ANNEX.1A
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE
Area Servizi Integrati
Length of course
Educational targets
Admission requirements
Total available places
Exams - Modalities of
admission
Dottorato in BIOSCIENZE E TERRITORIO (DOT1339138)
PhD IN BIOSCIENCES AND TERRITORY
Coordinator: prof. Gabriella Stefania SCIPPA
1st November 2014 – 31st October 2017
The PhD Course in Biosciences and Territory aims to develop advanced
scientific and technological abilities required in order to carry out highly
qualified autonomous research activities, even with an interdisciplinary
approach, to apply to the fields of environmental biology, planning, territory
management and monitoring, computer science and mathematics.
Curricula:
1. Biology-Environment: aims to develop highly qualified staff in
transdisciplinary skills, and able to plan and carry out autonomously
basic and applied research concerning the physical, chemical and
biological interactions of the various biotic and abiotic environmental
components.
2. Computer-Mathematics: aims to develop the skills on a) the basis of
the computer science and mathematics, historical and epistemologic
too, necessary to create sinergies between computer science,
mathematics and statistics b) the informative systems, software
engineering, data and elaborating a knowledge base for images,
numerical analysis, methodology and epistemiology of the exact
science.
3. Territory: the study of territory in its different aspects, with
innovative approaches aimed to complete the environmental
safeguard with the social and economic development, even through
the planning of a defense system against the natural and anthropic
risks.
- A University degree obtained after 2-year specialization courses
- A University degree (old university legislation)
- Foreign academic qualification already declared equipollent by
competent Italian authorities or deemed equivalent for the sole
purposes of the competition.
Total available places n.8:
- With scholarship
n. 6
- Without scholarship n. 2
Curricula
Territory: 3 with scholarship, 1 without scholarship
Biology-Environment: 2 with scholarship
Computer-Mathematics: 1 with scholarship, 1 without scholarship
Italian candidates
▪ Evaluation of qualifications
▪interview in Italian or English language
▪Language: compulsory knowledge of English language
Italian candidates residing abroad
▪ Evaluation of qualifications
▪Possible interview in videoconference.
A Skype contact is compulsory
Foreign candidates
▪ Evaluation of qualifications
▪ Interview in English language
▪Language: compulsory knowledge of English language
Foreign candidates residing abroad
▪ Evaluation of qualifications
▪Possible interview in videoconference.
A Skype contact is compulsory
Interview
Place: Università degli Studi del Molise, Dipartimento di Bioscienze e
Territorio, Pesche (IS)
Date: starting from 23rd October 2014 at 10.00 according to the agenda
established by the commission based on the number of the admitted to the
interview.
Other
assessable Qualifications evaluated up to 20/60 points:
qualifications
- Final degree mark;
- Scientific publications on peer-reviewed journals (max. 3),
participation to national and international congresses with oral
presentations and posters;
- Other qualifications considered evaluable (study grants, awards,
courses attended, Masters, Erasmus or study programs abroad, work
experiences, etc)
Criteria for evaluating the Evaluation of qualifications is preparatory in order to be admitted to the
exams
tests. All candidates having scored at least 15/60 will be considered suitable
for the interview. The scores will be published, as soon as available, and
before the interview, on the web site of the Dipartimento di Bioscienze e
Territorio
http://www.unimol.it/unimolise/s2magazine/index1.jsp?idPagina=50764 (
Scored at least 20/60 for the titles
scored at least 40/60 for the interview
Examination themes
For the interview the candidates will have to present and defense a project
proposal on one of the following themes:
1.Curriculum - Territory:
1. Environmental design and construction of models and space-time
scenarios for species and habitat protection.
2. Advanced methods of historical and geographical analysis of the
territory, the spatial mobility and the environment and heritage,
included the protected areas and related methods of sustainable
touristic promotion.
3. Innovative methods and processes in landscape/environment,
territory, urban planning and design.
4. Advanced techniques in analysis, preservation and restoration of
existing structures, included the historical, artistic, archaeological and
architectural asset.
Scholarship cofinanced by the Dipartimento di Bioscienze e territorio, Area
Engineering:
1. Eartquake protection: advanced techniques in analysis and evaluation
of resources and anthropic and natural risks, as well as planning of
related protection systems, included the materials for engineering
applications and sensor technology for diagnostics, monitoring and
protection of civil and industrial buildings.
2.Curriculum - Environment:
1. Analysis of microbial communities and their interactions with the
environment.
2. Use of microorganisms in the environmental recovery.
3. Multidisciplinary analysis of the interactions between plantmicroorganisms and the environmental biotic and/or abiotic part.
4. Use of plant- microorganisms in the environmental “green
technologies”.
5. Chemical and physical analysis of the environmental contaminants
and their effects on the plant-microorganisms secondary metabolism
6. Chemical and physical analysis of metabolites, secondary to plant
matrix and connection with the environemnt.
3.Curriculum - Computer Science:
1. Methods and tools aimed to support the cooperative development
of software systems.
2. recommendation systems aimed to support the development of
software and apps.
3. Methods and techniques of digital processing of biomedical images.
4. Support systems for the choices in biomedical fields.
For the presentation and defense of the project proposal candidates could
use information systems supports.