Who can Apply, How and When
In this health emergency period, the University of Bologna, and the Ph.D. program in Economics in particular, promptly re-organized all the academic activities: lessons, exams – and dissertation defenses – in the online mode. This way, we are currently ensuring full continuity of the study path of all its students.
Should the health alert persist after the summer and should restrictions to mobility still be in place -- in Italy or worldwide -- please be reassured that PhD students will have access to online lessons and exams during the first term of the Academic Year 2020-21.
For the academic year 2020/2021 a total of eight scholarships for full-time PhD students are available:
Candidates are asked to specify their interest in applying for one of the different types of scholarships. For the position in EDLE both Economics and Law backgrounds are welcome; the statement of purposes should include a short research project and information on the candidates’ specific skills and experience that makes them comparably well suited for the position.
Each scholarship amounts to € 15.343,28 gross per year (approx. € 13.500,00 net) for four years and is paid on a monthly basis. This amount is increased by 30% during visits abroad of no less than 1 month and no more than 18 months. The full-time scholarships will be assigned to the best applicants on a competitive basis.
All admitted students will also have an endowment in research funds for activities during their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year (around € 1.535 per year).
Further financial support takes the form of teaching assistantships with official calls from the University, and research assistantships (usually coming from professors’ own research funds).
We welcome candidates from any country, gender, and age holding a Master Degree (second cycle of higher education), or who are in line to complete it no later than October 31st, 2020. Such a degree must be one of the following:
Please note that: