Contact:
+39 366 3433211
Virtual Desk: http://sportellovirtuale.unipi.it
Telephone Helpdesk Hours:
Staff: Daniela Viccica — daniela.viccica@unipi.it
Head of Office: Licia Del Corso — licia.delcorso@unipi.it
What they handle:
All administrative procedures related to your PhD career (enrolment, fees, scholarships, extensions, certificates, final examination).
Contact: dottorati@med.unipi.it
Staff: Gianluca Carletti — carletti@unipi.it
Head of Office: Maria Francesca Monteleone — mariafrancesca.monteleone@unipi.it
What they handle:
Teaching activities, authorization for clinical/working activities, procedures of the PhD Board, use of the 10% doctoral research budget for research-related purchases.
Contact: missioni@dam.unipi.it
Staff: Monica Luperini — monica.luperini@unipi.it
Head of Office: Ascenzo Farenti — ascenzo.farenti@unipi.it
What they handle:
Use of PhD funds for missions in Italy and abroad, conference participation, and all travel-related procedures.
Contact: international@med.unipi.it
Staff: Cinzia Novi— cinzia.novi@unipi.it
Head of Office: Simone Sbrana Santochi—simone.sbrana@unipi.it
What they handle:
The office handles all mobility procedures for PhD candidates, including Erasmus+ placements, visiting periods abroad, and other international training activities. It provides administrative support, verifies eligibility and documentation, and ensures compliance with University and program regulations throughout the entire process.
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Specific procedures, responsibilities and academic requirements for the course.
Each PhD Candidate is entitled to a research budget equal to 10% of the scholarship, intended to support scientific activities in Italy and abroad.
Total amount: €4,872.90
Disbursement: three annual installments of €1,624.30
Validity: the full amount remains available until the PhD degree is awarded.
Eligible Expenses
Research missions in Italy and abroad: travel, accommodation, schools, congresses, research periods.
Registrations: courses, seminars, summer/winter schools, workshops.
Publications and research: open access, services related to the research project.
Consumable materials not subject to inventory (reagents, small instruments, scientific stationery).
Software: only temporary use licenses, not permanent ownership
Attendance of the PhD programme requires exclusive and full-time commitment.
The PhD Board, through a justified resolution, may authorize the candidate to carry out paid activities that allow them to acquire skills relevant to their training field, after assessing the compatibility of such activities with the proper progress of the doctoral programme (art. 12, para. 1, Ministerial Decree).
Before starting any working activity, the PhD candidate must submit a formal request for authorization to the Coordinator and the supervisor.
During the PhD programme, candidates may carry out the following activities:
The PhD Board assigns each candidate, during the first year, a supervisor and a co-supervisor, at least one of whom must be an academic and preferably a member of the Board itself.
The supervisor and co-supervisor may be external to the Board, provided that at least one of them meets the eligibility requirements established for Board members.
The supervisor oversees the candidate’s progress in order to ensure the success of the training programme and is accountable to the Board for all declarations and formal requirements concerning the candidate
At the end of each academic year, the PhD Board, after receiving the supervisor’s motivated report, verifies the completion of the training and research activities required from each PhD candidate, according to the following procedures:
Submission of a summary report of the candidate’s training and research activities.
Presentation of the research work carried out by each PhD candidate before an evaluation committee.
Consideration of attendance at all teaching or seminar activities included in the annual programme of the PhD Course or proposed by the Course itself.
The PhD programme may be suspended for the following reasons:
illness
civil service
attendance of the mandatory training internship for teachers
maternity or paternity leave
serious personal or family reasons
If the suspension exceeds two months, the doctoral scholarship is not paid during the suspension period, and the PhD candidate is required to recover the missed period.
Maggiori informazioni al link: https://www.unipi.it/didattica/corsi/dottorati/dottorandi/sospensione-del-dottorato/
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