Doctoral scholarships for foreign students, Italy

For the academic year 2010/2011 Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy, offers 15 research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Schools/International Courses (see annex 1 for the list of doctoral schools and international doctoral courses and related research lines). The duration of the doctoral courses is three years, starting on the 2nd January 2011 and ending on the 31st December 2013.

Each position will be covered by a scholarship of 13.638,47 Euro (before tax) per year, fully funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo. During the 3-year doctoral programme (2011-2013), the successful candidates will be offered full board and lodging at the ESU – Azienda Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario.

The connected charges will be covered by Universita degli Studi di Padova through Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Applicants are required to meet the following criteria in order to be eligible:
-To have foreign (non-Italian) citizenship;
-To have foreign (non-Italian) residence. Candidates must be in possession of this requirement within the deadline date.
-To have a foreign (non-Italian) academic qualification acknowledged as equivalent to the Diploma di Laurea/ Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale (at least four years of full time university education and allowing to apply for doctoral schools in the country where it was obtained).
The acknowledgement of the equivalence of the academic degree will be done by the relevant body of the Doctoral School/International Course, for the sole purpose of this competition. All candidates will be provisionally admitted to the selection procedure. The University can at any time exclude applicants lacking admission requirements through a justified administration regulation. This measure will be communicated to the concerned party by e-mail.

HOW TO APPLY
The application to the competition, written by filling in the relevant forms available at the website:
http://www.unipd.it/en/doctorates/grants.htm
must arrive within the 2nd September 2010 in two original copies and must be accompanied by the following documents:
- A Curriculum Vitae (see forms A1, A2 and B3) describing the main educational and work experiences as well as the list of publications;
- Study/Research plan (see form B1)
- Personal Statement (see form B2)
- Two letters of reference by professors or experts who have supervised the research and study activities of the candidate. Each of this letters must be put in a sealed envelope signed by the professor/expert and sent along with the application form;
- Two Certificates of the academic degree with the list of the examinations and of the marks and any other certificate that can be helpful for the evaluation of the candidate (e.g. linguistic competences, awards etc.)
- Two copies of the abstract of the thesis (between 3 and 10 pages), if a thesis was written in order to achieve the degree.
If the above documents are not written in Italian or English language, they must be accompanied by a translation in Italian or English language. The candidate must indicate in form A1 - section 4 the web address where the publications can be read.
The candidate may attach the electronic version of any other documents which is thought to be helpful for the evaluation (e.g. the thesis, publications etc.) only in .pdf format using a CD-ROM.

The original signed copies of the application must arrive within the 2nd September 2010 at the following address:
Universita degli Studi di Padova
Servizio Formazione alla Ricerca
via 8 febbraio, 2
35122 Padova, Italy

Applications and documents arriving after the deadline will not be considered.

The date of the postmark will not be accepted as evidence of meeting the application deadline.

List of Courses
Candidates can apply for only one Doctoral School/International Course among the ones listed in Annex 1 – List of Doctoral Schools and International Doctoral Courses, that can be found below. In case of several curricula within one School, the candidates have to choose at most three of them, stating priorities.

 

Tentative Application Deadline: 2 September 2010