Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| I semestre | Oct 1, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 |
| II semestre | Mar 2, 2020 | Jun 12, 2020 |
| Session | From | To |
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| Sessione invernale d'esame | Feb 3, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Sessione estiva d'esame | Jun 15, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Sessione autunnale d'esame | Sep 1, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione di laurea estiva | Jul 22, 2020 | Jul 22, 2020 |
| Sessione di laurea autunnale | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 |
| Sessione di laurea invernale | Mar 16, 2021 | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2019 | Dec 8, 2019 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 23, 2019 | Jan 6, 2020 |
| Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2020 | Apr 25, 2020 |
| Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2020 | May 21, 2020 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2020 | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Vacanze estive | Aug 10, 2020 | Aug 23, 2020 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Science and Engineering Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Academic staff
+39 045 802 7913
maurizio.boscaini@univr.it
federico.busato@univr.it
Cordoni Francesco Giuseppe
francescogiuseppe.cordoni@univr.it
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franco.zivcovich@univr.it
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University. Please select your Study Plan based on your enrolment year.
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1° Year
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Differential geometry (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S003196
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MAT/03 - GEOMETRY
Period
I semestre dal Oct 1, 2019 al Jan 31, 2020.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with the basic concepts on Differential Geometry of manifolds. At the end of the course the student will know the main terminology and definitions about manifolds and Riemannian manifolds, and some of the main results. He/she will be able to produce rigorous arguments and proofs on these topics and he/she will be able to read articles and texts of Differential Geometry.
Program
The course consists of lectures. Notes for each lecture will be provided.
-REVIEW GENERAL TOPOLOGY
-SURFACES EMBEDDED IN THE EUCLIDEAN 3-SPACE:
• Differentiable Atlas
• Orientable Atlas
• Tangent plane
• Normal versor
• First Fundamental Form: lengths and area
• Geodesic curvature and normal curvature
• Normal sections and Meusnier Theorem
• Principal Curvatures, Gaussian curvature, Mean curvature: minimal surfaces
• Theorema Egregium
• Geodetics
- TENSOR CALCULUS
• Free vector space
• Tensor product of two vector spaces
• Tensor product of n vector spaces
• Tensor Algebra
• Transformation of the componenents of a tensoriale
• Mixed tensors
• Symmetric tensors
• Antysimmetric (alternating) tensors
• Exterior Algebra
• Determinant
• Area and Volume
-DIFFERENTIAL MANIFOLDS
• Definition and examples
• Classification of 1-manifolds
• Classification of simply-connected 2-manifolds
• Product and quotient spaces
• Differentiable maps
• Tangent space and tangent bundle
• Vector field on a manifold
• Tensor field
• Exterior Algebra on manifolds
• Riemannian Manifolds
• Metric Tensor
• Orientations
• Volume
• Exterior derivative
• De Rham Cohomology
• Homotopy
-AFFINE CONNECTION AND CURVATURE TENSOR
• Affine connection
• Parallel transport
• Levi-Civita connection
• Geodetics
• Riemann curvature tensor
• Bianchi identities
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do Carmo | Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces (Edizione 2) | 2016 | |||
| Do Carmo | Riemannian Geometry | 1992 | |||
| Jürgen Jost | Riemannian Geometry and Geometric Analysis (Edizione 5) | Springer | 2008 |
Examination Methods
During the exam, students must show that:
- they know and understand the fundamental concepts of differential geometry
- they have analytical and abstraction abilities
- they support their argumentation with mathematical rigor.
The exam consists of a written test in which the student will have to choose one of two essays in which they provide a broad discussion of one of the topics presented during the lectures (answer approximately 2/3 pages ) and two of three short questions (answer approximately 10 rows).
Type D and Type F activities
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Python programming language | D |
Maurizio Boscaini
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | SageMath | F |
Zsuzsanna Liptak
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | History of Modern Physics 2 | D |
Francesca Monti
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | History and Didactics of Geology | D |
Guido Gonzato
(Coordinatore)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Advanced topics in financial engineering | D |
Luca Di Persio
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | C Programming Language | D |
Sara Migliorini
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | C++ Programming Language | D |
Federico Busato
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | LaTeX Language | D |
Enrico Gregorio
(Coordinatore)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Axiomatic set theory for mathematical practice | F |
Peter Michael Schuster
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | Corso Europrogettazione | D | Not yet assigned |
| 1° 2° | Corso online ARPM bootcamp | F | Not yet assigned |
| 1° 2° | ECMI modelling week | F | Not yet assigned |
| 1° 2° | ESA Summer of code in space (SOCIS) | F | Not yet assigned |
| 1° 2° | Google summer of code (GSOC) | F | Not yet assigned |
| 1° 2° | Higher Categories - Seminar course | F |
Lidia Angeleri
(Coordinatore)
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Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and soon also via the Univr app.
Erasmus+ and other experiences abroad
Double degree
The University of Verona, through a network of agreements with foreign universities, offers international courses that enable students to gain a Double/Joint degree at the time of graduation. Indeed, students enrolled in a Double/Joint degree programme will be able to obtain both the degree of the University of Verona and the degree issued by the Partner University abroad - where they are expected to attend part of the programme -, in the time it normally takes to gain a common Master’s degree. The institutions concerned shall ensure that both degrees are recognised in the two countries.
Places on these programmes are limited, and admissions and any applicable grants are subject to applicants being selected in a specific Call for applications.
The latest Call for applications for Double/Joint Degrees at the University of Verona is available now!
Alternative learning activities
In order to make the study path more flexible, it is possible to request the substitution of some modules with others of the same course of study in Mathematics at the University of Verona (if the educational objectives of the modules to be substituted have already been achieved in the previous career), or with others of the course of study in Mathematics at the University of Trento.Attachments
| Title | Info File |
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1. Convenzione | Learning Agreement UNITN - UNIVR
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167 KB, 27/08/21 |
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2. Sostituzione insegnamenti a UNITN - Courses replacement at UNITN
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44 KB, 30/08/21 |
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3. Sostituzione insegnamenti a UNIVR - Courses replacement at UNIVR
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113 KB, 30/08/21 |
Attendance
As stated in the Teaching Regulations for the A.Y. 2022/2023, except for specific practical or lab activities, attendance is not mandatory. Regarding these activities, please see the web page of each module for information on the number of hours that must be attended on-site.
Please refer to the Crisis Unit's latest updates for the mode of teaching.
Career management
Student login and resources
Graduation
Deadlines and administrative fulfilments
For deadlines, administrative fulfilments and notices on graduation sessions, please refer to the Graduation Sessions - Science and Engineering service.
Need to activate a thesis internship
For thesis-related internships, it is not always necessary to activate an internship through the Internship Office. For further information, please consult the dedicated document, which can be found in the 'Documents' section of the Internships and work orientation - Science e Engineering service.
Final examination regulations
Upon completion of the Master’s degree dissertation students are awarded 32 CFU. The final examination consists of a written dissertation on a specific topic agreed with a supervising professor and presented to a commission (Dissertation Committee).
The dissertation can be high-level theoretical or experimental (in the latter case, it may focus on either basic or applied research), it can deal with a theoretical topic or propose the resolution of a specific problem, or description of a work project, and may be carried out at universities, research institutions, schools, laboratories and companies in the framework of internships, traineeships, study stays in Italy and abroad. The dissertation must be original and written by the student under the guidance of a Supervisor. At the request of the student, the dissertation may be written and presented in Italian.
Professors belonging to the Mathematics Teaching Committee, the Department of Computer Science, and any associated departments may be appointed as Supervisors, as well as any professors from the University of Verona whose area of interest (SSD - Scientific-disciplinary Sector) is included in the teaching regulations of the degree programme.
Students may take the final exam only if meeting all requirements set by the School of Sciences and Engineering.
The Master's degree in Mathematics is obtained by successfully passing the final examination and thus earning the 120 CFU included in the study plan.
The material submitted by the student for the final examination will be examined by the Dissertation Committee, which comprises three professors, possibly including the Supervisor, and appointed by the President of the Teaching Committee. The final examination will be assessed based on the following criteria: the student’s performance during the entire study programme, the knowledge acquired during the dissertation work, their understanding of the topic and autonomy of judgment, their ability to apply such knowledge, and communicate effectively and fully all the outcomes of the work and the main results obtained.
The final examination and the degree ceremony will be carried out, in one of the four graduation sessions throughout the academic year, by the Final Examination Committee appointed by the President of the Teaching Committee, and made up of a president and at least four members chosen from among the professors of the University.
For further information, please refer to the Final examination regulations.
Attachments
| Title | Info File |
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1. Come scrivere una tesi
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31 KB, 02/11/22 |
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2. How to write a thesis
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31 KB, 02/11/22 |
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5. Regolamento tesi (valido da luglio 2022)
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171 KB, 02/11/22 |
List of theses and work experience proposals
| theses proposals | Research area |
|---|---|
| Controllo di sistemi multiagente | Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization - Hamilton-Jacobi theories, including dynamic programming |
| Controllo di sistemi multiagente | Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization - Manifolds |
| Controllo di sistemi multiagente | Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization - Optimality conditions |
| Formule di rappresentazione per gradienti generalizzati | Mathematics - Analysis |
| Formule di rappresentazione per gradienti generalizzati | Mathematics - Mathematics |
| Mathematics Bachelor and Master thesis titles | Various topics |
| Stage | Research area |
|---|---|
| Internship proposals for students in mathematics | Various topics |
