15 PHD Scholarships for African Students: Padova University (Italy)

23 août 2011 admin Scholarship / Bourses

ANNOUNCEMENT OF 15 PHD GRANTS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE DOCTORAL SCHOOLS AND TO INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL COURSES
(27th series):
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
DEADLINE: 5 September 2011
Art. 1 ¡V PURPOSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT

For the academic year 2011/2012 the Universita 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 2012 and ending on the 31st December 2014.
Each position will be covered by a scholarship of 13.638,47 euro per year (gross value), fully funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo.

During the 3-year doctoral programme (2012-2014), the successful candidates will be offered full board and lodging at the ESU ¡V Azienda Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario. The connected charges will be covered by Universita degli Studi di Padova through Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo.

Art. 2 ¡V 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). 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 admitted to the selection with due reservation. The University can at any time exclude applicants lacking admission requirements. This measure will be communicated to the party concerned by e-mail.

Applications for the competition must be filled in exclusively through the online procedure available at: http://unipd.cineca.it/foreignstudents within 10.00 a.m. of the deadline date (5 September 2011).

Servizio Formazione alla Ricerca

via 8 febbraio, 2

35122 Padova, Italy

 

The date of the postmark will not be accepted as an evidence of meeting the application deadline. Applications and documents arriving after the deadline will not be considered.

For a detailed description of the program, please refer to the following letter in PDF format:  PHD Scholarships in Italy- released on August 8th 2011

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