ECTS credits acquisition

Each PhD student will have to acquire 60 Credits (CFU) per year, for a total of 180 credits over three years.
Of the 180 credits total, at least 23 must be earned through study activities and outreach activities (defined in accordance with those reported in the previous art. 4), taking into account the following schematic conversion:

• Study activities (range = 20-60 credits in three years):
  o for university courses, 1 CFU is equivalent to 7 hours of lectures and 12 hours of exercises / laboratory;
  o for workshops and schools, 1 CFU per day of activities;
  o for cross training activities, 1 CFU per day of activities;

  At least 4 CFU needs to be from disciplinary Courses specific for the PhD in Physics and 4 CFU from interdisciplinary courses. In presence of particular reasons, the Doctoral Studies Committee can derogate from these limits.
  To attend courses in other universities PhD students must submit the appropriate authorization request.

• Support to teaching activities (range = 0-10 CFU in the three years, with a maximum of 40 hours each year)
  o 1 CFU equals 12 hours of exercises and support to laboratory activities;
   
• Outreach activities (range = 3-10 CFU, in the three years)
  o 1 CFU is equivalent to 8 hours, considering both the preparation and the actual carrying out of the activities;
   
• Training periods in other Universities or Institutes or Research Laboratories at public or private entities, in Italy or abroad:
  o 5 credits for every month spent at the host institution;
   
• Research at the University of Parma
  for each year, this activity is conventionally assigned a number of credits in addition to those obtained with other activities, up to the 60 credits required.