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Ph.D. students are required to take courses proposed by the Teachers' Board (see above) and may supplement their education with optional courses from among the institutional courses provided for master's and doctoral degrees held at Sapienza or other university.
In addition, doctoral students are strongly encouraged to attend the many seminars taught by internal faculty and researchers from Italy and abroad that are held each year in the Department of Earth Sciences.
These seminars, however, cannot be scheduled well in advance because they are part of scientific collaboration activities, national and international projects, study days of societies and informal groups in the fields of Earth Sciences, Environment and Cultural Heritage.
Method of choosing the subject of the thesis
Each doctoral student proposes his or her own original research project through a written report and an oral presentation to the faculty. In the presentation, objectives, state of the art, experimental activities, expected results, innovation from the state of the art, teaching activities, international mobility, and timetable should be clear and distinct.
The Teachers' Board evaluates the project, suggests changes, approves it, and proposes a supervisor in charge of following up on the proper progress of the project as it is being implemented.
Admission to the second year
At the end of the first year, each doctoral student submits a written report and an oral presentation containing a summary of the activities performed (teaching and research) and the results acquired during the year to the Teachers' Board. The supervisor in parallel sends the College a brief assessment of the doctoral student's activities and behavior. The College of Teachers evaluates the research and teaching activities carried out and the results achieved with respect to the project presented at the initial stage and proposes, in case of positive outcome of the evaluation, admission to the following year.
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