The Programme Committee is in charge of:

• accepting applications of new memberships for the Doctoral Programme Committee;
• organising the teaching programme, including all the teaching activities and the course calendar;
• appointing a supervisor and other two experts who will be part of the Thesis Advisory Group (TAG) tutor for each student;
• authorizing students, as agreed with their supervisors, to go abroad or in Italy for training and visiting periods of more than six months;
• deciding upon the admission of the students to the subsequent year of studies;
• approving the admission to the final exam;
• promoting relationships with other Italian and foreign universities and with public bodies and private organizations in order to improve the research activities;
• approving agreements with other public or private institutions;
• approving the cotutelle agreements of incoming and outgoing students.

The current Programme Committee is the following:

PhD student representatives:

• Matteo Gaudiello
• Claudia Magnapera
• Sara Todeschini