1. ROUNDTABLE 2 Laying Ground for Successful University-Business-Industry Cooperation in Doctoral Education: How to Prepare Doctoral Candidates to Work Outside Academia?
Politecnico di Torino
Tashkent, 2nd October 2018

2. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES THROUGH EDUCATION
Some hints related to experience at Politecnico di Torino and to the Italian situation

3. Outside the Academic Career…
Perspective for PhD Candidates
Outside the Academic Career…
What is the Purpose of a PhD for an Engineer or an Architect?
Outside the Work World…

4. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Career Opportunities After the PhD
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
COMPANY WORK
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ENTERPRISES
4 Years After the PhD Degree, More than 92% of PhD Holders in Engineering and Architecture has a Permanent Job (Source: Istat, 2015)

5. Perspectives for PhD Holders
A PhD is not Only an Academic Title, it is Also a Working Experience.
PERSONAL
SKILLS
SOFT
SKILLS
SCIENTIFIC
SKILLS

6. Perspectives for PhD Holders
Soft Skills of a PhD Holder
Internationality (knowledge of English, several contacts with foreign countries)
Project Working (how to work on complex projects, with structured teams, often through remote work)
Digital & Data (knowledge on coding, databases, advanced applications)

7. Perspectives for PhD Holders
Personal Skills of a PhD Holder
Independence (enterprising, resourceful, self-disciplined)
Multi-purpose (flexible, multi-tasking)
Continuous learning (always able to learn anything)

8. Entrepreneurial Education for PhD Candidates @PoliTo
Bachelor
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Young Talent Project
Master of
Sciences
Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
ASP
Doctoral School
Short Course on Enterpreneurship
Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and Hi-tech
Entrepreneursh ip (Theoretical
course)
course + project work)
- Innovation for Change
- European Innovation Academy
- Contamination Lab (CLIK)
Incubation .

9. Soft Skills Offer of the Doctoral School @ PoliTo
The Doctoral School has defined a soft skills framework
built around 5 competence categories
COMMUNICATION
for each category, the School offers courses, either in class or online
course requirement for PhD candidates: at least 40 hrs
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT / WORKING WITH OTHERS
HUMANITIES / ETHICS / CRITICAL THINKING
IP and ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Soft Skills Offer of the Doctoral PoliTo

10. Soft Skills Offer of the Doctoral School @ PoliTo
Courses could be grouped in some paths and the participation at least to one path may be mandatory. An example:
PATH
CORE COURSE
WORKSHOPS
TEAM BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP
PROJECT MANAGENT PATH
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
TIME MANAGEMENT
DECISION MAKING
BASE ECONOMY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PATH
IPR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SPEAKING
PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROCESS-ORIENTED
COMPETITIVE FUNDS FOR THE RESEARCH: FROM THE IDEA TO THE WRITING OF THE PROJECT
RESEARCH PATH
WRITING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
WRITING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN ENGLISH
WRITING AN EFFICIENT CV
WORK PATH
T.B.D.
DEALING WITH A JOB INTERVIEW
WEB AND SOCIAL BRANDING REPUTATION
LABOR CONTRACTS AND VAT NUMBER

11. Other Initiatives and Projects Related to Entrepreneurial Education for PhD Candidates @PoliTo

12. European Innovation Academy
Starting from 2017 Torino is the main venue of the Summer School
Focus on the ecosystem and on attracting talents from all over the world
Networking with Silicon Valley investors and mentors
Also support fast scale up of our spinoffs

13. CLIK. Contamination Lab & Innovative Kitchen
Coworking and learning space, open to all PoliTo students and researchers to foster the exchange of ideas between transversal and complementary skills.
GOALS
Supporting new ideas and their realization
Hackathons
Foster collaborations

14. Innovation For Change (I4C)
Ideas and Tech to Tackle Global Challenges
The aim of the whole program is to apply the most advanced technologies to help solve problems of social interest, with the ambition to generate a significant impact on the world in a medium-long term perspective.
In cooperation with CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research)

15. Summary
PhD holders as “research managers” with academic research experience and knowledge about the industrial demand and technology transfer; they contribute thus to the increase of the industrial innovation level
PhD candidates/holders set out a personalized high-quality training program planned within a strong partnership between University and industry
supplement the traditional PhD study program with specific activities aimed at fostering the researchers’ placement in companies and provide the socio-economic system with highly qualified people, capable of interpreting, orienting and responding to the demand of advanced scientific and technologic knowledge

16. Questions

17. Questions To PhD Candidates
Which are the main reasons why you would like to pursue your career in the private sector?
Which are the main deficiencies of the preparation of a PhD holder to be inserted in the business sector?
Which are the main strengths?

18. Questions To University Representatives
Which actions should higher education institutions take in order to improve the employability of their graduates?
Which actions would your University set to start a collaboration with enterprises?

19. Questions To Representatives from the Business Sector
Which courses/skills do you think can be useful for PhD candidates wishing to work in the private sector?
Which can be some professional roles for PhD candidates in your enterprise?
Which could be the most effective tools for a recruiting campaign of PhD holders?