PhDs

Doctoral programmes

PhD programmes are the third and highest level of university education in Italy.
Candidates are admitted to the programmes by a competitive application process. At the end of the three- or four-year period of study, graduates are awarded with the title of dottore di ricerca (PhD) after successfully defending their thesis.

The objective of a PhD is to learn good methodology for advanced academic or scientific research that can be applied at universities, public authorities or private institutions, or to acquire highly specialised professional knowledge to use in a company.

In the context of internationalising research, the University of Verona actively supports international PhD programmes, thesis co-tutoring and the issuing of the additional Doctor Europaeus certificate, as per specific collaboration agreements with foreign universities. It is also possible to be employed in a company on an advanced research apprenticeship contract and work towards your PhD at the same time.

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PhD Programmes

Available courses in the four areas

Inflammation, Immunity and Cancer

Life and Health Sciences

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Biomolecular Medicine

Life and Health Sciences

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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A.A. 2023-2024
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Applied Life and Health Sciences

Life and Health Sciences

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Surgical and Cardiovascular Sciences

Life and Health Sciences

A.A. 2021-2022
Area: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Economics and Finance

Law and Economics

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Law and Economics
Language: English
Duration: 4 years
PhD Programme
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European and International Law

Law and Economics

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Law and Economics
Language: Italian, French, English, German, Spanish
Duration: 4 years
PhD Programme
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A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Law and Economics
Interuniversity PhD with Università di Udine
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Biotechnology

Natural Sciences and Engineering

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Computer Science

Natural Sciences and Engineering

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Nanoscience and Advanced Technologies

Natural Sciences and Engineering

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Program
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Interuniversity PhD in Mathematics

Natural Sciences and Engineering

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Scienze naturali e ingegneristiche
Interuniversity PhD with Università di Trento
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Program
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A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Arts and Humanities
Language: Italian
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Foreign Literatures and Languages

Arts and Humanities

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Arts and Humanities
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Linguistics

Arts and Humanities

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Arts and Humanities
Interuniversity PhD with Libera Università di Bolzano
Language
: English, Italian, German
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Arts and Humanities
Language: Italian
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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Human Sciences

Arts and Humanities

A.A. 2022-2023
Area: Arts and Humanities
Language: English, Italian
Duration: 3 years
PhD Programme
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PhD Programmes in collaboration with firms for Public Administration, cultural heritage, and digital and environmental transition (funded within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan - PNRR).

PhD Programmes in collaboration with firms for Public Administration, cultural heritage, and digital and environmental transition (funded within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan - PNRR).

The European Union promotes this initiative in the framework of the 'Next Generation EU' Programme for funding Doctoral scholarships related to projects that are consistent with PNRR objectives, Mission 4, Component 2 'From Research to Enterprise' (M4C2), Investment 3.3 and Mission 4, Component 1 'Strengthening the supply of education services: from nursery schools to universities' (M4C1), Investment 3.4 and 4.1. The PhD paths include mobility periods at enterprises and abroad for study and research purposes.

Borse di dottorato PNRR

Recognition of foreign PhD qualifications

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National PhD programme in Kinesiology and Sport Sciences

New Call for Applications for the admission to the 39th Cycle, a.y. 2023-2024

Verona University opens a new Call for Applications for nr. 37 PhD scholarships, of which nr. 33 funded by the European programme Next Generation EU – PNRR and for the admission to the National PhD Programme Kinesiology and Sport Sciences run in collaboration with 24 Italian University.

Deadline for online applications: 7th August 2023, 12,00 (noon, italian time)

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National PhD programme in Kinesiology and Sport Sciences

AntCom network publishes a call for 10 PhD fellowships within the training program “From Antiquity to Community: Rethinking Classical Heritage through Citizen Humanities”. The positions are funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Sktodowska-Curie Action, Grant Agreement 101073543.

Applications will be accepted from 24/02/2023 until 24/04/2023 at 12:00 pm (Central European Time).

What’s AntCom
What is the role of classical heritage in building modern, plural, diverse European identities? To answer this question the consortium “From Antiquity to Community: Rethinking Classical Heritage through Citizen Humanities” (AntCom) will train a new generation of 10 highly skilled cultural heritage researchers allowing them to fully engage in the digital transitionas well as to address its professional and societal challenges

Official call and futher information at the AntCom web site https://antcom.eu/

The AntCom project has received funding from Horizon Europe Program for Research and Innovation under the action Horizon MSCA Doctoral Network, Grant Agreement No. 101073543

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43 additional PhD scholarships have been awarded in 2022 (XXXVII cycle) thanks to the funding available within the REACT-EU ESF resources on Green and Innovation topics under the National Operational Programme "Research and Innovation" 2014-2020 (PON), Ministerial Decree 10 August 2021, no. 1061.

The PON grant beneficiaries began their doctoral training on 1 January 2022. The training and research activities are aimed at the realisation of a research project developed within the framework of GREEN or INNOVATION themes, which, as provided for by the SNSi and NRP guidelines, promote the dissemination of an open approach to innovation and more excellent interchange between the world of research and the world of production. By the provisions of Ministerial Decree 1061/2021, the doctoral programme provides for a compulsory period in a company (minimum 6 up to 12 months). The project shall also include mobility abroad (up to 6 months).
 

Borse di Dottorato a valere sul Programma Operativo Nazionale "Ricerca e Innovazione" 2014-2020, D.M. 1061 (XXXVII ciclo)

Borse di Dottorato a valere sul Programma Operativo Nazionale "Ricerca e Innovazione" 2014-2020, D.M. 1061 (XXXVII ciclo)

TClock4AD

Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease

TClock4AD Doctoral network publishes a call for 17 PhD fellowships within the training program “Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease”. The positions are funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Sktodowska-Curie Action.

The deadline for online applications is May 31st 2023.

Further information on the application process can be found here https://site.unibo.it/tclock4ad/en/apply-here

The position at the University of Verona regards the doctoral candidate DC13 and the doctoral programme will start on October 1st 2023.

Further information related to this specific PhD position can be found here https://site.unibo.it/tclock4ad/en/dc-positions/dc13

What's TClock4AD

Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease” Doctoral Network (TClock4AD) is a joint doctoral programme funded within Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks that aims to train doctoral candidates thorough an international consortium of universities, research institutions, SMEs, a hospital, a patient association and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond.

https://site.unibo.it/tclock4ad/en

TClock4AD
“Municipal Doctoral scholarships”

“Municipal Doctoral scholarships”

PhD in Computer Science, XXXVI cycle

With Ministerial Decree no. 725 of 22 June 2021, the Italian Ministry for University and Research - MUR, in agreement with the Ministry for Southern Italy and Territorial Cohesion, provided for the experimental funding of "Municipal Doctoral scholarships" aimed at the definition, implementation, study and monitoring of local strategies for sustainable development and to foster in-depth analysis of issues concerning the quality of life of the citizens of inland areas, both from technical and scientific perspectives.

Two proposals submitted by the Unione Montana Comelico and the Unione Montana Spettabile Reggenza dei Sette Comuni within the PhD in Computer Science framework have been funded with two three-year PhD scholarships worth € 73,735.92.

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Dirnano

Directing the Immune Response through designed NANOmaterials.
1 ESR Position - PhD Programme in Biotechnology

The group of Organic Chemistry and Nanobiointeractions of the Department of Biotechnology, led by Prof. Roberto Fiammengo within the framework of the EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska - Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) project “DIRNANO - Directing the Immune Response through designed NANOmaterials” employees an Early Stage Researcher (PhD Student) for position ESR09 - "Development of therapeutic cancer nanovaccine candidates”. The ESR09 is enrolled in the doctoral programme of Biotechnology (PhD in Biotechnology) of the University of Verona.


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 956544.

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ELIT

The Empirical study of Literature Training Network

The ELIT network opened a call for applications within the framework of the ELIT project (Empiricalstudy of Literature Training Network), coordinated by the University of Verona, for 10 PhD positions, . Each early-stage researcher is enrolled in a doctoral programme leading to a double/joint doctoral degree involving two universities.
One position is at the University of Verona (UNIVR) and VU Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
 

What’s ELIT
The Empirical Study of Literature Innovative Training Network (ELIT) is an EU network whose mission is to provide a Joint/Double Doctorate level training programme, on innovative approaches applied to literary reading in the digital age. This interdisciplinary programme will train future research leaders with the capability to address the needs of improving literacy rates and mental wellbeing in European society.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860516.

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PRECODE Project

14 PhD positions on pancreatic cancer

The EU project PRECODE, established a shared doctorate programme of excellence for 14 PhD positions on pancreatic cancer.
One of them is at the University of Verona, within the research team led by Dr Vincenzo Corbo.

What’s PRECODE
PRECODE (PancREatic Cancer OrganoiDs rEsearch)
 is a network involving 24 universities, SMEs and patient advocate groups from 9 countries, who have designed a specific training and research programme for the next generation of creative and innovative researchers in pancreatic cancer.

This Innovative Training Programme is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme.

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Atlas

AuTonomous intraLuminAl Surgery

The ATLAS is an Innovative Training Network - European Joint Doctorate project, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme.
The project, coordinated by the University of Leuven, is implemented by a consortium of seven Universities and many industrial partners; it established a shared doctorate programme for 15 PhD positions, each leading to a double/joint doctoral degree involving two universities; two positions are at the University of Verona.

What’s ATLAS
ATLAS stands for “AuTonomous intraLuminAl Surgery” and targets the training of experts in a very specific branch of Robotic Surgery. Intraluminal navigation, a particularly challenging branch,  reappears in many minimal invasive surgical (MIS) interventions that rely on steering flexible instruments through fragile lumens or vessels.

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Doctoral programmes and the territory

To train the best researchers, the University of Verona, in line with the European Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training, invests in doctoral courses, strengthening their international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral dimension by promoting courses in collaboration with Italian and foreign enterprises and organisations to develop competitive profiles and know-how that can be spent in public and private contexts.

Collaboration with enterprises and other entities
Collaboration with international universities

Contacts

Office
UO PhD Office
 

 Location
Via San Francesco, 22 - 37129 Verona
 Opening times
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: from 10 am to 1 pm
 Phone 
+39 045 802 8608-8078
 Email
dottorati.ricerca@ateneo.univr.it
 

INVITE

Training and research programme

INVITE is a doctoral programme of the University of Verona with a strong inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary and international research and training dimension.

The INVITE doctoral programme aims to encourage each student’s intellectual curiosity and support the acquisition of critical thinking skills by training them in the use of innovative theoretical tools and practical methods.

The Project is cofunded by  the University of Verona, Regione del Veneto and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 754345.

More info: www.univr.it/invite

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