First year (residential in Reggio Calabria)

 

During the first year the PhD students are required to attend lectures at the University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria. In addition to the traditional doctorate lectures series, the program includes two specific lectures series that will cover the major aspects of urban regeneration in the US, both in economic and urban planning terms.

The doctorate lecture series consist in:

1. Spatial planning;

2. Community and City Planning;

3. Economics.

The lectures are intended to prepare the PhD students to undertake the second year, which will be held in US.

 

 

 

Second year (residential in Boston, United States)

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During the second year the PhD students are required to attend lectures in the US, at the Northeastern University of Boston. The lectures will cover the following topics: microeconomics, macroeconomics, statistic, urban regeneration, urban planning. The lectures are intended to prepare doctorate students for the doctoral dissertation.

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Third year (dissertation - residential in Reggio Calabria)

 

During the third year the PhD students will complete their dissertations. The admission to the final dissertation is conditional on a positive assessment of the entire thesis by the supervisor and the PhD Faculty CLUDs Project international staff.