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Curricula and Scientific Areas

The Course is divided into the following eight curricula:

  • Curriculum 1: Observation of the Universe
  • Curriculum 2: Earth and the Sun-Earth system
  • Curriculum 3: Planetary Sciences
  • Curriculum 4: Astrobiology, Life Sciences and Space Medicine
  • Curriculum 5: Space sensing and instrumentation
  • Curriculum 6: Satellite Platforms: Engineering and Technologies
  • Curriculum 7: Economics, law and space diplomacy
  • Curriculum 8 - Gravitation [NEW STARTING FROM 41st Cycle]

Details of the funded positions for each PhD cycle can be found on the dedicated page for each Curriculum (by clicking on the submenu of each Curriculum and selecting the cycle of interest).

Scientific Areas

  • BIOS-06/A - Physiology
  • BIOS-07/A – Biochemistry
  • CEAR-01/B - Hydrology and Hydraulic and Maritime Structures
  • CEAR-06/A - Structural Mechanics
  • GEOS-01/A - Mineralogy
  • GEOS-02/B - Stratigraphic Geology and Sedimentology
  • GEOS-02/C - Geochemistry and Volcanology
  • GEOS-03/A - Physical Geography and Geomorphology
  • GEOS-04/A - Solid Earth Geophysics
  • GIUR-01/A - Private Law
  • GSPS-04/B - History of International Relations
  • ICHI-01/B - Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
  • IIND-01/D - Aerospace Structures and Design
  • IIND-02/A - Applied Mechanics
  • IINF-01/A - Electronics
  • IINF-02/A - Electromagnetic Fields
  • IINF-03/A - Telecommunications
  • IINF-05/A - Information Processing Systems
  • IMAT-01/A - Materials Science and Technology
  • IMIS-01/A - Mechanical and Thermal Measurements
  • MATH-03/A - Mathematical Analysis
  • MATH-04/A - Mathematical Physics
  • PHYS-01/A -Experimental Physics of Fundamental Interactions and Applications
  • PHYS-02/A - Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions, Models, Mathematical Methods, and Applications
  • PHYS-03/A - Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications
  • PHYS-04/A - Theoretical Physics of Matter, Models, Mathematical Methods, and Applications
  • PHYS-05/A - Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Space Science
  • PHYS-05/B - Physics of the Earth System, Planets, Space, and Climate
  • PSIC-01/A - General Psychology
  • PSIC-01/B - Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology