Students of the ICT International Doctoral School students can enjoy the following benefits and services:
Scholarship
The majority of the PhD positions are covered by scholarships. Currently the gross amount is 1.607,48€ per year. The scholarship net amount varies, depending on the country of residence and on country-specific taxation agreements, but typically ranges from 12.000 to 13.500€ per year.
ICT Areas
Computer Science
- Bioinformatics details
- Data and Knowledge Management details
- Distributed Systems details
- Embedded Electronics and Computing Systems details - Intelligent Information Processing details
- Language, Speech and Interfaces details
- Machine learning and Intelligent optimization details
- Networking details
- Software Engineering and Formal Methods details
Telecommunications:
- Intelligent Information Processing details
- Language, Speech and Interfaces details
- Multimedial Signal Processing and Understanding details
- Networking details
- Remote Sensing and Systems for Environmental Monitoring details
- Wireless Communication details
Electronics
- Embedded Electronics and Computing Systems details
- Nano- and Micro- Systems details
Support for housing expenses
Students that are not residents of Trento and have a valid housing contract receive additional support from the University and the Province of Trento which currently amounts to approx 200€ per month. Additional information can be found here.
Tuition fees and waivers
Students who win a PhD scholarship will have the tuition fees (15000€ over three years) waived.
Students without scholarship will have to pay the fees unless they qualify for one of the fee-waiving conditions mentioned in the call for applications, or unless the institution in which they conduct research agrees to sponsor the fees for them.
