Doctorate in Information Technology

The Ph.D. course in Information Technology aims at providing the Ph.D. students with a high level education in one of the research fields belonging to the area of the Information Technology. Such wide area includes Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications and all the related disciplines. The duration of the course is three years and in order to access it one must possess a Master Degree in one of the previously mentioned disciplines and  has to pass an examination.  During the three years the Ph.D. student follows some high level Ph.D. courses and some seminars to complete his own education, and he learns how to perform a scientific research by working within one of the research groups at the Department. The research activity can also be carried on by qualified Italian or foreign research centers. The Ph.D. activity is concluded by writing and discussing a thesis into which the three-year research activity is summarized.