Mission and vision
The mission of the PhD program in Electronic Engineering is to provide post-graduate scientific and technological training to highly qualified personnel, primarily in the following areas of development in electronics and telecommunications: 1) Telecommunications and Internet Engineering 2) Space Systems and Technologies 3) Sensor and Learning Systems 4) Electronic Technologies and Systems.
The main objective is to train personnel capable of designing and implementing activities related to scientific and technological research, which includes the phases of conception and execution, as well as the phases of communication and exploitation of results.
The program includes research activities and educational activities structured into fundamental courses, thematic courses, and specific seminar activities for each individual PhD student. All courses are taught in English. Each PhD student is assigned at least two co-supervisors who guide their research activities and oversee their scientific training from the first year.
Research activities are conducted within the research laboratories of the faculty members, emphasizing national and international collaboration contexts. Students are motivated and encouraged to extend their formation through the visit of laboratories and research centers in partocular abroad.
Where possible, students are alsd encouraged to participate in activities within national and international research projects that can contribute to their scientific, technological, and human development. PhD students are strongly encouraged to participate in international conferences, both as attendees and presenters, and to publish their research results in scientific journals.
The educational activities are distributed over three years and focus on scientific communication, particularly scientific writing, the management of research projects, patent activities, technology transfer, and finally, introducing PhD students to some frontier topics in the field of electronic engineering and telecommunications.
The employment opportunities for PhD graduates in electronic engineering are broad and cover various sectors of research and technology. About one-third of PhD graduates in electronic engineering continue to work in research with post-doc contracts both in Italy and abroad. The rest focus their attention on professional and industrial activities. Both career paths are fostered during the PhD period, during which contacts are encouraged both with companies and industries, as well as with universities and research centers, both in Italy and abroad. The research sectors where PhD graduates in electronic engineering find employment include energy production systems engineering (especially photovoltaics), advanced electronic devices, high-frequency electronics, cybersecurity, and sensor technology. The industrial sectors most interested in these employment opportunities are Information Communication Technology (for both hardware and software aspects), the Green Economy (especially in the photovoltaic sector), Aerospace (hardware for satellite communications), and Production Engineering (learning and control systems for Industry 4.0).
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