CFU Distribution during the 3 years; minimum amount at the end of the school: 180 CFU
| 1 year | 2 year | 3 year |
Formation Activities UNIMORE PhD Courses Min. 15 CFU * Basic Training Max. 12 CFU |
30-50 |
| |
Scientific-Research Activities | 40-80 | ||
THESIS | 20 | 40 | 50 |
Total | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Every year 60 CFUs must be achieved by summing the CFU of the FORMATION activities, those of the SCIENTIFIC activities and those assigned for the THESIS.
FORMATION Activities (CFU = University Educational Credit):
Formation activities must be completed in the first two years;
As a rule, at least 15 credits by M3ES courses, or by courses offered in cooperation between M3ES and the other PhD course of UNIMORE, must be acquired. However, *PhD students with two supervisors (one abroad and one Unimore, in a joint supervision) and home institution at Unimore are required to attend at least 8 CFU offered by Unimore, PhD students with joint supervision and home institution abroad are not required to attend courses offered by Unimore
A maximum of 12/180 CFU could be achieved by Basic Training
SCIENTIFIC Activities:
Participation in congresses without a contribution presented by the PhD Student: 1 CFU/national or 2 CFU/international
Participation in congresses with a poster presented by the PhD student: 2 CFU/national or 3 CFU/international
Participation in congresses with an oral contribution presented by the PhD Student: 3 CFU/national or 4 CFU/international
Seminar held by the PhD Student: 2 CFU/seminars.
Publication on ISI journal: 8 CFU
Publication (Peer-Reviewed) on other journals and proceedings: 4 CFU
Book chapters: 4 CFU
Oral or poster contribution at a congress/meeting not presented by the PhD Student: 1CFU
National Patent: pending 4 CFU; granted 8 CFU
International Patent: pending 8 CFU; granted 12 CFU
Teaching assistance (max 30 h): 1 CFU/10h
Mission/Stage Period Abroad (longer than 10 days each): 3CFU/month
Stage in Company, National Research Center (longer than 10 days each): 1CFU/month.
A training activity/research period of at least 4months/120days must be carried out at qualified research institutions/University abroad (outside Italy).
The total can be the sum of different activity/research periods that last for more than 10 days.
Other activities, for example, being a speaker in divulgative actions such as seminars in primary or secondary schools or other public events, can be evaluated for CFU by the Commission for Education.
The CFU will be assigned after: