Scuola Normale Superiore PhD Scholarships in Italy

Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

PhD Degree

Deadline: 30 Aug 2016
Study in:  Italy
Course starts: November 2016

Last updated: 11 Feb 2016

Brief description: The Scuola Normale Superiore proposes fully-funded PhD scholarships to both Italian citizens and students from outside Italy.

Host Institution(s): Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.

Level/Field(s) of study: PhD Scholarship in the following fields: Cultures and societies of contemporary Europe, Cultures and societies of modern Europe, Philosophy, Classics, Physics, Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences, Nanosciences, Neurosciences, Political Science and Sociology.

Number of Awards: 91

Target group: All PhD scholarships are release to both Italian citizens and students from outside Italy. Every PhD course proposes scholarships preserved to students that graduated outside of Italy.

Scholarship value/inclusions: Every students admitted to the PhD program receive full financial support. This includes tuition, fees, and a cost-of living stipend (15,012 euro per year, plus free meals).  Every students will be assigned further funding for their research activity and travel.

Eligibility: Applications for admission are requestd from applicants who, irrespective of their citizenship, have an Italian laureamagistrale (MA/MS degree) or a comparable degree from outside Italy, or who expect to have obtained the degree required for admission by 31 October 2016 – failure to obtain the degree by this date will disqualify the applicant for admission.

Admission to the call is restricted to applicants who:

• • were born after 31 October 1986;
• • have no past criminal charges against them resulting in a prison term of more than three years;
• • have not been subject to the disciplinary measure of “expulsion” as specified in the didactic and internal regulations of the SNS;
• • are not in possession of a research doctorate issued by an Italian university, and in any case have never benefitted from a scholarship to concentrate a research doctorate course in Italy.

Application instructions: Applications for admission to the selection method must be registered online by 23:59 CET of the following dates: 30 August 2016, for the autumn session.

It is essential to browse the administrator website (link found below) to entrée the online application form and for in depth information on how to submit an application for this scholarship.

Website: Administrator Scholarship Website:  http://phd.sns.it/en/