PhD in Emerging Digital Technologies
Pisa, Italy
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The PhD Programme in Emerging Digital Technologies is a three-year programme which provides an exhaustive training path with structured teaching and supervised research activities.
In line with the standards of excellence pursued by the School, the objective of the programme is to train a professional figure able to successfully integrate into both national and international, public and private research facilities and companies manufacturing products or service providers, operating in the field of communication, information and perception technologies.
The PhD Programme has an interdisciplinary approach, in the fields of Telecommunications, Information Engineering and Perceptual Robotics, which represent the main areas of interest of the Research Units at TeCIP Institute.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarships are for the duration of the relevant Ph.D. Programmes and confirmed annually upon admission to the following year by approval from the Advisory Board of the individual Programme. Ph.D. scholarships are awarded following the ranking order, except for scholarships linked to specific topics or research projects, which may be awarded to the first eligible candidate(s) identified by the Selection Committee.
The annual budget for each student comprises a scholarship of € 16,243.00 (€ 18,800.00 for the PhD Programmes in robotics and Emerging Digital Technologies), including social security charges payable by the recipient and paid in monthly instalments in arrears, and housing grant of € 2,200/year.
Scholarships cannot be combined with other scholarships for any reason whatsoever, except for those granted by national or foreign institutions, aimed at supplementing the student's research activities with visits abroad. Doctoral students who have previously received a Ph.D. scholarship in Italy, even partially, are not eligible for another Ph.D. scholarship.
Curriculum
The course is structured in 3 curricula:
- Embedded Systems, focused on the design and development of software for real-time embedded systems;
- Photonic Technologies focused on photonic integrated circuits, sensors, photonic communications, and telecommunications networks;
- Perceptual Robotics, focused on Human-robot interaction systems, telerobotics, and virtual environments.
The PhD Programme has various collaborations with national and international, private, and public research bodies. PhD students are required to undertake a compulsory minimum 6-month period of study and research abroad, in prestigious Universities or companies.
At the successful completion of the Programme, the School awards the student with the ‘Ph.D.” (Philosophy Doctor) Degree.
Career Opportunities
Sample career opportunities for a graduate PhD EDT are:
- Researcher and project manager in the specialization fields
- Project leader and unit manager for IT and ICT companies
- Designer of Industrial machines or ICT systems
- System and software designer
- Domain expert in the field of applications and hardware software technologies
- Process and methodology manager for the development of software systems
- Head of development units in manufacturing companies of telecommunications devices.