Doctoral Course in Veterinary Science and Food Safety

The PhD educational program involves bothcompulsory and eligible activities including short courses, seminars, lectures and practical activities. For the PhD Course in Veterinary Science and Food Safety it is mandatory to attend the compulsory activities corresponding to 13 ECTS, as a minimal requirement.

Students are expected, and activities are directed to increase:

• skill in scientific English
• the ability to deal with database
• searching skills for experiment planning and statistical analysis
• the knowledge about research ethics and bioethics
• acquisition of generic/transferable skills
• the ability to disseminate scientific knowledge

The doctoral course in Veterinary Science offers the following teaching activities, most of which are provided during the first two years; some of these activities are in collaboration with the other doctoral courses resident in the Agripolis Campus. Please note that some activities are organized on request coming from PHD students.

A calendar for the current Academic Year is available here

The activities could be divided into four fields:

• A - Basic; B - Soft skills: research organization and communication; C - Research quantitative methods; D - Individual learning activities; S - Other seminars/courses

Compulsory activities for Vet Science PhD Students (first year: the students must attend 4 courses to be chosen from those lister below and the course "Health and Safety work"; second year: the students must attend the 4 courses not attendend during the first year):

In depth-disciplinary, thematic or curricular courses

• Biostatistics and Clinical epidemiology(2 ECTS)

Language and computer improvement activities

Scientific Writing in English (4 ECTS)

Computer science - statistics

• Basic Statistics (2 ECTS)
• Basic data analysis with R for veterinary Science (1 ECTS)

Research management, knowledge of research systems and financing programs

Introduction to Mendeley(0.5 ECTS)- Seminar

Enhancement of research results and intellectual property

• Ethics in scientific research (2 ECTS)
• Dissemination of science: contents and tools (1.5 ETCS)
• The principles of effective writing and the presentation of their research work (1 ETCS) ORGANIZED ON REQUEST

Eligible lectures (students can attend these lectures during all three years):

In depth-disciplinary, thematic or curricular courses:

• Food, host and Microbiota in health and disease(2 ECTS) ORGANIZED ON REQUEST

Language and computer improvement activities

• English language (No ECTS)
• Italian language for foreigners (No ECTS)

Computer science - Statistics

• Applied Statistics with Applications in R (2 ECTS)
• Advanced Statistics with R: Experimental Design in Lab and Field (1.5 ECTS)
• Advanced Statistics with R: Mixed models Introduction to GIS (1.5 ECTS)
• Spatial Statistics (2 ECTS)
• Introduction to Machine learning and its application to Veterinary Science (1 ECTS)

Cross-curricular training activities and soft skills

Research management, knowledge of research systems and financing programs

• Data collection: from questionnaires to participatory approaches (2ECTS)
• How to prepare and present a scientific paper (1.5 ECTS)
• Writing in social media for scientific dissemination (1 ECTS)

OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES / SEMINARS

• Ethics in writing and reviewing (0.5 ECTS)
• Introduction to R for statistical analysis (0.5 ECTS)
• Media training (0.5 ECTS) ORGANIZED ON REQUEST
• Engaging Students through Active Learning: Interactive Lecturing and Effective Power Point Presentations (0.5 ECTS) ORGANIZED ON REQUEST