Final defence

To be admitted to the thesis defence, the doctoral candidate must have obtained the required number of credits through both elective and mandatory activities. It is also mandatory to have published at least one work as first author or as corresponding author in ISI/Scopus journals or in journals listed in the ANVUR list of scientific journals.

The thesis must be written in English. The doctoral candidate may present the thesis as a 'collection' of published or accepted scientific articles, submitted or in draft form, and an introduction and a general discussion must accompany the thesis. The works in the thesis must be focused on related topics, ensuring coherence and uniformity. The thesis must be printed and bound at the expense of the doctoral candidate, following the format indicated on the Doctoral program's Moodle page.

 

Evaluators

By the end of the third year of the program, the Faculty Council appoints at least two external evaluators for each doctoral candidate, based on input from the reference tutor, and sets the deadline for thesis submission. The evaluators must be highly qualified experts in the field of the doctoral project, external to the three structures affiliated with SUSTNET (University of Turin, University of Eastern Piedmont, and University of Antananarivo) and the Faculty Council. The doctoral candidate must send the thesis, accompanied by a report on the activities carried out during the doctoral program and on publications (consisting of the teaching and research activity evaluation forms for the three years and a CV), to the evaluators within the deadline set by the Faculty Council. The evaluators provide a written analytical judgment on the thesis and propose either admission to the public discussion or a deferral for a period of no more than six months if significant integrations or corrections are deemed necessary.

 

Thesis Defence

The public thesis defence will take place on a date agreed upon by the members of the Evaluation Committee, the tutors, and the Coordinator of the Doctoral program. Committee members may participate in the defence remotely via teleconferencing, in accordance with the relevant regulations.