Italy: Open PhD positions in Various Fields, University of Verona

ART. 1 – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

It is open at the Università degli Studi di Verona the public competition, for qualifications and/or exams, for the admission to the Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs, Year 2010.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS-11 Scholarships
Doctoral Program BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Doctoral Program ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Doctoral Program ECONOMIC HISTORY

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW-10 Scholarships
Doctoral Program ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 2
Doctoral Program CORPORATE LAW AND ECONOMICS
Doctoral Program THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW OF PATRIMONIAL, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

GRADUATE SCHOOL IN TRANSLATIONAL BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES - 22 Scholarships
Doctoral Program TRANSLATIONAL BIOMEDICINE
Doctoral Program MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
Doctoral Program FORENSIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
Doctoral Program HUMAN ONCOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY AND STEM CELLBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPLICATION
Doctoral Program SCIENCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HUMAN MOVEMENT

GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES - 24 Scholarships
Doctoral Program BIOSCIENCE
Doctoral Program MOLECULAR, INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGIES
Doctoral Program CLINICAL PROTEOMICS
Doctoral Program CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES
Doctoral Program MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING MEDICINE - 22 Scholarships
Doctoral Program APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Doctoral Program COMPUTER SCIENCE
Doctoral Program NEUROSCIENCES
Doctoral Program PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMAN SCIENCES AND PHILOSOPHY - 10 Scholarships
Doctoral Program PHILOSOPHY
Doctoral Program PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS: DIFFERENTIATION
AND INTEGRATION PROCESSES
Doctoral Program EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING SCIENCE
Doctoral Program SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES-24 Scholarships
ENGLISH STUDIES
Doctoral Program CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TERRITORY
Doctoral Program LITERATURE AND PHILOLOGY
Doctoral Program FOREIGN LITERATURES AND LITERATURE SCIENCES
Doctoral Program LINGUISTIC
Doctoral Program HISTORICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DOCTORAL PROGRAMS – YEAR 2010 - 9 Scholarships
MULTIMODAL IMAGING IN BIOMEDICINE
NANO-TECHNOLOGIES AND NANO-MATERIALS FOR BIO-MEDICAL
APPLICATIONS
SURGICAL SCIENCE AND HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC ILLNESSES

For each Graduate School and each Doctoral Program information regarding the study program, the number of places and scholarships available, the criteria for the evaluation of qualifications (if provided), the dates for admission exam sessions, the possibility of an oral exam in a foreign language for a candidate who requests it in his/her application and any other information relative to the selection process are detailed in Attachment no.
1, published in the University’s Official
Register (Albo Ufficiale dell’Ateneo) and on the Internet site www.univr.it(Research – National and International Doctoral Programs – The Research Doctorate at Verona University ).

ART. 2 – INSTITUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
The Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs held during the year 2010 will have their administrative base in the University of Verona.
The Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs will start on the 1st of January 2010 (the academic year will coincide with the calendar year) on the condition that, after the recruitment period, there are a minimum of three people enrolled for each Doctoral Program and School.

ART. 3 – ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In order to be able to apply for the call for admissions to Graduate Schools and/or Doctoral Programs, any applicant (regardless of age or nationality) must be in possession of either a “Laurea” Degree (“Vecchio Ordinamento”) or a Master Degree (“Laurea Specialistica”) released by an Italian university, or of an equivalent academic qualification from a foreign university that grants access to a PhD course.

Applicants who will qualify for a degree within and not after the beginning date of Doctoral Programs (1st January 2010) will also be able to apply. In this case participation in the Call will be defined “subject to confirmation” and candidates will be required to submit to Area Ricerca – U.O. Dottorati di Ricerca Nazionali ed Internazionali within and not after the 31st December 2009 the degree certificate or self-certification of said degree (in accordance with DPR n. 445 dated 28th December 2000 for EU citizens). Applications missing this documentation will not be considered.

Candidates are admitted to participate in the call subject to confirmation. Exclusion from the procedure, in case the aforementioned prerequisites are missing, may be imposed at any time as a motivated sanction, even after examination sessions. Applications submitted or received after the closing date or without the exact title of the Graduate School/Program to which the person wishes
to apply will be rejected.

ART. 4 – APPLICATION

Applications, addressed to Rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Verona, Via dell’Artigliere 8 –37129 Verona – Italy, consisting in Attachment n. 2 duly filled in, together with any qualification as required by the procedures, must be submitted to the University of Verona by the deadline set for September, 21th 2009, by means of:

Hand delivery

(specifying on the envelope “APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION PROCESS TO BE ADMITTED TO DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN ……. IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ……..) at the University of Verona Post Office – Via dell’Artigliere n. 8, Verona, in the following hours:
from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 13.00;

Postal delivery

addressed to Al Rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Verona, Via
dell’Artigliere 8 – 37129 Verona – Italia specifying on the envelope “APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION PROCESS TO BE ADMITTED TO DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN ……. IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ……..)

ATTENTION: The postmark date does not constitute proof of dispatch.
Applications must be received within the deadline, with no exceptions. Any applications received after the deadline will be rejected.

Candidates residing abroad can advance the application documents by e-mail to the following address: dottorati.ricerca@ateneo.univr.it. The original papers required for the application must be submitted by post anyway.

ART. 10 – SCHOLARSHIP
The amount granted for a scholarship is € 13.638,47 per year (gross) and will be increased in situations stipulated by law. The scholarship is exempt from IRE (personal income tax).

The scholarship will be granted for the entire duration of the PhD course (three years) and the instalments will be paid monthly in arrears on the 15th day of each month. To the students enrolled in the first year of the PhD program, the january and february instalments will not be paid earlier than March 15th except for foreign candidates, who will receive the first instalment not earlier than February 15th only if they submit all the necessary documentation within the deadline set for
December 20th, 2009.

Official Notice