PhD positions at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Call for applications for the Research Doctorate schools at
Ca' Foscari University of Venice 25th cycle – Academic Year
2009/2010

Available courses
1. Ca' Foscari University of Venice starts the 25th cycle of the following research doctoral courses for the
2009/2010 academic year:
Doctoral school in Linguistic, cognitive and education sciences
1. Research doctorate in Linguistic science
2. Research doctorate in Cognitive and education science
Doctoral school in Humanities
3. Research doctorate in Philosophy
4. Research doctorate in Italian studies and classical and medieval philology
5. Research doctorate in Ancient history and archaeology, Art history
"Ca' Foscari" Inter-university doctoral school in Law
6. Research doctorate in European law for civil, commercial and employment contracts
International doctoral school in European and Mediterranean social history
7. Research doctorate in European social history from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period
Doctoral school in Languages, cultures and societies
8. Research doctorate in Languages, cultures and societies
Doctoral school in Science and Technologies (SDST)
9. Research doctorate in Computer science
10. Research doctorate in Environmental sciences
11. Research doctorate in Chemical sciences

Call for application:
http://www.unive. it/media/ allegato/ Placement/ Dottorato/ 25_cicloB/ announcement. pdf

http://www.unive. it/nqcontent. cfm?a_id= 67002
http://www.unive. it/nqcontent. cfm?a_id= 67003

MSc Scholarships at Alta Scuola Politecnica, Italy

ASP Calls 2009-2010

In the Academic Year 2009 - 2010 ASP enrols 150 students, 90 at Politecnico di Milano and 60 at Politecnico di Torino.

ASP students must be accepted by one of the MSc programs of Politecnico di Milano or Politecnico di Torino, therefore they should first apply to their elective MSc program.

Call for application:
http://www.asp- poli.it/presenta tion/resources/ ASP_CALL_ 09.pdf
http://www.asp- poli.it/presenta tion/admission. html

15 PhD Scholarships at University of Padova, Italy

Grants for foreign students
http://www.unipd. it/en/doctorates /grants.htm

The University of Padova, through the funding of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, offers research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Schools/Internation al Courses. During the 3-year doctoral programme, successful candidates will be offered full board and lodging.

Notification of 15 PhD grants for foreign students (25th series)
Deadline: 3rd September 2009

Call for application
Instruction for filling in the application form
Application form

Annex 1 - List of School Curricula
Annex 2 - General terms and conditions for fellowships
Annex 3- Doctoral Schools and related research lines
FAQ

Studying in Padova
Living in Padova

Info: Research Training Office
Via del Padovanino, 9 - 35123 Padova
phone +39 049 827 3754/3935 fax +39 049 827 3780
e-mail: formazione.ricerca@ unipd.it
Mail address: via 8 febbraio 2 - 35122 Padova

http://www.unipd. it/en/doctorates /grants.htm

10 PhD positions, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE, PISA, ITALY

ANNOUNCEMENT OF DOCTORAL (PhD) POSITIONS RESERVED TO CITIZENS OF NON-EUROPEAN UNION NATIONS
Academic year 2009/2010

http://www.sns. it/en/scuola/ ammissione/ corsodiperfezion amento/bandounic o

Art. 1
Number of positions

The Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa announces a competition based on candidates' degrees and work to date for the academic year 2009/2010 for 10 doctoral (PhD) positions, reserved to university graduates from non-European Union nations.

Applications are invited for the following subject areas in the Faculty of Arts: Modern Languages and Linguistics; Classical Languages, Linguistics and History; Philosophy; History (from Medieval to Contemporary) ; Art History.

Applications are invited for the following subject areas in the Faculty of Sciences: Molecular Biophysics; Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Mathematics; Mathematics for Industry and Finance; Neurobiology.

Art. 2
Admission Requirements

University graduates from non-European Union nations, born after 31 December 1977, who have attained a 2nd- cycle university degree or equivalent or who will complete it by 30 September 2009 for candidates to the Faculty of Arts or by 30 November 2009 for the Faculty of Sciences and who have not been the object of the disciplinary measure - provided for by the academic and internal Regulations - of expulsion from the Scuola Normale Superiore can compete for positions in the doctoral programs.

Evaluation of the equivalency of the degree is entrusted, for the purposes of the competition only, to the Selection Committee as described in art. 3.

It is strongly recommended that candidates to PhD programs in the Faculty of Sciences take the "GRE – Subject Test" administered by the ETS (see www.ets.org/ gre/), within the application deadline indicated in this announcement, in the subject area corresponding to the PhD for which they are applying, as outlined below:

PhD in Mathematics or Mathematics for Technology and Finance: Subject = Mathematics;
PhD in Physics or in Condensed Matter Physics: Subject = Physics;
PhD in Chemistry: Subject = Chemistry;
PhD in Neurobiology: Subject = Biology;
PhD in Molecular Biology: Subject = Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology.

Candidates who take (or have taken) the GRE must explicitly indicate to the ETS that the Scuola Normale Superiore is (one of) the institution( s) to which results are to be sent. The Committee will evaluate whether the candidates have passed the test or not, and the score received. Candidates who obtain a position in the PhD program at the Scuola Normale will be reimbursed the application costs of the Subject Test.

Art. 3
Application and deadline

Application for admission to the competition can be made for only one subject area and can be presented no more than twice.
The application, written out as per the attached facsimile (Attachment A), addressed to the President of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7 – 56126 PISA, must arrive to the Scuola Normale no later than 30 June 2009.
Late arrival of the application and related materials, no matter what the cause, even if posted by the deadline, will result in non-admission to the competition.

4 PhD positions, ICT & Robotics, Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy

Call for application A.Y. 2009-10 - Non EU citizens
http://www.sssup. it/context. jsp?ID_LINK= 473&area= 46

Online application
http://www.sssup. it/domandeSifur/ index_perf_ phd.jsp

Selection schedule

Assessment of the Titles: 25 June '09, 9.00 a.m.

Selection overview

The Ph.D. in Innovative Technologies of Information & Communication Engineering and Robotics is a three-year residential program with highly interdisciplinary connotation, where students can specialize in one of the following curricula:
- Embedded Systems, with emphasis on real-time systems and resource management.
- Telecommunications, especially referring to networks and photonic technologies.
- Biorobotics, including micro-engineering, biomedical engineering, biomimetic robotics, rehabilitation technologies and computer assisted surgery.
- Perceptual Robotics, with emphasis on telerobotics, cognitive robotics and virtual environments.

Admission Requirements:
- Applicants must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree or equivalent title;
- they should not be older than 35 years on June 18, 2008; older than 35 may be exceptionally admitted by the Examination Committee;
- the candidates whose native language is not English should hold an internationally acknowledged certificate specifying their intermediate- level of English knowledge.

Positions and grants:
- 4 positions with 4 fellowships (amounting to € 14.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities): 1 position for each curriculum

Deadlines:
- Candidates are requested to apply online at: www.sssup.it/ phdapplicationon line by June 11, 2009, 12.00 pm GMT.
In case of problems with the online application, please contact the PhD Administration Office (tel. +39 050 88.33.36-88. 33.83), e-mail: techschool@sssup. it).
- An hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together with the enclosures requested, must reach (regardless of forwarding date) by June 18, 2009:

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 PISA, Italy

"Application PhD in Innovative Technologies" must be written on the envelopment.

Application and attachments:
Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:
a) a copy of their passport;
b) two copies of their Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum. Please, use the EU model
c) photocopy of Candidate's University Master Degree (to be translated in Italian or in English except those written in French, German, Spanish);
d) detailed list of academic courses taken. This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or semester) examination was taken;
e) a copy of their degree thesis (or two abstracts in English) and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable;
f) the certificates of knowledge of the English language;
g) two copies of a detailed Research Project, of no more than 3,000 words, which will describe the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the PhD course.
The Research Project will include:
- a title;
- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expectations of the research;
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;
h) at least two Reference Letters written by Faculty Members who have supervised the applicant's work during his/her university studies;
i) a numbered list of documents attached

Selection of applicants:
- Assessment of the Titles: assessment of all the submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.

Beginning of the PhD Programme
The PhD Programme will start on November 3, 2009

Information:
techschool@sssup. it
tel. +39 050 88.33.36, +39 050 88.33.83

Attached documents:
Call for applications- Non EU Citizens (file pdf, 60 Kb)
CV European template (file doc, 113 Kb)

14 PhD fellowships at Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

website link:
http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/laureati/dottorati/fnea.php
or
http://www.uniroma1.it/documenti/studenti/laureati/dottorati/fnea_call.pdf

Call for Applications to fellowships and admission of Foreign Nationals Educated Abroad

The Università di Roma "La Sapienza" offers n. 14 Ph.D. fellowships for attaining the degree of "Dottore di Ricerca" (Ph.D.) in the Doctoral Schools listed in appendix.

Each fellowship amounts to 19.800,00 € per year; this amount includes national insurance (INPS) contributions that fellowship recipients are required to pay (8,57% for 2009).

The Ph.D. Programme lasts for three years and may be extended to a fourth year (without grant), subject to approval by the School authorities. At the end of the first and second year of attendance, students have to be evaluated as proficient according to the rules of the Schools.

Applications are opened to candidates who:
* are not Italian citizens;
* are not residents of Italy;
* have obtained an academic qualification abroad by a non-Italian institution which satisfies the entrance requirements for admission to the Doctoral Programme, i.e., a degree equivalent to the Italian diploma di laurea/laurea specialistica/ laurea magistrale, or expect to obtain it before 31 July 2009. The equivalence of each qualification to the relevant Italian degree will be ascertained (for the sole purpose of this competition) by the Academic Board of the Schools.

PhD positions at University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Italy

Admissions Announcement

The Announcement for Foreign Student Applications will be published on April 3rd, 2009 . The application process will be activated at that time.

Pre-selection Announcement for Foreign Students

Pre-selection has begun for foreign students applying for a position in a Doctoral Program for the academic year 2009/10.

The number of positions funded by the University will be established by the Graduate School.

Foreign students wishing to apply for admission to a Doctoral Program for the academic year 2009/10 must submit an application via the online form available at the following website which will be active on April 3rd 2009 and deadline is May 25th, 2009:

http://delphi. uniroma2. it/totem/ jsp/Concorsi/ ConcorsoOTest. jsp?language= en

Some doctoral courses have specific conditions of admissions. Those will be advertised on the following web page:

http://dottorati. uniroma2. it/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=913&catid= 275&Itemid= 259&lang= it_IT.utf8% 2C+it_IT. UT

Foreign students will be evaluated by submitting an online application. At the conclusion of the online application process, applicants must attach in electronic format a "zip" file with a maximum size of 15 MB containing:

1. A Curriculum Vitae with details of achieved degree(s), relevant examination results and/or results of degree requirements with assessment and/or grade (i.e., transcript details), and the date of degree achievement.
2. A research proposal (maximum size of 1 page on A4 paper)
3. List of Publications

Foreign students are required to provide a recommendation form to two university professors in Italy or abroad. The two completed recommendation forms must be returned to the Graduate School Office. The recommendation form will be found on the web:

http://dottorati. uniroma2. it/index. php?option= com_artforms& formid=3& lang=it_IT. utf8%2C+it_ IT.UT

Foreign candidates whose application has passed preliminary screening will be invited to take part in a Skype interview with a professor from their desired program of study.

The Doctoral School will publish the list of candidates granted a Skype interview and the timetable of those interviews. The information can be found at the following webpage:

http://dottorati. uniroma2. it/

Candidates whose two letters of recommendation are not received will be excluded from selection.

Candidates will also be excluded from the selection process if they fail to disclose in their Curriculum Vitae relevant examination results and/or results of degree requirements with assessment and/or grade (i.e., transcript details), and the date of degree achievement.

Candidates will also be excluded if they hold a degree which the Coordinator does not consider equivalent to an Italian degree or equivalent to the Program's requirements.

Candidates possessing degree(s) not achieved in Italy will have to submit to the Administration of the Doctoral School a Declaration of Relative Value (or "dichiarazione di valore relativa al titolo") within three months of registration. The Declaration is obtainable from the Italian Embassy or Consulate in the country where the degree was completed.

Students who fail to present proof of value within three months of registration will be excluded from the program

Pre-selection applications will be evaluated by the Coordinator or by a committee appointed by the Coordinator of the PhD Program and they will admit candidates deemed suitable.

58 PhD positions in IT at Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:33:55 +0200
From: "Antonio Capone"

Call for PhD applications in Information Technology
at Politecnico di Milano, Italy

The Politecnico di Milano offers 58 PhD positions within the Information Technology (IT) PhD Program of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DEI). The duration of the program is 3 years and admission is on a competitive basis. Most of the positions are supported by a scholarship with competitive salary (approx 1250 Euros net per month) and additional support for lodging is provided to the best foreign students. Applicants must hold a master degree but also students that graduate in Italian universities by December 2009 can apply. Applications from foreign students and students from other Italian universities are especially encouraged.

IT PhD Program:
The IT PhD Program offers young students graduated in scientific disciplines an international and stimulating environment for advanced training and research activities in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics, Systems and Control, Communications and Networks, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches. The joint projects with renowned international research institutions make it easier to enter the world of international research, thanks to interaction with scientific personalities and visiting periods in laboratories worldwide. The industrial joint projects in applied
research allow PhD students to become acquainted to the activities of today's most technologically advanced companies, thus gaining the knowledge necessary to a more conscious choice between a career in
industry or in academia. More information is available at the web site of the IT PhD program (http://phd.dei. polimi.it).

Application:
The official call for applications is available on the PhD school web site (http://pcsiwa12. rett.polimi. it/~phdweb/). Application deadline is in April 30, 2009. The PhD Program starts on January 1st, 2010. Please refer to the official call for details on the application procedure and requirements. The selection process is based on the CV, a motivation letter and recommendation letters. A phone interview may be also required. Preliminary contacts among applicants and faculty members of the DEI are highly encouraged. Please take a look at the list of professors of the department and their personal web pages, and to the research labs. A list of PhD thesis proposals is also available (please consider that additional proposals can be obtained contacting directly faculty members).
This should help applicants in selecting one or more potential research topics for the PhD.
Use the motivation letter to explain why you are applying for a PhD program and what you expect from the program, as well as to present your skills and characteristics that in your opinion can make you a successful candidate.
Include in the motivation letter a description of the research topic you have in mind (even more than one if you like) and explain what contributions you would like to add to the state-of-the- art. Also mention in the letter if you had preliminary contacts with faculty members.
Ask to persons that know you professionally to write recommendation letters for you. Remember that the selection committee will probably consider both the content of the letters and the reputation in the scientific and academic community of their authors. Write in your CV all the information that can help the committee to evaluate your career and your skills.

About Politecnico di Milano and DEI:
The Politecnico di Milano is a science and technology university producing engineers, architects and industrial designers through a variety of innovative specializing courses, with great attention being devoted to all sides of education. The Politecnico di Milano was established in 1863 and is now ranked as one of the most outstanding European technical universities.
The "Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione" (DEI) is one of the largest European ICT departments in Europe, both for its size and for the quality of its research. With over 600 members, researchers, collaborators, PhD students, technical and administrative staff, the Department is a vital institution capable of promoting education, fundamental and applied research, and technology transfer to companies. The quality of the research work is demonstrated by the
broad network of partnerships with the best international institutions, which makes the Department one of the fundamental players in the worldwide scenario of scientific and technological innovation. The orientation towards the future goes together with a tradition of excellence matured in over 60 years of activity.
The result is an environment favorable to the growth of talented people, to the creation of new ideas and enterprises, to the collaboration with private companies and public institutions.

For more information:
DEI: www.dei.polimi. it - IT PhD Program: http://phd.dei. polimi.it
PhD Program secretary: dottoratoinginfo@ elet.polimi. it

--
Antonio Capone, PhD
Associate Professor
Politecnico di Milano
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione
piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Milano - Italy
Ph: +39 02 2399 3449
Fax: +39 02 2399 3413
Web: http://home.dei.polimi.it/capone
http://antlab.elet.polimi.it