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Academic training

The Ph.D. course aims at training creative and competent scientists in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science through the development of a solid theoretical background and original research skills. The educational aims of the Ph.D. programme are to give the students training on recent advances in analytical, organic, inorganic, physical, theoretical chemistry, solid state physics and materials science, along with cross-disciplinary concepts from industrial partners.

The Study Plan of the PhD Program in Chemistry and Materials Science requires the acquisition of 180 CFUs, which include 120 CFUs of research activity and 60 CFUs from scientific and complementary training activities (e.g. courses, seminars, summer schools, etc).

Research activity
The Ph.D. is the highest academic degree offered by the University. Those who earn it must demonstrate significant intellectual achievement, high scholarly ability, and great breadth of knowledge. In addition, doctoral work requires heavy participation in research or other kinds of creative activity. Students will have the opportunity to carry out focussed research in the discipline under close supervision; to acquire or develop skills and expertise relevant to their research interests; to broaden their horizon above and beyond the focus of their research through specific training in transferable skills.

Disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activity
Within the three years of the Ph.D. course, students must also obtain CFUs from disciplinary (for a minimum of 20 CFUs) and interdisciplinary training activities (e.g. courses, seminars, summer schools, etc).
Read the description of the specific regulations and credits requirements.

The educational program includes the following specific courses, whose attendance is strongly suggested within the Ph.D. course:

The complete list of courses can be found here.

The schedule of the specific courses is planned every year by the Scientific Board of the Ph.D. course.

Ph.D. students can also choose their own bespoke series of courses from disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activities in our university, at other universities and qualified research institutions. In addition, they can also acquire CFUs by attending seminars, summer schools, workshops and conferences.

Training activities complementary to research
The training activities complementary to research aim to develop transversal and soft skills. These skills help to improve the impact of research and complete the professional profile by providing useful tools for career opportunities in the academic and non-academic fields.

Soft skills activities 

Researcher Development opportunities (e.g. intellectual property, scientific communication, drafting and evaluation of research projects, research ethics, ...) to enhance transferable skillset and ultimate employability as well as Careers Sessions are organized by the Doctoral School.

An essential part of the PhD programme is a research period in a University or Research Centre in a foreign country. A period of at least three months for such activity is mandatory. The total amount of time spent abroad cannot exceed 18 months.

Upcoming events 

"Raman week 2022"

Course for PhD Students (4 CFU) on January 24-28, 2022 (in the mornings)

 

Previous events

PARACAT TRAINING COURSE
“Lyondell-Basell: from the first Ziegler Natta Catalyst to Polymer Circularity”

22-26 February 2021

As part of the training programme of the Paracat project (www.paracat.eu) LyondellBasell – as leader in PP catalyst development with a strong market position in catalysts, polyolefins and polymerization technologies – will deliver a series of webinars focusing on its product chain, from Fundamental Research to finished products with dedicated sessions to Polymer circularity, Structure Property Relationships and Intellectual Properties. Thanks to its heritage and its long history of innovation on developing new catalysts, new products and new technologies, LYB webinars will give participants the opportunity to know how theory is applied at industrial level.

To participate please register at the following link: https://forms.gle/BVdk61AaQMLNfYBx9

 

Machine Learning Meets Chemistry , Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, 17-18 February 2020

Machine Learning (ML) enables computers to address problems by learning from data. Over the last years, its abilities have increasingly been applied to a wide variety of chemical challenges, from improving computational chemistry to drug and materials design and even synthesis planning. “ML meets chemistry” is a one-day event with the purpose of introducing this fast growing reality to students, researchers and professors of the department of chemistry of the university of Turin. In order to do so, we invited several experts to talk about ML applied to chemical problems through informative and basic level lectures. The event belongs to the PhD Programme in Chemical and Materials Sciences of the Doctoral School of the University of Torino.

 

Crystallography School 2020 - TURIN, 8-12 June 2020

The School is organized in modules, the detailed programme is available at the following link. The course enrollment is mandatory. At the end of each module, the students will receive a certificate of attendance (1 credit = 4 hours), subject to a verification.   The final program and forms for registration are available at www.CrisDi.unito.it. For any further information please refer to P. Benna (piera.benna@unito.it).

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Deadline and Duties

     PhD Cycles
 PhD course   33 34 35 36

beginning date

end date

 

1/10/2017

30/9/2020

1/10/2018

30/9/2021

1/11/2019

30/10/2022

1/10/2020

30/9/2023

Please note that dates might change

Deadline   PhD Cycle
year 33 34 35 36
Yearly Report 1 15/09/2018 15/09/2019 15/09/2020 15/09/2021
2 15/09/2019 15/09/2020 15/09/2021 15/09/2022
3 15/09/2020 15/09/2021 15/09/2022 15/09/2023
Oral Presentations 2 26-27/09/2019 24-25/09/2020 24-27/09/2021 xx/yy/2022
           

At the end of each year students must present an Annual Report on their activity of the past year.
Download annual report template

At the end of the second year, students will give a seminar on their research activity to the Academic board of the School, in order to show that their research activity is sufficiently advanced. 

Suggestions for delivering a good scientific presentation

The scientific talk, like the scientific paper, is part of the scientific communication process. A good Ph D student must be able to deliver a well organized, well delivered scientific talk. Now that you're in graduate school, there is no avoiding the inevitable. At some point you  will be asked to present your research findings to others. Public speaking is an art. Some people are great at it, others less so. The good news is that many of the necessary skills can be learned. 
The links below take you to some informative articles that condense some useful "tricks of the trade" for giving effective presentations.
Advice to beginning speakers
Suggestions for giving talks
Mastering Your Ph.D.: Giving a Great Presentation

The PhD Thesis is written in English. Note that it is expected that the research work for the thesis should lead to at least two publications in peer refereed journals. A Thesis without publications will not be in general considered acceptable.

By the end of the programme, students will have:

  • a comprehensive understanding of techniques, and a thorough knowledge of the literature, applicable to their own research;
  • demonstrated originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in their field;
  • shown abilities in the critical evaluation of current research and research techniques and methodologies;
  • demonstrated some self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and acted autonomously in the planning and implementation of research;
  • followed a comprehensive transferable skills training programme to develop skills and attributes for future careers.

Learn more about How to submit a PhD thesis and get the PhD degree

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