About this programme
The main goal of this three-year program is to train PhD students to conduct research activities in topics in contemporary Physics which are important and lively in the scientific community. Indeed at the Physics Department of the University of Torino many high-level research programs in both experimental and theoretical physics are actively pursued, as detailed in the Research groups page.
The aim is that the students, having completed the program, are competitive at the post-doc level and can either start an academic scientific career or capitalize their knowledge and skills and excel in high profile jobs outside academia.
The specific learning objectives and the means to achieve them are detailed in the Quality assurance section of this website. The rich and stimulating environment in which the PhD experience is carried out plays a crucial role in attaining the various objectives. The average attendance of this PhD program is indeed significant, with recent cohorts of approximately 20 new doctoral students, italian and foreign, per year. Moreover, the various research groups are very active and include, beside the staff members, post-doc researchers. Colloquia, seminars and journal clubs are regularly and frequently organized. International collaboration is intense and continuous and there are plenty of possibilities for visits and exchanges in foreign research institutions.
The PhD activity is very often carried in close synergy with research institutions both at the local (INAF, INFN, INRiM, etc.), national (CNR, ENEA, etc.) and international (CERN, Gran Sasso Laboratory, FermiLab, JINR, ESRF, etc.) level, and/or in collaboration with R&D laboratories in local industries (ViShay Semiconductors, etc.). The progress of both the research program and the educational activities of each PhD student is yearly monitored by the Scientific Board, which includes not only professors of the University of Torino, but also researcher of consociated research centers (INAF, INFN) as well as international members (CERN, MIT, CNRS, etc.).
PhD students recruited within the graduate program have access to the departmental library, as well as to state-of-the-art laboratories and to the Competence Center on Scientific Calculus. Adequate office spaces and computational resources are made available to all PhD students.
Course details
Type: PhDs
Programme lenght: 3 years
Programme location: Turin
Department: Physics Department
Contact us: dottorato.fisica@unito.it
Language: English
Doctoral School: website
Scientific body: Scientific Board