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A. individualised research training activities (minimum 20 CFU/year)
Individual training and research activities
- During the third year, doctoral students will complete their training with in-depth in-person and online courses, including external ones (subject to the approval of their tutors and the teaching board) and aimed at deepening theoretical and methodological topics, as well as acquiring skills in the area of scientific communication and dissemination, design and open badge certification https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/open-badge-sapienza (at least 20 CFU). -
B. structured training activities 3rd year (see attached file and at the Seminar page)
- International Winter Schools (10CFU): weekly intensive international seminars dedicated to the in-depth study of a specific paradigmatic approach or of a thematic area defined from time to time.
Organised by the partner universities.
- International Summer School (10CFU): international summer school of weekly duration dedicated to an in-depth study of a specific paradigmatic approach or of a thematic area defined from time to time.
Organised by Sapienza, as programme co-ordinator.
- During the three-year period, seminars will be organised by all the members of the scientific board and by invited international guests when possible, and specific courses dedicated to "transferable skills" as well as to the acquisition of advanced skills in scientific writing and dissemination (additional CFUs - and acquisition of open badge certified skills https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/open-badge-sapienza). These courses and seminars will be activated at the institution of affiliation or at the destination sites of the international mobility.
Method of admission to the final examination
During the Summer School, the admission of doctoral students to the thesis discussion will be assessed in accordance with the regulations in force.
The teaching board will assess
- the achievement of the envisaged training objectives
- the progress report on research and activities carried out, submitted by the doctoral student,
- the evaluations expressed by the tutors and co-tutors.
Final examination
The thesis must be an autonomous and original scientific product, based on research carried out by the doctoral candidate under the supervision of main tutors and co-tutors.
Given the international and joint nature of the doctorate, the thesis is written in English.
The thesis is to be entered - in accordance with the procedures in force - on the personalised web space of each doctoral student.
It is subject to a complex multi-step assessment process
(a) by the main tutor and co-tutors, by means of a tool (also including written analytical judgment) aimed at critical evaluation and providing constructive feedback;
b) by two external reviewers of high international qualification, who may propose admission to the public discussion of the thesis before the final jury or propose its postponement, in order to supplement or correct the papers;
c) by the members of the International Final Jury for the purposes of the final examination and public discussion of the thesis.
Conduct of the final examination
The doctoral student, admitted to the discussion, defends his/her thesis before the International Final Jury.
The International Final Jury is composed of a minimum of three external members, selected by the board of teachers from a list of academics proposed by the executive committee (made up of representatives of the universities signing the joint degree).
Given the current regulations, it is envisaged that the Final Jury will meet in ad hoc sessions of the Winter School and Summer School, respectively for PhD students admitted directly to the discussion or for whom the external reviewers have proposed a postponement.
Following the discussion of the thesis, the International Final Jury will draw up a written report on the thesis discussed, with a collegial judgement. The jury shall give a unanimous vote and may award honours in cases judged to be of particular scientific importance
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