The PhD Program in Information Engineering is a three-year program aiming at educating scholars in a number of fields of research, in view of possible jobs in public or private research structures in the Information area. Students choose one research track among

• Automatic Control and Robotics
• Decision support methods for management
• Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Electronic Measurements
• Electromagnetics Engineering
• Computing Systems
• Telecommunications and Telematics Technologies
• Complex Systems

The Ph.D. program is administrated from the Department of Information Engineering (DII), to which the members of the PhD Board belong. The duration of the course is three years. The formative program is driven by the need to provide future researchers in both academic and industrial environments with the background and methodological skills required to deal with constant scientific and technological innovations.
This is made possible by the multidisciplinary nature of the Department of Information Engineering where a multiplicity of scientific skills, research activities, technological laboratories, experimental equipment, is hosted, well suited to providing students with a stimulating environment of study and research.
The PhD students fulfill their coursework and methodology requirements by attending a number of courses and by devoting an increasing – across the three years – amount of time to research. Every year the school organizes a number of intensive (20-30 hour) courses, ranging from advanced mathematics to engineering topics, held by renowned international and national experts. The PhD degree is attained after defending the thesis in front of a committee. The PhD school is part of the Santa Chiara School, which promotes a number of inter-disciplinary research and teaching initiatives, under the supervision of international top rank scholars. Foreign students enrolled in our PhD school can apply to stay at the Santa Chiara PhD College, offering comfortable accommodation at affordable prices. There are currently 37 PhD students enrolled. Every year there are new openings (typically from 16 to 20), most of which funded either by the University or by private institutions and companies. The next call for students is generally iussed in May or June, and will remain open for 30 days. Applicants must already have the Master degree or get it within the end of September. PhD activities start on October, 1. For details, see the section on How to apply.