The training project of the course includes, in addition to the research activities supervised by a tutor assigned to each student (and by a possible co-tutor), training activities specifically designed and organized for the students of the doctoral course. The overall activities (research and training) of the student are monitored and evaluated annually by the board of teachers.

The training activities are structured in order to provide skills in the field of technologies for industrial innovation, focusing both on the acquisition of transversal skills, of general importance regardless of the specific theme of research and curricular orientation, and specific skills in the mechatronic, energy, and management fields. For transversal skills courses will be organized related to: technical English, project management, research enhancement, programming techniques and artificial intelligence. The specific courses at the curricular level will instead be focused on acquiring skills on emerging technologies in specific areas, and which can have a significant impact on industrial innovation. For mechatronics and energy, for example: hydrogen technologies, innovative materials, new CAD design tools, additive manufacturing technologies. For management software, for example: machine learning techniques, data-driven optimization techniques, process innovation, control techniques. In addition to these structured courses, the organization of short seminars held by external experts (e.g., visiting professors, representatives of industrial research) on innovative issues, on average bi-weekly.

The doctoral course guarantees the delivery of courses and seminars in a total number of credits equal to allow students to accrue the necessary training credits established by the regulations. The course also allows students to earn a part of the credits with training activities of another nature (e.g., courses organized by other doctorates or summer schools) if relevant to the objectives of the research.