PhD career & training
DURING YOUR PHD
PhD career & training
Manage your doctoral career, training pathway, annual requirements and the activities or changes that require prior academic or administrative authorisation.
START HERE
Discuss activities and career changes before they begin
Your Supervisor is normally your first academic reference. Requests requiring formal approval should be discussed in advance and submitted through the Programme Coordinator to the Academic Board and, where required, completed through the relevant administrative procedure.
01 · CAREER PROGRESSION
Annual requirements and career management
Find information on annual progress assessment, activity reporting, enrolment in subsequent years and the main procedures affecting the continuation of your doctoral career.
02 · DOCTORAL TRAINING
Training pathway and doctoral activities
Understand how research, transversal training and Programme-specific activities contribute to your doctoral pathway and how training is planned with your Supervisor and monitored during the annual evaluation.
03 · COURSES & SKILLS
Transversal skills and Programme-specific courses
Find transversal and transferable-skills activities organised across the School and consult the courses, seminars and scheduled teaching offered by your PhD Programme.
04 · WORKING & TEACHING
Working, tutoring and teaching activities
Check compatibility and prior-authorisation requirements for employment, professional activities, tutoring, supplementary teaching and other paid assignments during the PhD.
05 · NATIONAL RESEARCH PROFILE
LoginMIUR profile
Keep your national academic and research profile updated during the doctoral Programme and record the information required for your experience as a UNICAM PhD candidate.
06 · CAREER CHANGES
Suspension, leave and extension
Find the procedures concerning maternity or parental leave, documented illness, suspension and resumption of activities and extensions of the doctoral pathway.
07 · ENDING OR CHANGING FUNDING
Withdrawal or scholarship renunciation
Distinguish between withdrawing from the doctoral Programme and renouncing the scholarship while continuing the PhD without funding, where permitted, and follow the appropriate formal procedure.
08 · DOCUMENTS & REQUESTS
Forms and supporting documents
Find administrative forms, self-certifications, certificate procedures and the documents used for career requests requiring academic or administrative approval.
BEFORE SUBMITTING A REQUEST
Check that the information is complete
Indicate your PhD cycle, Programme and curriculum where applicable, Supervisor, the activity or career change requested, the relevant dates and all supporting documents. Requests should normally be discussed with your Supervisor before being submitted to the Programme Coordinator.
PLEASE NOTE
Requirements may depend on your cycle and funded position
The rules applying to an individual PhD candidate may also depend on the admission cycle, scholarship or funded position, research project, partner institution or specific national or international agreement. Always consider these conditions together with the general UNICAM PhD Regulations.
INFORMATION AND SUPPORT
Need help identifying the right procedure?
Contact the Advanced Studies Office before beginning an activity or submitting a request when the required authorisation, documentation or effect on your doctoral career is unclear.