The PhD educational program involves both compulsory (C) and eligible (E) activities including short courses, seminars, lectures and practical activities.

For the PhD Course in Veterinary Science it is mandatory to attend the compulsory activities corresponding to 14 ECTS. 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.

A calendar for the Academic Year (2021-2022) is available here

A calendar for the current Academic Year (2023-2024) 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