The Doctoral Degree constitutes the third level of university education, following the master degree. It leads to the title of Ph.D. (Philosophiae Doctor). The aim of the Doctoral Degree is to prepare to scientific and technology research, by providing the skills necessary to exert high quality activities in companies, research centres, universities, and public and private entities. The Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering (Corso di Dottorato in Industrial Engineering) at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova is meant to promote, organize and manage highly innovative and multidisciplinary three-years training projects of doctoral level in the various fields of Industrial Engineering.