The Ph.D. programme of the Mathematics Department prepares its
students for either a professional or an academic career in the area of
Mathematics and its applications.
To this aim the Ph.D. program provides :
- a training which is both of high quality and and wide spectrum;
- opportunities for developing research skills;
- actual research work in fields that are at the forefront of Mathematics
and its many applications in different fields.
The quality of our Ph.D program is ensured by the very high standards of
research activity carried out in the Department (one of the best in Italy,
according to the VQR) and the network of scientific contacts developed
by the members of the Department of Mathematics. Moreover, belonging
to the Vito Volterra graduate school gives further opportunities for
scientific and cultural contacts.
The graduate program in Mathematics offers training in Mathematics
pure and applied.
Studies in Pure Mathematics are aimed to those students that wants to
work in one of the many fields of Pure Mathematics, a field which is
widely represented in our Department, in all its facets, from the most
abstract to the ones directly inspired by natural sciences.
Studies in Applied Mathematics are instead aimed to those students that
a particular interest for those problems in the natural sciences,
economics and the social sciences that can be tackled with Mathematical
tools; this program is also a way for widening scientific knowledge at
large and giving a contribution to the development of Mathematics within
other sciences.
Study and research activities are structured as a three-year programme.
Within the programme, students follow courses (in their first and second
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years), develop their own research with the direct guidance of a
supervisor, and participate in other general research activities of the
Mathematics Department. Information about these activities may be
obtained by accessing the Department's homepage
Beside specific, advanced courses of the Ph.D. programme, the
Department offers specialized graduate courses. Provisional advisors
are assigned to entering students, and at the end of the first year
supervisors are chosen based on the research preferences of the
students.
In the first year, students focus on intensive course work, meant to
provide tools for successful research. In the second year, in addition to
some coursework, students develop their research project and regularly
attend seminars and colloquia. Their activity is closely supervised and
monitored; in particular, a comprehensive qualifying exam must be taken
at the end of the first year. In the third year, after completing their
research work, students present at a specific Department Forum the
results of their Ph.D. thesis. Of course this is formally defended a few
months later.
Further information are available on
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