Ph.D. courses of Scuola Normale Superiore

Prerequisites

All doctoral programmes are open to Italian citizens and to foreign students.

All students admitted to our doctoral programmes receive scholarships, which include tuition fees and a grant for board and accommodation. The scholarship is guaranteed to students who maintain a high academic level and make significant progress in their thesis work.

All students will be entitled to additional funding for their research activity, even abroad.

For each postgraduate course, a place is reserved for candidates who have obtained a valid qualification, for access to the competition, in foreign universities.

The following candidates, regardless of their citizenship, can apply:

those who have obtained a master’s degree in Italy or an equivalent qualification in a non-Italian university by October 31, 2020;
those who were born after October 31, 1988.

Admission to doctoral programmes will be based on academic assessment of candidates and on interviews.

Deadlines

Submission of the applications:

Spring session: 11:59 pm (CET) of Thursday, February 27, 2020;
Autumn session: 11:59 pm (CEST) of Thursday, 27 August, 2020.

Evaluation of qualifications:

Spring session: by Friday, March 13, 2020;
Autumn session: by Monday, September 14, 2020.

Interviews:

Spring session: from Monday, March 23, 2020 to Thursday, April 23, 2020;
Autumn session: from Monday, September 21, 2020 to Wednesday, September 30, 2020.