►General compulsory training for all PhD students

• Business planning principles and tools - Dr. Ilaria Galavotti (8 h) - Year 1 
• Writing research project and scientific papers - Prof. John Williams (8 h)- Year 1
• Publik Speaking - Prof. John Williams (8 h)- Year 1
• Environmental ethics and the Christian proposal - Prof. Don Roberto Maier (6 h) - Year 1
• European Food Law and policy -  Dr. Beatrice La Porta (8 h) - Year 1
• Sustainable Animal Production - Prof. Paolo Ajmone Marsan - Dr. Luca Cattaneo (8 h) - Year 2

• ustainable Crop Production - Dr. Andrea Fiorini (8 h) - Year 2
• Food Technologies and Sustainability - Dr. Gianluca Giuberti (8 h) - Year 2
• Three minutes thesis - Prof. John Laurence Dennis (12 h) - Year 3
• Sustainability Management - Dr. Marcello Cosa (8 h) - Year 3

ENGLISH SKILLS

• Basic English course -  (45 h)
• Academic English course - Prof.ssa Francesca O' Kane (30 h)

SPECIFIC TRAINING AT STUDENT'S CHOICE

Each postgraduate, together with their tutor, will draft a personal training plan for an additional 32 training hours selected from the courses offered. The courses require a minimum of 4 participants in order to be held.

Topic  "statistics and big-data"

• Applied statistics  - Prof. Riccardo Negrini (16 h)
• Advanced methods for agri-food data analysis - Prof. Riccardo Negrini  - (8 h)
• Towards Big Data. Informatics tools for data manipulation (course I) - Dr. Marco Milanesi (8 h)
• Towards Big Data. Informatics tools for data manipulation (course II) - Dr. Filippo Biscarini (8 h)

Topic "Advanced biotechnologies"

• Genetic modification and assisted evolution technologies in plant breeding - Prof. Matteo Busconi (8 h)
• Introduction to epigenetics and epigenomics - Prof. Paolo Ajmone Marsan (8 h)
• Methods to analyse molecular data on agricultural biodiversity - Prof. Licia Colli (8 h)
• Proteomics and metabolomics in the agro-food chain - Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti (8 h)

Topic "Onne Health"

• Bees, beekeeping and pollination - Dr. Ilaria Negri (8 h)
• Carbon farming & agricultural carbon credits - Dr. Andrea Ferrarini (8 h)
• Climate Change: focus on perennial crops - Prof. Sergio Tombesi (8 h) 
• One Health: Ecosystems humans health and food -  Prof. Daniele Generali (16 h)

Topic "The micro word"

• Beneficial microorganisms in the agri-food system - Prof. Edoardo Puglisi (8 h)
• Microbes in the agri-food chain: emerging risk - Dr.  Claudia Cortimiglia (8 h)
• Microbial applications in modern food biotechnology - Prof. Vania Patrone (8 h)

Topic "Data driven modelling in agriculture"

• Development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for sustainable agriculture - Prof. Tito Caffi (8 h)
• Digitalization, rural development and innovation in agriculture - Prof. Matteo Gatti (8 h)
• Sustainable Food Productionand the Environment - Dr. Federico Froldi

Topic "Management and Legislation"

• Business organisation and human resource management - Prof. Francesco Virili (8 h)
• Introduction to the Italian tax system in agriculture - Dr. Andrea Purpura (8 h)
• Agricultural Businesslaw and Legislation - Dr. Lorenzo Paolo Botti (8h)

Topic "Research-aid tools"

• Understandig and practicing bibliometric analysis with bibliometrix and biblioshiny - Prof. Michele Cipriano (8 h)
• Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research - Dr. Fabrizio Capocasale (12 h)

Topic "Strategic Communication"

• Communication for PhD students -  (8 h)
• Food Consumer Psychology  - Prof. Guendalina Gaffigna (8 h)

Interdisciplinary training organized by the Doctorate Office in Milan - Doctoral Skills Training