Dottorato in ECONOMIA AZIENDALE

Elenco dei corsi/attività primo anno

Eventuali maggiori informazioni per le voci sopra elencate In general, the first year of the programme is mainly devoted to a review of the available literature related to the research project by PhD students, preliminary research on its experimental feasibility, together with the acquisition of basic technical and scientific knowledge on standard methodologies. The PhD education program prescribes the acquisition of 9 credit points per year during the first two years. This is achieved by joining courses to be chosen in agreement with the assigned tutor, so to personalize the training program according both to the student expectations and the need of acquiring a specific background. The choice will be among the following modules (in Italian or in English): - Preparatory courses for the students during their first year. One of them is mandatory, namely: “From data to divulgation: the scientific path”; - Academic general courses, normally delivered by our or other Italian and foreign Universities; - “On demand” specialist PhD courses, to be chosen among the courses given by members of the PhD panel and experts cooperating in the doctoral activities. - Summer Schools, Workshops, Company Training Courses Personalized training plans will be devised for PhD students by their tutors, in order to provide them with the best and most appropriate learning and training opportunities. Training also includes lectures, seminars, schools and guided research activity. PhD students are also strongly encouraged to attend courses aimed at improving the level of their knowledge of the English language. Modalità di scelta del soggetto della tesi During the application procedure by the PhD candidates, they are requested to submit a proposal for a doctoral research activity. If they do submit such a proposal, it is straightforward to assign them with a related subject. Otherwise, once they are assigned a tutor who supervises the course of their studies, they will have the chance to get in touch with the research groups operating in the framework of the PhD research program and choose a topic/title for their thesis work. Modalità delle verifiche per l'ammissione all'anno successivo By the end of the academic year, an interview session is scheduled for all the PhD students. They are asked to give a 20 minutes oral presentation to the member of the PhD panel, followed by 5-10 minutes discussion. They need to report on the achievements obtained in their research program during the last year, to emphasize their own individual contribution to the presented results and to assess a program for future work and developments. In case of a positive evaluation by the PhD panel, the student is allowed to proceed with the enrollment to the next academic year. If this is not the case, a warning is issued by the committee to the student and his/her tutor. The enrollment to the next academic year is still possible, but the PhD student will be asked to give a new oral presentation with additional results and discussions in spring, to better assess the validity of his/her research and training programs.

Elenco dei corsi/attività secondo anno

Eventuali maggiori informazioni per le voci sopra elencate In the second year, specific experiments have to be designed and realized by the students under the supervision of their tutor, so to end up with a set of comprehensive and self-consistent experimental datasets. The PhD education program prescribes the acquisition of 9 credit points per year during the first two years. This is achieved by joining courses to be chosen in agreement with the assigned tutor, so to personalize the training program according both to the student expectations and the need of acquiring a specific background. The choice will be among the following modules (in Italian or in English): - Preparatory courses for the students during their first year. One of them is mandatory, namely: “From data to divulgation: the scientific path"; - Academic general courses, normally delivered by our or other Italian and foreign Universities; - “On demand" specialist PhD courses, to be chosen among the courses given by members of the PhD panel and experts cooperating in the doctoral activities. - Summer Schools, Workshops, Company Training Courses Personalized training plans will be devised for PhD students by their tutors, in order to provide them with the best and most appropriate learning and training opportunities. Training also includes lectures, seminars, schools and guided research activity. PhD students are also strongly encouraged to attend courses aimed at improving the level of their knowledge of the English language. Modalità di preparazione della tesi No specific activities ae requested in the second year, related to the thesis preparation and writing. This is to allow the students to concentrate their efforts in their research work and the submission of the obtained experimental results to peer review scientific journals. This is very important, since one of the criteria for admission to the PhD final exam is the number of papers published during the whole PhD program. Having published less than two papers in three academic years would result in a delay of their final exam by six months. If the required criterium is not yet fulfilled after the six months period, they might be excluded by the program, with no chance to achieve the PhD degree. Modalità delle verifiche per l'ammissione all'anno successivo By the end of the academic year, an interview session is scheduled for all the PhD students. They are asked to give a 20 minutes oral presentation to the member of the PhD panel, followed by 5-10 minutes discussion. They need to report on the achievements obtained in their research program during the last year, to emphasize their own individual contribution to the presented results and to assess a program for future work and developments. In case of a positive evaluation by the PhD panel, the student is allowed to proceed with the enrollment to the next academic year. If this is not the case, a warning is issued by the committee to the student and his/her tutor. The enrollment to the next academic year is still possible, but the PhD student will be asked to give a new oral presentation with additional results and discussions in spring, to better assess the validity of his/her research and training programs.

Elenco dei corsi/attività terzo anno

Eventuali maggiori informazioni per le voci sopra elencate The third year is mainly devoted to the analysis, elaboration and discussion of the gathered experimental results, as well as to the writing of the final thesis. Therefore, the PhD students are free not to follow any academic or on-demand specialistic course. This is to allow them to concentrate their work on the thesis writing. Modalità di ammissione all'esame finale By the end of the third academic year, the usual interview session is scheduled for the PhD students in order to evaluate their admission to the final exam procedure. They are asked to give a 25 minutes oral presentation to the member of the PhD panel, followed by 5 minutes discussion. They need to report on the achievements obtained in their research program during the last year, to emphasize their own individual contribution to the presented results and to assess possible future work and developments. Besides, they are asked to send to the PhD program coordinator their thesis, which is submitted for evaluation to two independent reviewers. In addition, there is a mandatory requirement to have had at least two papers (three for the achievements of the "Excellent cum laude" final evaluation) in peer-review scientific journals. In case of a positive evaluation on all the above reported criteria, the student is allowed to proceed with the application for his/her participation to the final exam. If this is not the case, a warning is issued by the committee to the student and his/her tutor. The final exam is postponed by six a months period to allow the student to meet the above reported criteria. Modalità di svolgimento dell'esame finale The final exam consists of a presentation to a PhD panel on the research work the student was carrying out during the whole three year program, to emphasize his/her own individual contribution to the presented results and to assess possible future work and developments. The students are asked to give a 25 minutes oral presentation to the member of the panel, followed by 5 minutes discussion. Also very important is to point out the dissemination of their work by means of scientific publications, oral or poster contributions to national and international conferences, participation of research projects and other related activities. In case of a positive evaluation by the commitee, the student will be assigned one out five possible final marks (Excellent cum laude, Excellent quality, Relevant quality, Good quality, Sufficient quality). If this is not the case, a warning is issued by the committee to the student and his/her tutor. The final exam is postponed by six a months period to allow the student to meet all the needed evaluation criteria.