PhD Thesis
Students will gain the Philosophiæ Doctor title (“Dott.Ric.” or “Ph.D.”) upon successful passing a final exam (“thesis defense”), after the duration of the program. The final exam encompasses the evaluation of an individual doctoral research thesis contributing to the advancement of knowledge or methodologies in the selected field.
The PhD thesis is expected to present original research contributions developed during the PhD studies of the candidate.
The thesis, as well as the research work, is developed under the guidance of a supervisor.
The thesis may include previously published work by the candidate, provided that the previously published material is cited appropriately in the thesis and the contribution of the author is clarified. Materials derived from the work of other authors must be properly referenced in the thesis and, if the exact words are reported, these must be cited in quotes.
The doctoral thesis is evaluated before the defense by at least two highly qualified independent evaluators, possibly belonging to foreign institutions different from those who contribute to granting the Ph.D. title. At least one of the independent evaluators is a university professor.
Each evaluator presents a written analytical evaluation of the thesis, proposing the admission to the public defense, or its re-submission after a period of at most six months, if he/she judges the thesis needs essential integrations or corrections. Once the thesis is re-submitted, it is anyway admitted to the public defense, along with the re-evaluation by the independent evaluators.
Once the list of members of the final exams Committee has been published, each candidate is responsible for sending to the Committee members: a) the thesis, along with: b) the reports of the external evaluators, and c) the candidate assessment by the Academic Board ("Giudizio finale del Collegio dei Docenti").
According to the PhD program regulations, theses are written in English. An abstract (one page) and keywords are mandatory, both in English and in Italian.
The abstract is followed by a list of four to six keywords. To be relevant and effective for indexing purposes, keywords must be chosen carefully.
According to the national legislation, all PhD theses are deposited at the National Libraries of Rome and Florence, where they can be consulted locally. The University takes care of the deposit into the National libraries. The candidates admitted to the final exam must deposit their thesis electronically before the final exam; the University stores and - after the defense - makes publicly available the electronic copy of the thesis through the federated open fedOAtd archive, where all theses are indexed and listed.
Before depositing the thesis, the candidate may ask the PhD Board - through the PhD program Chairman - to determine restricted access to (parts of) the thesis, possibly setting a time limit, on the basis of motivated needs related to the use of data protected by trade or industrial secrets, according to the current national legislation.
The link to the fedOAtd archive for UNINA PhD thesis (since 2006) and a LaTeX template for ITEE theses follow.
ITEE PhD THESIS - LaTeX template
ITEE_ThesisTemplate_36cycle.zip
ITEE_ThesisTemplate_35cycle.zip