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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Italy: 15 PhD grants for foreign students at Università di Padova

Overview

For the academic year 2010/2011 Università 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 Università 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.

The original signed copies of the application must arrive within the 2nd September 2010 at the following address:

Università 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.


SCHOLARSHIPS

The amount of the scholarship is 13.638,47 Euro per year. Scholarships are paid by monthly instalments. The first instalment is paid on the month following the actual beginning of the course. The fruition of the scholarship is conditional on the compliance with the provisions of Annex 2 – General Terms and Conditions for Fellowship. The amount of the scholarship is increased by 50% for periods of study abroad, excluding the official country of residence of the doctoral student. The periods of study abroad must be authorized by the competent body of the School/International Course.

This announcement is available on the web site of Università degli Studi di Padova: http://www.unipd.it/en/doctorates/grants.htm

Any change or addition to this announcement will be made public through:

- posting on the ’albo ufficiale di Ateneo’ (official University register);
- posting on the ’albo del Servizio Formazione alla Ricerca’ (Training to Research register);
- publication on the University of Padua’s website: http://www.unipd.it/en/doctorates/grants.htm

Instruction for filling in the application form
Application form

Further information and detailed instructions can be obtained from:
Università di Padova - Servizio Formazione alla Ricerca
Ms. Sara Fedel (+39 049 8273935)
Mr. Marco Santagati (+39 049 8273754)
e-mail: doctoral.grants@unipd.it
fax +39 049 8273780


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