Educational Activities
The organization of the training activities is designed to pursue a twofold purpose: to enable doctoral students to develop their research by drawing in a structured and constant way from the repertoire of knowledge within the Teachers' Board, periodically checking the progress of their work, and to propose a broad, articulated and relevant educational offer with the areas of research expressed by the Doctorate and made concrete in the strands.
The formative credits that each doctoral student will acquire over the three-year period are therefore organized into three macro families: didactic credits, linked to the direct acquisition of content organized and proposed by the Teaching Board, credits for other activities, designed to stimulate the curiosity of doctoral students towards the acquisition of experiences outside the collegiate sphere, and credits for the verification of the progression of research work that are aimed at the production and critical revision of original content related to the realization of the individual work of each doctoral student.
The 180 minimum credits to be achieved in the three-year period are not evenly distributed, but are organized in such a way as to maximize the training activity in the first year and the scientific production and research writing activity in the third, according to the following scheme:
The proposed calendar of educational activities, is structured in trimesters and proposes a range of credits above the minimum load required to pass the year, precisely to allow each doctoral student to make a choice consistent with his or her path of research and cultural growth.
With regard to teaching credits, formats are proposed that are diversified in content and delivery mode, which have specific frequency depending on the credits they award. These formats are: Poster training modules (1 credit for each module of about 4 hours), aimed at deepening the tools and methodologies for research: research methodology, application and sources.
Workshops and ex-temporiums (4 credits for each event) focused on defining methods and tools for the project, oriented to shared design;
Lectures and Master-classes, (1 credit for each event) aimed at confrontation with specialized voices and issues and international meetings oriented to scientific networking;
Credits related to the review and revision of research activity, on the other hand, are organized in two alternating quarterly formats: the Open Tables, real round tables open to the college and external experts in which specific aspects of each doctoral student's research work are addressed in a more informal way, and the General Reviews, which are also valid for end-of-year evaluations and for admission to the final exam. These activities deliver 5 Credits each.
Other credits can be obtained by choosing from courses in doctoral programs at other universities or through attendance at workshops, summer schools or seminar series.
Credit Registration
In order to obtain credits related to participation in Educational Credits activities, the following steps must be taken:
Register your attendance by entering your name in the attendance form for each event, which is uploaded to the File folder Attendance Signatures of the TEAMS channel Add Calendario_Dottorandi attivi.
Register the credits in the file 023_04_04_ADD_elenco studenti crediti.xlsx in the FILE folder of the Teams channel Add Calendario_Dottorandi attivi.
In order to obtain credits related to participation in Other Activities Credits the selected activity must be:
also aimed at doctoral students or reseachers;
relevant to the candidate's research topic;
have a minimum duration of 4 hours.
To obtain approval, the candidate must send a request to the Doctoral Secretariat (dottoratodad@unige.it), providing a description of the chosen external activity and a motivation letter outlining the main features and actual scientific relevance of the course one would like to take.
Once the activity has been approved, the doctoral student proceeds to:
record the credits in the file 023_04_ADD_list student credits.xlsx in the FILE folder of the TEAMS channel Add Calendar_Doctoral students active.
To obtain credits related to participation in Research Review activities, the following steps must be taken:
Upload abstracts, research progress status and material from time to time requested in the Research Activity Review folder in the FILE folder of the TEAMS channel Add Calendar_Doctoral students active.
Record your presence in person on paper register during the review.
Record credits in the file 023_04_ADD_list student credits.xlsx in the FILE folder of the TEAMS channel Add Calendar_Doctoral students active.
Mission reimbursements
Under the newly adopted regulations, doctoral students can access the endowment of 10 percent of the amount of the scholarship available to them.
The endowment can be used to cover the following expenses:
missions and expenses related to participation in conferences, congresses, summer schools.
consumables.
inventory goods (e.g., books), which will remain the property of the Department of Architecture and Design.
proofreading of theses, translation of the doctoral thesis, translations and/or transcriptions of manuscripts/materials that will be contained in the same or useful for doctoral research.
prints related to doctoral theses.
A prior request must be submitted to the doctoral course coordinator, at least 15 days before the teaching board.
The doctoral administration will reimburse expenses related to doctoral research support activities in Italy or abroad to the extent of the above amount.
For more information on expenses that may be covered by the endowment, contact the Doctoral Secretariat dottoratodad@unige.it
Study period abroad
The doctoral program encourages research interactions of candidates with other groups (universities, research centers, companies) in their field of research to develop their research work and thesis.
PhD students with UNIGE scholarship co-funded with PNRR funds: depending on the status of the scholarship provided, the internship abroad may be mandatory. It is necessary for each doctoral student to check with his or her Tutor about this possibility.
PhD students admitted through an international agreement: the internship is not mandatory; if done, it can be carried out in the home country or in the Italian context.
Key information:
full period abroad: 6 months (12 credits)
minimum period abroad: 3 months (6 credits)
You are allowed to stay abroad for more than 6 months (up to 18 months); the number of credits does not increase.
A signed letter of invitation from the university/research center specifying the dates of the period and a brief description of the activity that will be carried out by the doctoral student is required to activate the exchange. One letter of invitation is required for each period abroad.
NB: For doctoral students with UNIGE scholarship: in the period of stay abroad (lasting a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 6 months), the scholarship is increased by 50%, for a maximum of 6 months. Each request must be arranged with your teaching mentor.
Whenever you attend conferences, internships or workshops abroad, you must:
Open a new mission request well in advance by filling out the form attached here and sending it to dottoratodad@unige.it
Whenever you attend conferences internships or workshops in Italy, you must: Open a new mission request well in advance by filling out the form attached here and sending it to dottoratodad@unige.it
Research progress
Reviews and evaluation
Midterm review (1st, 2nd and 3rd years)
Each year, candidates submit the work-in-progress on the doctoral dissertation to a committee composed of members of the College in order to assess the progress of the research.
Midterm reviews support the development of the doctoral pathway through milestones to be reached each year and through the opportunity to discuss the research in progress with professors in the Department of Architecture and Design.
As shown in the diagram above, the midterm reviews take place in April. Further information and required formats will be provided via e-mail about 2-4 weeks in advance by the PhD Secretariat.
Annual assessment (1st and 2nd years)
At the end of the 1st and 2nd years (October), the PhD committee evaluates the candidates' activities for admission to the following year.
The PhD candidate is required to prepare a PhD Annual Review, which is intended to concisely outline research progress and activities.
The format is available in the FILE folder of the TEAMS Add Calendar_Doctoral students active channel.
The deadline for submission and details of the procedure will be communicated via e-mail approximately 2-4 weeks in advance by the PhD Secretariat.
The annual review is structured as follows:
a brief text summarizing research progress (status of research plan, etc.)
list of the candidate's activities and qualifications
a list of scientific production (publications)
a copy (or selection) of scientific publications listed as an attachment.
Scientific Publication
Undergraduate scientific production is a key element in disseminating scientific knowledge and research topics developed in each department and being part of an international exchange of ideas. Doctoral students are required to earn 10 credits within their educational framework.
A. Conference proceedings or non-indexed journals
One publication in non-indexed conference proceedings/magazines provides 5 credits.
B. Indexed journal
A publication in indexed journals (WOS and/or Scopus) provides 10 credits.
The https://iris.unige.it/ platform can be accessed from Online Services.
Each year UNIGE staff are required to upload scientific publications to the IRIS platform - Institutional Research Information System, which is linked to the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) - the institutional repository of publications produced by scholars and researchers at the University of Genoa.
UPLOADING TO THE IRIS-RE.PUBLIC PLATFORM IS MANDATORY
The reporting of UNIGE scientific production - sent to the "Ministry of Education, University and Research" - contributes, in fact, to the national and international Ranking of our University and the consequent distribution of national funding.
Teaching activities
Participation in teaching activities as a teaching assistant or research fellow is part of the continuous synergy between teaching and research.
Therefore, doctoral students may participate in courses or design studies as a tutor during the three years, subject to supervisor approval.
Basic information:
- In order to obtain the position of tutor within a course or design studio, it is necessary to respond to the official call for tutoring and teaching.
- Ph.D. students may perform a maximum of 40 hours per year.
PhD Credentials to access Unige services
To obtain UniGePASS credentials or update contact information to retrieve your password refer to these pages:
In order to create your own university email, you must follow the guide available at this link
Wifi
Simply log in to Eduroam with your UnigePass credentials.
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