PhD Programmes and positions available

You can find here the list of scholarships bound to specific research topics.

PhD Programmes and curricula

Available positions

With scholarship Without scholarship
Law, Market and Persons 7 2
Economics 6 2
Management 6 2
Philosophy and Educational Sciences 5 1
Computer Science 7 2
Italian Studies 5 1
Modern Languages, Cultures and Societies and Linguistics 6 2
Science and Management of Climate Change 9 3
Environmental Sciences 7 2
Asian and Africa Studies 6 1
Ancient Heritage Studies (Inter-University Programme) 9 0
History of Arts (Inter-University Programme) 9 3
In case of implementation of what is set forth in art. 19, paragraph 1, Law n. 210 of 30 December 2010, the number of positions without scholarship may be increased in compliance with a later order.

How to apply

Before applying

Read carefully the Call for applications and the information about the PhD Programme for which you want to apply (Attachment "A");

Check the admission requirements (art. 3) listed in the Call and in Attachment "A";

If you have obtained a degree abroad, please refer to art. 4 of this Call or to the webpage concerning the admission requirements;

Make sure that you have the documents to be submitted online in the allowed format (PDF).

If you need further assistance, please write an email to phd.application@unive.it or dial +39 041 234 7329 between 10 am and 12 pm (Italian Time) from Monday to Friday.

Deadline

Application must be fulfilled by 1:00 pm (Italian time) on Friday, April 24th, 2015, under penalty of exclusion.

To be considered valid, all candidates must submit their applications using the online procedure as referred to in the above paragraph.

Do not wait until the due date to apply! If you find you're missing some documents and have problems with internet connection you might not succeed in applying just in time. Even if you have to hand over any printed material, please, do it before the deadline: you may find a queue.

Incomplete applications, applications lacking the obligatory academic qualifications shall not be considered valid.

How to fill in the application form online

First Step:

Registration on the university website at the end of which a username and password will be assigned that you must use during enrolment procedure (this step is mandatory; if you do not risk not to be able to enroller if you are a winner!). If you already possess the credentials required to access the reserved area (for example as former students of the university), this stage is skipped.

TAX CODE: tax code is an alphanumeric code that needs for italian fiscal purpose. It is not a problem if you have not an italian tax code: when you insert your personal data, the computer system will automatically calculate the tax code. Remind that code because you have to use the same on the second step of on line application.

Second Step:

Access to the links for the PhD programme you want to partecipate. If you need to apply for more PhDs, you need to do more separate applications accessing different links indicated in the notice and filling in all the fields whenever.

WARNING: Candidates who wish to apply for the PhDs programme divided into curriculum, may apply for only one curriculum in the PhD.

The qualifications and publications required by the forms included with this call for applications (Attachment "A") must be attached to the online application form in a PDF format and enclosed with files not larger than 10 MB, no later than Friday, April 24th, 2015 - at 1:00 pm. You may also add, delete or modify the attached documents after completion of the online application, on condition that you do so by 1.00 pm on Friday, April 24th, 2015. Lengthy publications may be submitted separately, accompanied by a relevant list, by 1.00 pm on Friday, April 24th, 2015 by hand or by post to the following address: Università Ca' Foscari - Scuola Dottorale di Ateneo, San Sebastiano Dorsoduro 1686, 30123 Venezia. The postmark date will not be considered.

Pursuant to Presidential Decree (D.P.R.) no. 445 of 28 December 2000, as amended by article 15, paragraph 1, of Law no. 183 of 12th November 2011, Italian and European citizens are required to submit only a self-declaration with regard to the following personal statuses and details, as certified by Public Administrations, specified in this call for applications and the accompanying forms (Attachment "A"). All documents for the previous clause 3 must be written in Italian or English, or translated into Italian or English. This is the candidates' responsibility.

The reference letters, optional, must be requested directly by the candidate to the teacher / expert reference only through the online procedure. The procedure allows the candidate to enter one or two email addresses of teachers / experts chosen. Once you have completed the application, the teachers / experts selected will receive an email with which you are requesting a reference letter and a link to the web page where they can uploaded it. Applicants will receive a confirmation email when the teacher / expert chosen successfully uploaded the letter in the procedure. If one or both of the teachers / experts don't upload the letter, it is possible for the candidate to send a remind, or replace it with another teacher. All these operations can be done until the deadline. Candidates must not upload reference letters, but they must only indicate the email tof the academis/other experts. We will not allow other forms of sending letters.

Be sure to complete the online application: your application will be fulfilled after receive an email with a receipt with code candidate's application (if you do not receive the email, check your junk mail box / Spam, might be over there). Incomplete applications will not be accepted. In the email is also shown the link from where you can access the application to consult / modify it using your tax code and the code assigned, always within the deadline stipulated by the call.

Taking the exam: procedure and schedule

The timing of the selections (which will be held approximately from mid-May to mid-June 2015), the composition of the Examination Boards and the dates of publication of the final classification results will be announced in a subsequent notice on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015. The online publication of this calendar is equivalent to notification in all respects for the purpose of convening the evidence, if any. Therefore the candidates are required to appear, without notice, at the headquarters of the evidence, the day and time specified in the notice, showing a valid ID document.

Enrolment information

Successful candidates within three working days of the date of publication of the shortlist on the University website must, due to withdrawal:
a) complete the online enrolment procedure available accessing to the Personal Area;
b) pay the tuition and enrolment fees.

Further details on how to fill out the enrolment form and on how to pay the tuition fees will be available here.

Candidates intending to withdraw must do so within three working days of the date of publication of the shortlist on the University website by sending an email to postlauream@unive.it. Candidates failing to send a communication of intent to withdraw within three working days will be considered to have withdrawn in any case.

In case of withdrawal by candidates, their places will be assigned in accordance with Art. 8, paragraph 7 of the call. Candidates concerned will receive an email offering them a place. They must accept within three working days of the date of the email by following the same procedure as above.

Withdrawing candidates are not entitled to a refund of fees paid.

Candidates may not simultaneously enrol in other PhD programmes or other university courses held in other universities or research institutions, either in Italy or abroad. If already enrolled in a university programme, candidates may suspend their studies, if provided for under current law, for the entire duration of the PhD programme, following the procedure laid down by the University where they enrolled first.

Further Information
http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=173236
Application Deadline : 24 April 2015