Required and Supporting Documents to be attached to the Application
Only documents in Italian, English, French, German and Spanish shall be considered as valid and be assessed by the Admission Board. Only qualifications obtained during the last 5 calendar years shall be taken into consideration, except for the University Degree. The Admission Board will assess the relevance of the supporting documents to the PhD Programme.
The application must be accompanied by:
- Valid identity document with photo (i.e. identity card, passport).
- Curriculum Vitae in any format.
- Documents attesting the awarding of the first and second cycle degrees, the exams taken and the marks obtained (see art. 3.2 of the Call for Applications).
- Multi-annual research proposal, with special emphasis on the activities to be completed during the first-year course. The proposal must meet the following requirements:
- it must mention the theme of the research proposal in coherence with those of the PhD Programme;
- It cannot exceed 20.000 characters, including spaces and formulas, if present. This figure does not include: the title, the outline, references and images (such as graphs, diagrams, tables etc - where present);
- It must include: project description; the state of the art; expected results; three-year research timeline; references.
- Abstract of the second cycle degree thesis. Applicants who are yet to obtain their second cycle degree may submit the draft of their thesis (abstracts cannot exceed 5,000 characters, including spaces and formulas, if present. The above figure does not include: title, outline, images such as graphs, diagrams, tables etc. if present).
- No more than 2 reference letters signed by Italian and/or international academics and professionals in the research field, who do not form part of the Admission Board, attesting the suitability of the applicant and his/her interest for the scientific research. Letters shall be uploaded following the procedure on Studenti Online, detailed in the Call for Applications (art. 3.2).
- List of scientific publications (i.e. monographs, articles on scientific journals, volume chapters).
- Postgraduate vocational training programmes/specialisation programmes (Corsi di perfezionamento e/o di specializzazione e/o di Alta Formazione) relevant to the PhD Programme.
- Other documents attesting the applicant's training and skills (i.e. scholarships, prizes).