PhD program in Molecular Biomedicine

Documents and info

The Supervisor

This is your group leader and your mentor.
She/he has the full responsibility of your PhD career, signs your Thesis, and provides infrastructure and funding for your research activity.
The supervisor finances your fellowship (in full or with a contribution by the University) through her/his research grants. The supervisor also pays for your periods abroad, and your participation to meetings and schools. 

 

The Co-supervisor

Is an italian or foreign scientist, expert in the field of your research. He/she can be external to the School or to the University, ad he/she can be either a collaborator, or an external advisor not involved in your research projects.

Each year, the co-supervisor reads your project proposal or progress report, and sends a written evaluation to the Collegio.

 

The Thesis Reviewers (external examiners)

Who are the Reviewers?
thay are two italian or foreign scientists, expert in the field of your research. They must be external to all the institutions participating in the PhD program, and must not be your scientific collaborators.

How are the Reviewers chosen?
The Reviewers are formally appointed by the Collegio Docenti, but your supervisor will be principally involved in the choice. The School will make sure that thay are knowledgeable about your field of research, and sufficiently unrelated to you or your supervisor to be honest and unbiased in evaluating your work.

What do the Reviewers do?
They read and review your Thesis, and provide an evaluation using a specific on-line platform. Based on they comments, you may be asked to introduce modifications/updates to your Thesis, before admission to the final exam.

Often, one of the Reviewers will be invited to participate to your Final Exam as a component of the Commissione

 

The Commissione of the Final Exam

These are Italian of Foreign professors appointed by the Collegio Docenti. They coordinate the final exam each April, and provide the final evaluation of your Thesis. This board of examiners will give you the official title of "Dottore di Ricerca". For more info on the PhD final exam, please see the specific section.

 

Libretto dello studente

Students are requested to download, complete, and keep always up-to-date a digital "Transcript of activities" (we call it "libretto dello studente")

It contains important infromation about the student, such as current laboratory address (where they are actually working) and preferred email address to be used in all future communications form the school.
Also, together with their supervisor, students must choose their external advisor, and provide names and relative contact informations in the "libretto"

Download - Libretto.xls

 

Project Proposal (deadline Sept 10)

Students write a project proposal (using a specific template) and send it to their external advisor who will provide a written evaluation. Both the proposal and the evaluation must be sent to the school (dmm@units.it) NOT LATER than September 10

Download - Project_Proposal.doc

 

First-year presentations

Students present their project and preliminary results in a short seminar usually at the begining of September

 

Supervisor statement (deadline Sept 10)

Supervisors MUST write a short evaluation of the activity of the student during the year, and express their recommendation to admit (or NOT) the student to the following year. This information must be sent to the school (dmm@units.it) NO LATER than September 10

 

Progress Report (deadline Sept 10)

Students write a progress report (using a specific template) and send it to their external advisor, who will provide a written evaluation. Both the progress report and the evaluation must be sent to the school (dmm@units.it) NOT LATER than September 10.

Download - Progress_Report.doc

 

Mid-term presentations

Students present their work in a public seminar usually at the end of September

 

Supervisor statement (deadline Sept 10)

Supervisors MUST write a short evaluation of the activity of the student during the year, and express their recommendation to admit (or NOT) the student to the following year. This information must be sent to the school (dmm@units.it) NO LATER than September 10.

 

Thesis synopsis (deadline: mid/end September).

Students send a thesis synopsis to the school (dmm@units.it) by the deadline together with the filled ‘Libretto’ in the format provided by the central office.

Supervisor statement (deadline: mid/end September).

Supervisors MUST write a short evaluation of the activity of the student during the 3 years, and express their recommendation to admit (or NOT) the student to the final steps of the PhD (external evaluation of the thesis and final examination). If the recommendation is positive, names of two referees must be provided. To dmm@units.it by the deadline.

 

Once you receive from the school the approval of admission, you will have to:

1. submit your Thesis to the 2 Referees via the Esse3 portal.

2. introduce revisions/corrections to your Thesis suggested by the referees

(minor: 1 month-time; major: 6 month-time)

3. defend your thesis in a public discussion (VIVA) during the FINAL EXAMINATION.

This is a seminar where you present your work, followed by a discussion section during which your opponent will ask in depth questions about your data. Other questions may come from the committee.

Details will be available soon