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

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

 Calls for admission to the 40th series of the program

SECOND SPECIAL CALL FOR APPLICANTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES for SELECTED RESEARCH TOPICS
DEADLINE November 21, 2024 AT 13:00 CET 
2 fully granted positions are available; eligible candidates have obtained their degree by December 31st, 2024 or earlier
Application platform: https://pica.cineca.it/unipd/dottorati40autunno//

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: Please prepare your CV, possibly according to the Europass template. In any case, follow a chronological order within each section of your curriculum, starting from the most recent item backward. For instance, within the section 'Education' start with the most recent academic degree you have obtained. Finally, specify on the top of the CV your graduation score or – for applicants yet to graduate – your exam scores' average.
Schedule
 (all dates refer to CET time zone)
21 November 2024 13:00: application deadline 

26 November 2024 13:00: deadline for the referees to insert their recommendation letters
 upon the applicant's invitation
04 December 2024: 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.
10 December 2024: starting day of the interviews
; the interviews' outcome 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.
10 January 2025: applicants' ranking and information about the enrolment procedure are published here 
17 January 2025: enrolment deadline for successful applicants
01 February 2025: start of the doctoral program
Vacant places: 
Following the explicit or tacit withdrawal by successful candidates before the start of the course, the PhD Office will contact the other eligible candidates directly