PhD admission competition

Prerequisites

All Ph.D. courses are open to students of Italian and non-Italian citizenship.
Those who are admitted to our Ph.D courses receive a scholarship that includes a contribution to their accommodation, and have the right to free meals at the facilities of the Scuola.

No enrolment fee is required, and the Normale will reimburse the regional tax for the right to study.

All students have the right to further funds for their research activities, including those carried out abroad.

For each Ph.D. course one place is reserved for candidates who have obtained the degree qualifying them for admission to the selection process at non-Italian universities. For the  Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, the places reserved are attributed by means of a special call (hereinafter referred to as “Call reserved for those graduating abroad”); for the other two faculties, the reservation operates within the rankings of the general call.

All candidates may apply who, independently of their citizenship:

• will have obtained a master's degree in Italy or an equivalent  degree from a non-Italian university by 31^st October 2021;
• were born after 31^st  October 1989.

Admission to the Ph.D. courses will be based on the academic assessment of the candidates and on interviews.

 

Pisa site - Faculty of Letters and Philosophy and Faculty of Sciences

Pisa site - Faculty of Letters and Philosophy and Faculty of Sciences

* Scholarships with a specific research topic and site ex. art. 1.4 of the call

Methods and models for molecular sciences	1 place
Philosophy	6 places
Italian studies and modern philology	5 places
Classics	5 places
History of Art	5 places
History	6 places of which n.1 in collaboration with the University of Catania
Physics	1 place son the project EU ERC “ASYMOW” *
Computational methods and mathematical models for sciences and finance	4 places
Nanosciences	6 places, of which n.1 in collaboration with Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, n.1 in collaboration with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. * n.1 on the project EU ERC “CAPTUR3D" * n. 1 in cooperation with CNR – INTA *
Neurosciences	2 places

 

 

Site of Florence - Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

Political Science and sociology	5 places of which n.1 in collaboration with the University of Catania
Transnational Governance	2 places, joint degree with Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa

 

 

Deadlines and timelines

Applications

Selection  reserved for those graduating abroad, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

One session: 23:59 (CET) on 22^nd February 2021

Selection  Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

One session: 23:59 (CET) on 14^th June 2021

Selection  Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

• Spring session: 23.59 (CET) on 1^st March 2021
• Autumn session: 23.59 (CEST) on 26^th August 2021.

Degree assessment result:

Selection  reserved for those having graduated abroad, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

By 11^th March 2021

Selection  Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

By 30^th June 2021

• Selection  Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
• Spring session: by 15^th March 2021;
• Autumn session: by 9^th September 2021.

Oral tests:

Selection  reserved for those having graduated abroad, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

From 17^th  March to 31^st March 2021

Selection  Faculty of Letters and Philosophy

From 5^th July to 29^th July 2021

Selection  Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

• Spring session: from 22^nd March to 22^nd April 2021;
• Autumn session: from 15^th September to 30^th September 2021.