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International relativistic astrophysics PhD program, or IRAP PhD program is the international joint doctorate program in relativistic astrophysics initiated and co-sponsored by ICRANet. During 2010-2017 IRAP PhD takes part in the Erasmus Mundus program of the European Commission. For the first time in Europe the IRAP PhD program grants a joint PhD degree among the participating institutions.

ICRANet

ICRANet, the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, is an international organization which promotes research activities in relativistic astrophysics and related areas. Its members are four countries and three Universities and Research Centers: the Republic of Armenia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, Italian Republic, the Vatican City State, the University of Arizona (USA), Stanford University (USA) and ICRA.

The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic co-operation between the EU and the rest of the world.

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The European Commission (EC) is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU. Commissioners swear an oath at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg City, pledging to respect the treaties and to be completely independent in carrying out their duties during their mandate. Unlike in the Council of the European Union, where members are directly and indirectly elected, and the European Parliament, where members are directly elected, the Commissioners are proposed by the Council of the European Union, on the basis of suggestions made by the national governments, and then appointed by the European Council after the approval of the European Parliament.

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Education in relativistic astrophysics

In 2005 a new international organization was founded: the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet), dedicated to the theoretical aspects of relativistic astrophysics. Together with the University of Arizona, the University of Stanford and the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), such states as Armenia, Brazil, Italy and the Vatican are the founding members of ICRANet. [1] As a first step, the international relativistic astrophysics Ph.D. program (IRAP Ph.D.) was established in 2005. [2] Among the proponents of the IRAP Ph.D. program are Riccardo Giacconi, Roy Kerr and Remo Ruffini.

ICRA, the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics is an international research institute for relativistic astrophysics and related areas. Its members are seven Universities and four organizations. The center is located in Rome, Italy.

Riccardo Giacconi astrophysicist

Riccardo Giacconi was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.

Roy Kerr New Zealand mathematician and bridge player

Roy Patrick Kerr is a New Zealand mathematician who discovered the Kerr geometry, an exact solution to the Einstein field equation of general relativity. His solution models the gravitational field outside an uncharged rotating massive object, including a rotating black hole. His solution to Einstein's equations predicted spinning black holes before they were discovered.

The objectives of the program

The IRAP Ph.D. program grants a joint Ph.D. degree among the participating institutions. [3]

The core of the program is the international consortium. It assembles expertise of its members for preparation of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics, and related fields of general relativity, cosmology and quantum field theory. [4]

One of the goals of the program is mobility: every student admitted to the IRAP Ph.D. is part of a team at one of the consortium members, and each year visits the other centers to keep track of developments in the other fields. Within the IRAP Ph.D. program, students are systematically trained in the techniques of research management and in the nature and organization of scientific projects. [4] [5]

The consortium

Since 2005 ICRANet has co-organized the IRAP Ph.D. program together with:

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein’s theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational wave astronomy. The Institute was founded in 1995 and is located in Golm, Potsdam and in Hannover.

Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas physics research institute in Brazil

The Brazilian Center for Research in Physics is a physics research center in the Urca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro sponsored by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology. CBPF was founded in 1949 from a joint effort of Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes, and Jayme Tiomno. Throughout its existence, CBPF became an internationally renowned research institution, organizing several international meetings and hosting many renowned physicists, like Richard Feynman and J. Robert Oppenheimer. It was also the starting point of important Brazilian institutions, like the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), the National Laboratory for Scientific Computation (LNCC) and the National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light (LNLS). Since its creation, CBPF has been one of the most important Physics research institutions in Brazil, and its graduate program ranks among the best in the country.

Indian Centre for Space Physics

The Indian Centre for Space Physics (ICSP) is an Indian non-profit research organisation dedicated to carrying out advanced research in astronomy, astrophysics and space science. It is a sister institute of the University of Calcutta. It is located in the southern part of the city of Kolkata. Its new campus is being built on Eastern metropolitan bypass behind Metro Cash and Carry. Its Ionospheric and Earthquake Research Centre (IERC) where a 24-inch optical telescope is being installed there. School and college students regularly carry out sky watching using its 10-inch telescope.

The faculty

As of 2015, the faculty of the IRAP Ph.D. program consists of:

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia(Sapienza Università di Roma)
Stefano Ansoldi(Università degli Studi di Udine)
Ulisses Barres de Almeida(Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil)
Vladimir Belinski (Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet)
Carlo Luciano Bianco(Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet)
Donato Bini(CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone")
Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti(Indian Centre For Space Physics, India)
Pascal Chardonnet

(Erasmus Mundus Coordinator)

(Université de Savoie)
Christian Cherubini(Università "Campus Biomedico" di Roma)
Andreas Eckart(University of Cologne)
Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques)
Jaan Einasto (Tartu Observatory)
Sergio Frasca(Sapienza Università di Roma)
Filippo Frontera(Università di Ferrara)
Jean-Marc Gambaudo(Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
Paolo Giommi(ASI – Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
Luis Herrera Cometta(University of Salamanca)
Yipeng Jing(Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China)
Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin)
Michael Kramer(Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy)
Jutta Kunz-Drolshagen(Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg)
Luca Lamagna(University of Sapienza)
Claus Lämmerzahl(Universität Bremen)
Olivier Legrand(Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
Francois Mignard(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
Hermann Nicolai(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam)
Kjell Rosquist(Stockholm University)
Jorge Rueda

(CAPES-ICRANet coordinator)

(Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet)
Remo Ruffini

(Director)

(Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet)
Felix Ryde(Stockholm University)
Farrokh Vakili(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
Gregory Vereshchagin(Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet)
She Sheng Xue(Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet)
Shuangnan Zhang(Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science)

Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate (2010-2017)

Launched in 2004 under the Bologna Declaration, the Erasmus Mundus programs have supported academic cooperation and mobility with partner countries to form the joint European Higher Education Area. During 2010-2017 the IRAP Ph.D has taken part in the Erasmus Mundus program of the European Commission [6] and has enrolled 5 cycles of students [7] with the total amount of 44 students. The Nice University was the host organization. [8]

CAPES-ICRANet Program (2013-2018)

In 2013 CAPES and ICRANet have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the establishment of the CAPES-ICRANet Program. Each year five fellowships for Brazilian students are granted. Each fellowship lasts for three years with the final Ph.D. degree jointly delivered by the academic institutions participating in the program.

Schools and seminars

Within IRAP Ph.D. program ICRANet organizes Ph.D. schools. In particular 15 schools were held in Nice and Les Houches, France, within the EMJD program:

ICRANet co-organizes a Joint Astrophysics Seminar at the Department of Physics of the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and ICRA in Rome. All institutions collaborating with ICRANet as well as the ICRANet centers participate in these seminars via video conferencing.

Statistics

The official language of the program is English, but students have the opportunity to learn the language of their host country, following a variety of courses at the partner universities.

As of 2015, the IRAP-Ph.D. has seen the enrollment of 111 students: 1 from Albania, 3 from Argentina, 5 from Armenia, 1 from Austria, 2 from Belarus, 16 from Brazil, 5 from China, 9 from Colombia, 2 from Croatia, 5 from France, 5 from Germany, 7 from India, 2 from Iran, 34 from Italy, 2 from Kazakhstan, 1 from Mexico, 1 from Pakistan, 4 from Russia, 1 from Serbia, 1 from Sweden, 1 from Switzerland, 1 from Taiwan, 1 from Turkey, 1 from Ukraine.

During 2011-2015 more than 500 applications from 70 countries from all over the world were considered and 44 Ph.D. candidates were selected including roughly 30% female candidates. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "ICRANet Members". ICRANet.
  2. ↑ "The 2005-2007 ICRANet Scientific Report". ICRANet.
  3. ↑ "Objectives".
  4. 1 2 3 Chardonnet, Pascal (2015-12-17). "Artium mater in relativistic astrophysics : New perspectives for a European-Latin American PhD program". AIP Conference Proceedings. AIP Publishing. 1693: 070008. doi:10.1063/1.4937221.
  5. ↑ "Uniroma1".
  6. ↑ "EMJD Final" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "IRAP PhD EU".
  8. ↑ "Unice".
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