method of admission to the final examination



Final examination


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