First year:

• first year students have to attend the classes as indicated by the PhD Council, along with the advanced seminar "Topics in Mathematics I" and the Colloquia of the PhD School;
• they have to write the solution of the exercises given in the courses, and the ones assigned by the PhD Council (they are due by November of the first year);
• in November, first year students have to prepare the annual report on their activities and give a short oral presentation (in English) about their plan of research;
• within the February of their second year they have to choose a thesis advisor and a thesis-problem.

Second year:

• second year students have to attend the advanced seminar "Topics in Mathematics II" along with the Colloquia of the PhD School;
• in November, second year students have to prepare the annual report on their activities and give a short oral presentation (in English) about their ongoing reserch.

Third year:

• third year students have to attend the Colloquia of the PhD School;
• in November, third year students have to prepare the annual report on their activities and give a short oral presentation (in English) on their ongoing research;
• in the subsequent February, they have to give a presentation of their PhD thesis in front of the PhD Council, and have to have prepared a summary of their work (sunto), to be sent to the Editors of the Italian Mathematical Union (U.M.I.) according to the instructions to be found at the web page http://umi.dm.unibo.it/italiano/Editoria/bumia/tesi.html