PhD in Veterinary Sciences

1. Basic Sciences
2. Animal Production and Food Safety
3. Animal Health
4. Clinical Sciences

Curriculum 1: Basic Sciences

The research activity will deal with projects in veterinary anatomy and physiology as well as in biochemistry and clinical biochemistry applied to veterinary medicine. All the domestic species, as well as the exotic ones, may be investigated. The research project will be defined with the tutor.

Curriculum 2: Animal Production and Food Safety

All the research activities related to breeding/rearing, alimentation and nutrition of all the domestic and most of the aquatic species will be considered. In addition, the research activity will focus on the control of the quality and the safety of all the products of animal origin.

Curriculum 3: Animal Health

The research activities will deal with infectious and parasitic diseases of domestic animals, the epidemiology and the zoonosis with their sanitary control. They will also focus on the pathological anatomy in domestic species, from both histological and macroscopic points of view.

Curriculum 4: Clinical Sciences

Research activities will regard internal medicine, surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology in all the species of veterinary interest.

NRRP Call - Further PhD Positions
Appointed by RD 952/2022 Prot. n. 0357333 of 02/12/2022

Call for Application and NRRP Call
Appointed by RD 830/2022 Prot. n. 0127511 of 30/05/2022
Confirmed by RD 1103/2022 Prot. n. 0162873 of 17/07/2022

* The following shall take part in the work of the Examination Board as expert members for positions linked to specific research topics for the NRRP Call:

• Gino Villetti - Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA
• Luigi Gavazzi, Fabio Bernardi - Gesco Società coperativa agricola
• Roberta Majer, Benedetta Tugnoli - Vetagro SpA
• Fausto Toni - Progeo

The training objectives are different depending on the curriculum chosen by the Student. In fact, the Students could attend curricula whose aim is the acquisition of a know-how which will allow them to carry out a highly qualified research activity in the field of Veterinary and Biological Sciences: some will attend curricula focused on basic research, while others will follow professionalizing curricula whose aim is the acquisition of very qualified knowledge in the veterinary clinical activity and in animal production. It is important to stress that these last ones will have the opportunity to draw noteworthy cues of applied research from the clinical cases.  

The PhD students, through the methodologies of the biomedical research applied to veterinary sciences, food safety and animal production, will conduct their research activity in the labs, the examination rooms and all the structures typical of the activity of a Vet (veterinary hospital,  dairy farm, National Institute for Artificial Insemination, slaughterhouse, labs and fishpond for Aquaculture and fish pathology located in Cesenatico, processing industries of animal origin food, etc.). All the students will allways closely operate with their supervisor. 

The PhD students, through the methodologies of the biomedic research applied to veterinary sciences, food safety and animal production, will conduct their research activity in the labs, surgerys and in all the structures typical of the activity of a Vet (veterinary hospital, dairy farm, National Institute for Artificial Insemination, slaughterhouse, labs and fishpond for Aquaculture and fish pathology located in Cesenatico processing industries of animal origin food, etc.) All the students will allways closely operate with their tutor. Bologna University will guarantee a basic formation on the management of the research, on the knowledge of the research systems, its financing and its valoriation. The Doctorate will collaborate with the Centro Linguistico for the organization of courses on scientific English language; in addition, courses on the safety of the working environment will be activated. The Doctorate will organise seminars (by members of the Doctorate Council and by other teachers of DIMEVET) on transversal items (common to the 4 curricula of the Doctorate). Finally, the supervisors will stimulate the students to participate in events (workshops, congresses, scientific meetings, stages, etc.) and will improve their informatic knowledge in relation to their specific research projects.
The compulsory mini-courses to be attended during the three years of the doctorate are listed below: 1- Integrated course of “Bioinformatics and Statistics” - 12 hours; 2- Seminars on the quality assurance system - 4 hours; 3- Seminars on
how to exploit the results of your research - 6 hours; 4 - Seminars on how to manage one's own research activity - 6 hours; 5- Seminars on antimicrobial resistance - 8 hours; 6- Course on the discipline of the use of animals for scientific and educational purposes - 4 pm.

Each PhD student should spend a period of training activity abroad, in Universities or research centers highly qualified.
The involvement of foreign teachers is already widely utilized. The PhD students have the possibility to work in European financed projects.
Agreements for awarding double doctoral degrees have bieen signed with the University of Litoral (Argentina) and the Univeristy of Mekelle (Ethiopia).

The research activity of the students should exit in publications in International journals, especially in those of highl level, in presentig papers at both International and National meetings and in documentation of clinical cases.
All published papers will be inserted in the IRIS system.
At least two publications indexed on ISI/SCOPUS/PUBMED are expected to be producet in order to be admitted to sit the final exam.