The following conditions must be satisfied to obtain a “Doctor Europaeus”:

• Thesis evaluation will be carried out by no less than two professors from two European universities in different EU States from where the thesis is discussed;
• At least one member of the Exam Commission must belong to a different EU State from where the thesis is discussed.
• Part of the thesis discussion must be held in a different EU official language than that used where the thesis is discussed;
• The research presented in the thesis must have been partly carried out in a stay abroad of no less than three months in a different EU member state.

Applications should be presented by candidates to the Programme Coordinator, who will submit it to the PhD Office with a declaration of conformity to application prerequisites before the student is admitted to the final exam, as well as to the PhD Exam Commission.

Procedures to follow to get the certification:

1. Applications should be presented by candidates to the Programme Coordinator, before the admission to the final exam.
2. Before the admission, the Coordinator must provide the PhD Sector - Courses and Careers with the Resolution of the Academic Board (delibera del Collegio dei Docenti) and the Extract from the Department Council’s Resolution (estratto della delibera del Consiglio di Dipartimento) containing the proposal for the appointment of the Examination Committee. Both documents must clearly demonstrate compliance with the required criteria for certification.
3. Once the Examination Committee for the conferment of the PhD title has been appointed, the Coordinator must send the resolution of the Academic Board (delibera del Collegio dei Docenti)—as mentioned in the previous step—to the Committee before the scheduled date of the thesis defense.