The PhD programme has an innovative structure, which includes various types of training activities.

English is used for all teaching, presentation and reporting activities. 

The programme involves three years of full-time research, representing the main formative and training experience for our students, terminating with the submission and examination of a Thesis describing original research. 

Students therefore receive a robust laboratory training, working in close interaction with experienced scientists. They use advanced techniques and equipment provided by the individual research groups and by many facilities provided by the participating institutions. They present their results in internal meetings and are encouraged to present their data in national and international congresses. By practice, they learn what it required of a scientist involved in basic or translational research. 

Students also attend lecture courses and seminars, divided in four categories: 

• Introductory courses, dedicated to first year students
• Specific courses, on various aspects of Research Instruments and Applications (methodologies and instrumentation of trans-disciplinary interest) and Macromolecules and Molecular Pathology (on specific themes relevant for biomedicine).
• Transversal teaching activities, organized by UNITS and covering aspects of general interest to STEM students.
• Periodic seminars: held by invited experts on advanced research topics within the scope of DBM activities.