Organization The Doctorate must be completed in 3 years. The program is in English. Each student must: carry out an original research activity and conclude with the thesis defense co-author papers on major peer-reviewed international journals or patents attend specialized courses and seminars to complete their education. participate to teaching activities as a teaching assistant A visit of at least 3 months to an international scientific organization and participation to national and international conferences are strongly recommended and fostered. Admission to the following year of the PhD Course includes: Writing an annual work report Presentation and discussion of the annual research activity to the PhD Teaching Committee To be admitted to the Thesis Defense the students must comply with the following requirements: presentation of the thesis to the Teaching Supervising Committee evaluation of two external referees evaluation of the supervisor approval of the Teaching Supervising Committee **************Safety and Prevention Service***************** According to the University Safety and Prevention Service (SSP), for non-Italian native speakers, the following procedure can be followed for the time being: the entire procedure for gaining access to the platform should be completed, and the email sent to formazione@spp.uniroma2.it should specify that the person concerned is not a native Italian speaker and request the slides in English (which have already been prepared). Once the slides and the instructions for accessing the platform have been received, the user concerned should log in to the platform, completo the online course by playing the video lesson and studying the PowerPoint document. The questions and the final test are available only in Italian. Therefore, the user will need to use an automatic translation tool independently to answer the questions. For further information you can contact the webpage of University Safety and Prevention Service (SSP), https://web.uniroma2.it/it/percorso/servizio_di_prevenzione_e_protezione