Teaching Activities
Teaching activities of PhD Students are planned and coordinated with Supervisors consistently with the Educational Offer of the PhD Course. The activities must be listed in the Individual PhD Training program which is submitted to the PhD Council for approval three months within the start of the PhD program.
Courses other than those listed below can be included at the choice of the student/supervisor among the teaching activities shared by the PhD Courses of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padova.
During the first year, the PhD students attend the teaching activities corresponding to the minimum ECTS requirements in “Disciplinary training activities” and in “Cross-curricular training activities and soft skills Courses”. During the second year, secondments abroad and presentation of preliminary results at national and international congresses are previewed. The third year is mainly devoted to writing scientific papers and PhD thesis.
Click here to see the updated schedule of all PhD teaching activities 2020-2021 at Agripolis campus.
Disciplinary training activities for Animal and Food Science
Theoretical and Practical Bioinformatics Approaches in Animal and Food Science
Teachers: Piergiorgio Stevanato, Samathmika Ravi (DAFNAE) (4 ECTS)
International short course on Animal and Food Science (5 ECTS)
Cross-curricular training activities and soft skills (at least 8 ETCS)
LINGUISTIC
English language (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
Where: CLA
When: at the student’s choice
Italian language for foreigners (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
Where: CLA
When: at the student’s choice
Scientific Writing in English (4 ECTS)
Teacher: Mark E. Olson
STATISTICS (at least 4 ETCS)
Basic Statistics (3 ECTS)
Teachers: Marco Borga and Giulia Zuecco
Applied Statistics with Applications in R (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Alessio Cecchinato and Sara Pegolo
Advances Statistics with R: Experimental Design in Lab and Field (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Roberto Mantovani and Nicola Dal Ferro
Advances Statistics with R: Mixed Models (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Cristina Sartori
IPR AND IPR EXPLOITATION (at least 1 ETCS)
The role of the Principal Investigator (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Giancarlo Renella
Ethics in scientific research (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Ana Borovecki
OTHER (SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION) (at least 3 ETCS)
How to prepare a scientific paper (1 ECTS)
Teachers: Severino Segato and Enrico Sturaro
How to present a scientific paper (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Davide Pettenella
Research organization and communication
Introduction to Mendeley (1 ECTS)
How to communicate science–1.5 ECTS
Teacher: Massimo Polidoro
OTHER COURSES
Data collection: from questionnaries to participatory approaches (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Elena Pisano, Laura Secco, Riccardo Da Re, Catie Burlando and Rudi Cassini
Ecosystem services and products: from ideas to business (6 ECTS)
Teacher: professors from UNIPD, University of Manchester, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Courses other than those listed below can be included at the choice of the student/supervisor among the teaching activities shared by the PhD Courses of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padova.
During the first year, the PhD students attend the teaching activities corresponding to the minimum ECTS requirements in “Disciplinary training activities” and in “Cross-curricular training activities and soft skills Courses”. During the second year, secondments abroad and presentation of preliminary results at national and international congresses are previewed. The third year is mainly devoted to writing scientific papers and PhD thesis.
Click here to see the updated schedule of all PhD teaching activities 2020-2021 at Agripolis campus.
Disciplinary training activities for Animal and Food Science
Theoretical and Practical Bioinformatics Approaches in Animal and Food Science
Teachers: Piergiorgio Stevanato, Samathmika Ravi (DAFNAE) (4 ECTS)
International short course on Animal and Food Science (5 ECTS)
Cross-curricular training activities and soft skills (at least 8 ETCS)
LINGUISTIC
English language (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
Where: CLA
When: at the student’s choice
Italian language for foreigners (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
Where: CLA
When: at the student’s choice
Scientific Writing in English (4 ECTS)
Teacher: Mark E. Olson
STATISTICS (at least 4 ETCS)
Basic Statistics (3 ECTS)
Teachers: Marco Borga and Giulia Zuecco
Applied Statistics with Applications in R (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Alessio Cecchinato and Sara Pegolo
Advances Statistics with R: Experimental Design in Lab and Field (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Roberto Mantovani and Nicola Dal Ferro
Advances Statistics with R: Mixed Models (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Cristina Sartori
IPR AND IPR EXPLOITATION (at least 1 ETCS)
The role of the Principal Investigator (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Giancarlo Renella
Ethics in scientific research (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Ana Borovecki
OTHER (SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION) (at least 3 ETCS)
How to prepare a scientific paper (1 ECTS)
Teachers: Severino Segato and Enrico Sturaro
How to present a scientific paper (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Davide Pettenella
Research organization and communication
Introduction to Mendeley (1 ECTS)
How to communicate science–1.5 ECTS
Teacher: Massimo Polidoro
OTHER COURSES
Data collection: from questionnaries to participatory approaches (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Elena Pisano, Laura Secco, Riccardo Da Re, Catie Burlando and Rudi Cassini
Ecosystem services and products: from ideas to business (6 ECTS)
Teacher: professors from UNIPD, University of Manchester, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid