Rules and regulations related to the doctoral programmes at the University of Trento can be found here:

Rules and Regulations

Handbooks: older editions of the handbook of the PhD Programme in Sociology and Social Research may be consulted here.

Please refer to the download box for an overview of the course's structure (deadlines & assignments) as well as for the credit system adopted from the 32* cycle onwards. 

Calendar: Deadlines and assignments (see the download box on this page)

Admission to the second year is based on:

course benefits (comprehensive and qualifying courses);
assignments: Major (empirical Paper 1) (due: September), and the Conceptual paper (due: May)
a positive evaluation of the overall progress (inclunding the draft thesis proposal - due: May)

Admission to the third year is based on:

a positive evaluation of progress in the research activity;
a positive evaluation of the Thesis Proposal (due: December);
a positive evaluation of the Theory/Literature Chapter (due: September) and the overall research progress (brief Activity Report, due: September)

Admission to the forth year is based on:

a positive evaluation of the empirical Paper 2 (due: December) and the overall research progress (brief Activity Report, due: September)

Admission to defense is based on:

a positive evaluation of the research progress (empirical Paper 3, due: December; Activity Report, due June;) and the DISSERTATION (due: June) from supervisor(s) and the programme committee (PhD board)