You can enrol in a course by entering the Segreterie On-line and choosing “Elective courses”, only during the registration periods specified for each course.
The registration will be closed on the achivement of the maximum number of partecipants specified in syllabus.
No additional registration on the e-learning platform is required
Syllabus and teaching material will be available by accessing the e-learning platform with university credentials:
https://elearning.unimib.it/course/index.php?categoryid=12141
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION BASIC SKILLS
- 12 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Emanuela Rinaldi
- target audience: PhD students, any year
- course dates:
Friday 12/02/2027 - hrs 10.30 am - 1.30 pm (room TBD)
Friday 19/02/2027 - hrs 11.30 am - 1.30 pm online Meet on: https://unimib.webex.com/join/emanuela.rinaldi
Work from home 5 hrs
Friday 09/04/2027 - hrs 10.30 am - 1.30 pm (room TBD)
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 12 hrs – 1 cfu
- teacher: Daniela Besozzi, Edoardo Datteri, Chiara Gallese, Marco Salvatore Nobile
- target audience: PhD students from all of UNIMIB's doctoral programmes.
- course dates: to be defined
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 16 hrs – 2 cfu
- teacher: Guido Veronese
- target audience: Phd students in social and human sciences
- course dates: to be defined
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Marco Vanoni
- target audience: The proposal is addressed to students of the science and medicine area. Most examples will focus on biology, biochemistry, systems biology and related fields. The course is not recommended for students of humanities
- course dates:
01/03/2027 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
08/03/2027 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
15/03/2027 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
22/03/2027 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
05/04/2027 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
BASIC TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
- 16 hrs - 2 cfu
- teacher: Giulia Capitoli
- target audience: Doctoral students of any discipline who are interested in the practical application of basic statistical methods for data analysis in scientific research
- course dates:
20 January 2027 9.30 am – 1.30 pm
22 January 2027 9.30 am – 1.30 pm
27 January 2027 9.30 am – 1.30 pm
28 January 2027 9.30 am – 1.30 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 21/12/2026 to 12/01/2027
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Daniele Giardiello
- target audience: Doctoral students of any discipline who are interested in the practical application of basic statistical modeling for data analysis in scientific research
- course dates: February 2027
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 12 hrs – 1 cfu
- teacher: Stefania Fraschetta, Margherita Zambotto – Biblioteca di Ateneo
- target audience: 1st and 2nd year Doctoral students
- course dates:
The course starts 15th March and ends 19th April 2027.
All mandatory activities (lectures, discussions, exercises) are online and asynchronous.
Two meetings in person are planned (one for presentation and one for feedback/discussion) but are optional even if strongly raccomended.
Meetings in person: to be established
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
NOTE
To be awarded the CFUs, participants must have completed all the online lessons and activities (quiz and exercises) and participate in forum discussions.
- 12 hrs – 1 cfu
- teacher: Stefania Fraschetta, Margherita Zambotto – Biblioteca di Ateneo
- target audience: 2nd and 3rd year Doctoral students
- course dates:
The course starts 2nd November and ends 30th November 2026
All mandatory activities (lectures, discussions, exercises) are online and asynchronous.
Two meetings in person are planned (one for presentation and one for feedback/discussion) but are optional even if strongly raccomended.
Meeting in person: 2nd November and18th November. Both meetings at Lab 909a, U9 Building.
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 12/10/2026 to 28/10/2026
NOTE
To be awarded the CFUs, participants must have completed all the online lessons and activities (quiz and exercises) , and participate in forum discussions.
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Andrea Mangiatordi
- target audience: First-year doctoral students of any course of study. Doctoral students from later years may also participate, although introducing the elements seen in the course after research has already begun may be more difficult.
- course dates:
30/11/26 3.30 - 5.30 pm
14/12/26 3.30 - 5.30 pm
11/01/27 3.30 - 5.30 pm
18/01/27 3.30 - 5.30 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 09/11/2026 to 24/11/2026
SOFT AND TRANSFERABLE COMPETENCES WITHIN AND BEYOND ACADEMIA
- 12 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Elisabetta Marafioti, Mattia Martini
- course dates:
04/02/2027 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
04/02/2027 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
10/02/2027 9.00 am - 1.00 pm online
10/02/2027 2.00 am - 4.00 pm
- course registration on "Segreterie online":
- 16 hrs - 2 cfu
- teacher: Fondazione Sodalitas
- course dates: May 2027
- course registration on "Segreterie online":
Il corso è tenuto in lingua italiana
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Ida Castiglioni
- target audience: The more different backgrounds of doctoral students, the better. This is a cross-competence any Ph.D. should have to be able to play in the international arena. Students will be challenged to work together starting from their different disciplinary context. Ideally participants should be at their second/third year of their Ph.D. program.
- course dates:
19/01/2027 2 pm - 6 pm
25/01/2027 2 pm - 6 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 21/12/2026 to 12/01/2027
NOTE
The course is highly interactive, in presence, and will need full attendance.
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Andrea Galimberti
- target audience: suggested year of attendance: second and third years
- course dates:
16/02/2027 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
23/02/2027 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
- course registration on "Segreterie online":
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE OF RESEARCH SYSTEM AND FUNDING SYSTEM
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Marco Losito, Miriam Loro Piana (LCA Studio Legale)
- course date: March/April 2027
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Gianfranco Pacchioni, Fiorenza De Micheli, Balthasar Kenda
- target audience: Ph.D students (preferably 3rd year, not binding)
- course dates:
15/02/27 10 am - 12 pm
17/02/27 10 am - 12 pm
18/02/27 10 am - 12 pm
22/02/27 10 am - 12 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: TBD
- 12 hrs - 1 cfu
- teachers: Francesca Verga, Stefania Fraschetta (Biblioteca di Ateneo)
- target Audience: Doctoral students, preferably, but not exlcusively, at the end of their programme.
- course dates:
From May 3 until June 18, 2027.
Kick off-meeting: on May 3, h 14-16 p.m.
Teaching method: two in-person meetings (at the beginning and the end), and online lessons with quizzes and forum discussions.
Online lessons: the 7 weeks following the kick-off meeting.
Wrap up meeting: on June 18, h 14-16 p.m.
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
NOTE
To be awarded the CFU, participants must have completed all the online lessons and activities, including the final activity, and have contributed to each forum discussion.
- 12 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Marta Jakob
- target audience:
- course dates: to be defined
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
INTERDISCIPLINARY PATHS
- 16 hrs - 2 cfu
- teacher: C. Baracchi, G. Bertolotti, V. Morfino, M. Vanzulli
- target audience: PhD students from all the courses offered in Bicocca.
- course dates: to be defined
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 16 hrs - 2 cfu
- teachers: Sveva Magaraggia, Carmen Leccardi and Professors part of the Inter-University Research Centre ‘Gender Cultures’, based at the University of Milan.
- target audience: all PhD students
- course dates
15/01/2026 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
29/01/2026 9.30 am - 1.30 pm (online-TBC)
03/02/2026 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
11/02/2026 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 21/12/2026 to 12/01/2027
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Edoardo Datteri
- target audience: PhD students from all the courses offered in Bicocca (no philosophical prerequisites).
- course dates:
08/01/27 4- 6 pm
13/01/27 4- 6 pm
22/01/27 4- 6 pm
29/01/27 4- 6 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 21/12/2026 to 06/01/2027
GREEN COMPETENCIES
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: E. Padoa-Schioppa
- target audience: PhD students with not specific knowledge or skills (both in sustainability or historical sciences), but that are interested in understanding how an historical approach can be useful to understand the present epoch of the Anthropocene.
- course dates:
26/01/27 4.30 - 6.30 pm
27/01/27 4.30 - 6.30 pm
01/02/27 4.30 - 6.30 pm
03/02/27 4.30 - 6.30 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 07/01/2027 to 21/01/2027
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Mauro Van Aken
- target audience: The course is transversal to all schools of PhD in presence
- course dates:
26/01/2027 9 am - 1 pm U6-34 (TBC)
02/02/2027 2 pm - 6 pm U6-34 (TBC)
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 07/01/2027 to 21/01/2027
- 16 hrs - 2 cfu
- teachers: Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Matteo Colleoni, Patrizia Steca, Andrea Galimberti
- target audience: PhD students with not specific knowledge or skills in sustainability sciences, but that are interested in understanding how a transdisciplinary approach can leverage the change of paradigm needed to match sustainability goals.
- course dates: to be defined
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: A. Sassella
- target audience: PhD students from any scientific background, interested in understanding how optical spectroscopy techniques are commonly applied to many different scientific fields.
- course dates:
December, synchronous online lectures. The dates will be agreed with the teacher
- course registration on “Segreterie online”: from 15/11/2026 to 30/11/2026
- 8 hrs - 1 cfu
- teacher: Heiko Lange, Elena Collina
- target audience: PhD students of all disciplines directly or indirectly concerned with the necessary ecologic change of modern societies.
- course dates:
18.05.27 2 - 6 pm
20.05.27 2 - 6 pm
- course registration on “Segreterie online”:
INVEST: Interdisciplinary Training Courses for PhD Students – In Collaboration with Partner Universities
The European INVEST Alliance, as part of Work Package 5 "Forward-looking Education" coordinated by the University of Milan-Bicocca, has launched the Transversal Courses Program for PhD Students to strengthen transferable skills and foster responsible research training.
The program offers 34 courses taught in English, organized into six thematic areas:
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Language and Communication (7 courses)
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Technological Skills (10 courses)
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Transversal Skills (3 courses)
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Research Management and Funding (4 courses)
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Interdisciplinary Pathways (4 courses)
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Green Skills (6 courses)
The aim is to enhance the employability and interdisciplinary capabilities of PhD students.