CURRICULA
The doctoral program is divided into five curricula,
with the aim of covering all areas of interest:
MECHANICS
It concerns the use and development of advanced methodologies and technologies in the fields of additive manufacturing, materials, cryogenics, ultra-high vacuum, metrology, mechatronics, and multi-physics simulations and analyses.
ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOR ACCELERATORS
Focused on technologies applied to the creation of extremely intense electromagnetic fields for accelerators, including electromagnets, radiofrequency cavities, and transmission systems, operating in particular in superconductivity mode, permanent magnets, and high-performance power supply systems.
IT AND COMPUTING
It focuses on the implementation of computing and networking technologies, supercomputing methods and applications, Big Data, archives, and the use of AI.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
It focuses on topics in analog and digital microelectronics for detector readout, sensor networks and detectors, electrodynamics, magnetism, radiation-hardened electronics, radio frequency electronics for detectors, power electronics for detectors, electronics for control systems, diagnostics and safety of accelerators and detectors, and radio communication systems.
DETECTORS, LASERS, AND OPTICS
It brings together technologies for radiation detectors, optical, infrared, and high-energy detectors, laser technologies, optics, and optomechanics.
The training program for each doctoral student enrolled in the Doctoral Program of National Interest in Technologies for Fundamental Physics and Astrophysics includes the following requirements:
- Conduct research under the guidance of a supervisor and a co-supervisor, appointed by the Faculty Board;
- Each doctoral student must attend at least 4 of the courses offered and accumulate at least 10 credits, or (approximately) 80 hours of lectures, preferably within the first 2 years;
- Each student must attend at least one School;
- One or two courses may be replaced by a School;
- Doctoral students are invited to participate in the DN TFPA national days;
- Doctoral students are invited to participate in guided tours of the DN TFPA.