PhD Scholarship in Statistics at University of Padua, Italy 2011/2012

Deadline: 5 September 2011
Open to: Everybody who has a foreign (non-Italian) academic qualification
Scholarship: The amount of the scholarship is 13.638,47 € per year (gross amount).The scholarship is subject to social security contribution. The amount of the scholarship is increased by 50% for periods of study abroad excluding the official country of residence.

For the academic year 2011/2012 the Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, offers 15 research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Schools/International Courses.  The duration of the doctoral courses is three years, starting on the 2nd January 2012 and ending on the 31st December  2014.

Description

Studying in Padua also means enjoying Padua, taking advantage of a stimulating environment that combines art and science, modernity and tradition. Padua is growing constantly, and its commercial and industrial development in the last few decades have made it one of the main cities of North-East Italy. The Faculties represent different fields of well-defined scientific research and the teaching activities involved in the relevant courses. Their primary purpose is to organize and coordinate the teaching activities in their respective fields and to ensure their proper implementation. The thirteen Faculties of the University reformulated their teaching strategies according to the new reform requirements, offering over ninety 1st cycle degree courses, over eighty 2nd cycle degree courses, many specialization degree courses, doctoral courses and schools.

Eligibility

• 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.

Moreover candidates must:

• Specify their knowledge of Italian or English;
• Write or attach their research plan;
• Specify the names and the email addresses of the professors or experts who will write the letters of reference. These letters must be written by professors or experts who have supervised candidates in their studies and research. The requests to fill in the reference letters are sent by the candidate through the online procedure and the reference letters are filled in electronically by the professors/experts;
• Attach the scanned copies of the certificates of the academic qualification with the list of the examinations and the marks. If these certificates are written in a language different from Italian or English, an Italian or English translation must also be attached.

Finally candidates can:

• Specify their education, research and work experiences;
• Attach or write an abstract of their thesis (if a thesis was written in order to achieve the degree);
• Specify any additional information complementary to the data provided in the application that will be helpful for the assessment of their candidacy;
• Attach any other qualification that should be taken into account (e.g. research papers and publications, language knowledge certificates etc.)

Scholarship

The amount of the scholarship is 13.638,47 € per year (gross amount). The scholarship is subject to social security contribution. The amount of the scholarship is increased by 50% for periods of study abroad excluding the official country of residence. For periods of study abroad students must have the approval of the Doctoral Council of the School/International Course. Scholarships are paid by monthly instalments. The first instalment is paid the month
following the actual beginning of the course.

How to apply

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).
In the application form candidates must declare, under their own responsibility, along with any other information considered relevant:

• Personal data, date and place of birth, place of residence and the address chosen for the purpose of the competition;
• Citizenship;
• Academic degree, with an indication of when and from which university it was awarded;
• The Doctoral School/International Course and the chosen curricula they are applying for.

The online form must be printed, signed and must arrive together with a copy of a
valid ID at the following address by 5 September 2011 (deadline date):
Università degli Studi di Padova
Servizio Formazione alla Ricerca
via 8 febbraio, 2
35122 Padova, Italy

For any further information:
Servizio Formazione alla Ricerca
Mrs. Katia Milan (+39 049 8271870) and Mrs. Sara Fedel (+39 049 8271868)
email: doctoral.grants@unipd.it

The Official Website