To be admitted to the third year, each PhD student must obtain a total of 60 credits during the second year:

• 20 credits for attending educational activities both internal or external the Faculty, amounting to not less than 90% of the compulsory lessons of the second year, on the basis of a report presented by mid-September by the PhD student and previously approved by the curriculum delegate/Supervisor;
• 20 credits for having obtained a positive evaluation in an interview to be held in front of a commission appointed by the Board, which will focus on the progress of the research. To this end, the candidate must send the provisional outline of the thesis together with the evaluation of the tutor/Supervisor to the Secretariat of the PhD Programme by mid-September;
• 20 credits for the organization and discussion within the PhD Programme of a seminar on a subject relevant to the student's PhD thesis.

Admission to the third year is approved by the Board once acquisition of the necessary credits has been verified.