Admission

Admission to the BMCS doctoral program is by application to a call posted on this page. The ordinary call open to all nationalities is issued annually in spring; other calls targeting specific themes or nationalities might open as well and are posted on this page.
International students who are already winners in their own country of a full doctoral fellowship can apply for a special admission procedure (Borse stati esteri).
Personal funding is not admitted.
Doctoral students who are already enrolled in a doctoral program outside Italy and interested in visiting BMCS for a limited period can use a dedicated application procedure for visiting Ph.D. students.

 Calls for admission to the 41st series of the program

CALL FOR APPLICANTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES
DEADLINE May 13th, 2025 AT 13:00 CEST 
11 fully granted positions are available; eligible candidates must have obtained their degree by September 30th, 2025, or earlier
Application platform: https://pica.cineca.it/unipd/dottorati41

Reference documents

- Description of the positions available, selection schedule and specific application instructions for the BMCS doctoral program (in English)/(in Italian)

- General call with information, including eligibility criteria and application procedure (in English)/(in Italian)
- Technical guidelines for the use of the application platform (in English) (in Italian)
Additional BMCS guidelines

- Project description: Please prepare the project description, making sure that it is 2000 words long and that it contains the following sections: Research project title, the background of your work based on an updated state of the art in the domain of your research project, overall project goal, expected advances to the discipline, expected impact or outcomes, research plan (main phases of the planned work, expected duration, dependence relation between phases), interdisciplinary aspects of the project, references

- CV: The Europass CV format is preferable (https://europass.europa.eu/en). When organizing the CV entries, please follow a chronological order from the most recent to the least recent (for example, in the "Qualifications" entry, start with the most recently acquired qualification). Furthermore, please report your degree grade in an easily identifiable position and bold type, or, if you have not yet graduated, the average exam grade (for Italian candidates) or the exam transcript (for international candidates).
Schedule
 (all dates refer to CEST time zone)
13 May 2025 13:00: application deadline 

19 May 2025 13:00: deadline for the referees to insert their recommendation letters
 upon the applicant's invitation
05 June 2025: preselection outcome and interview schedule of successful applicants are published on the present page; to open the files, the applicant will need the password received at the time of the application.
17 June 2025: starting day of the interviews
. The outcome of the interviews is published on the present page (it is not the final ranking but the grades assigned after the interview). To open the file, the applicant will need the password received at the time of the application.
02 July 2025: applicants' ranking and information about the enrolment procedure are published here 
25 July 2025: enrolment deadline for successful applicants
30 July 2025: publication of a list of replacement applicants here

07 August 2025: enrolment deadline for replacement applicants
26 August 2025: publication of any remaining vacant place here
28 August 2025: application deadline for remaining vacant places

02 September 2025: enrolment deadline for remaining vacant places
30 September 2025: closure of enrollment in any further remaining vacant place
01 November 2025: start of the doctoral program

CSC CALL FOR APPLICANTS OF CHINESE CITIZENSHIP
DEADLINE December 16, 2024 (expired)
2 positions available with a grant from the China Scholarship Council
Application information: https://www.unipd.it/en/scholarships-chinese-phd-students