Quality Assurance

The University Self-Assessment, Evaluation, and Accreditation model (AVA 3) provides for an Initial Periodic Accreditation System for PhD programmes, aimed at guaranteeing the quality of training courses to acquire skills and to carry out highly qualified research activities in public or private bodies.

For further information, please consult the page dedicated to the Assurance of Doctoral Programmes.

In the a.y. 2022-2023, UniTO has also launched the MORE.Phd (Motivation, Research, Experience.PhD) survey that, including the questions elaborated by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes), collects the opinions of first and second year's PhD Candidates. The results may be found at this page.

In linea con il modello AVA3, l'Ateneo ha introdotto dall'a.a. 2022-2023 il questionario  , per la rilevazione dell'Opinione Dottorandi del primo e del secondo anno

As part of the Quality Assurance System, the Doctoral School guarantees the quality of the PhD programmes through the implementation of the internal evaluation according to the Guidelines.

The Guidelines dedicated to the QA System introduced in the a.y. 2023/2024 provide for the establishment of a special joint PhD Commission (CP_PhD) dedicated to quality assurance, with monitoring, review and initial evaluation functions. 

The special joint PhD Commission monitors the training activities and the evaluation of the programmes belonging to the various areas and, through discussion and exchange of opinions, suggests the adoption of good practices designed to improve the quality and performance of PhD programmes. What emerges during the CP_PhD meetings is communicated to the Doctoral School Board.

The special joint PhD Commission (Commissione paritetica PhD) of the Doctoral School is made up as follows:

1. Teachers: Enzo Medico (PhD School Director), Maria Teresa Capucchio (Life and Health Sciences area - SdV), Bartolomeo Civalleri (Natural Sciences area - SdN), Daniela Nelva (Arts and Humanities area - SU), Giovanni Battista Ramello (Social and Economic Sciences area - SSE ).
2. PhD Candidates: Mattia Core (SSE), Eleonora Ferrazzi (SSE), Stella Marasciulo (SdV), Gianfilippo Nigro (SdN), Diego Prudente (SdV).