Italy : Application for SELECTION FOR THE AWARD OF STUDENTSHIPS TO NON UE CITIZENS

SELECTION FOR THE AWARD OF STUDENTSHIPS TO NON EU CITIZENS
FOR ADMISSION TO RESEARCH DOCTORATE/PH.D. DEGREE COURSES

1. Notice
The University of Milan announces a competition by selection on the basis of academic qualifications for the admission of non EU citizens to the following Research Doctorate/Ph.D. degree courses:

2. Studentships general rules
2 (two) studentships will be awarded to selected applicants. Further places within the above Graduate Schools will then be made available for selected applicants holding studentships awarded by other Bodies.

3. Requirements
Applications for selection are invited from non EU citizens who do not reside in Italy and hold a foreign degree. The candidates’ degrees will be recognised as equivalent to the Italian "Laurea magistrale" (exclusively for the purposes of this competition) by the competent Academic Board.
The University can at any time exclude candidates lacking the admission requirements.

4. Application deadline
The application should be submitted using the attached form available on the University web site http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/19244.htm and must arrive, together with the qualifications listed below, by 10 December 2009.

All documents should be sent by post to the following address:

To: Magnifico Rettore
 Università degli Studi di Milano
 Via Festa del Perdono, 7
 I - 20122 Milano   ITALY

Applications and qualifications arriving after the deadline (10 December 2009) will not be considered.

Candidates will apply for a single Research Doctorate/Ph.D. Degree Course; should a Graduate School involve different Research Doctorate/Ph.D. degree courses, applicants will opt for only one among those indicated.
The application form must be completed in all its parts.

The following documents must be attached to the application form:

• a certificate related to the most recent academic degree, translated into Italian or English;
• a curriculum studiorum stating examinations taken and grades gained with a brief description of their contents; the curriculum should be accompanied by a report on any research carried out by the candidate;
• a list of publications (if any);
• a letter of recommendation by the teachers or tutors who supervised the candidate on his/her studies at Home University;
• any further candidate’s qualifications that should be taken into account, including the study and research programmes he/she intends to carry out in Milan.

All documents must be in Italian or English, or accompanied by a translation into Italian or English.

Candidates will be required to submit additional documentation as specified below:

• Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences
 Mathematics
 In addition to the qualifications required to all participants, candidates will have to demonstrate that they hold:
- A good knowledge of English language

• Graduate School of Humanae Litterae
 History and criticism of artistic and environmental heritage
 In addition to the qualifications required to all participants, candidates will have to demonstrate that they hold:
- A good knowledge of English or Italian language;
- Background in musicology

5. Admission and enrolment
Admission to a Research Doctorate/Ph.D. Degree Course is decided by the Academic Board. The Academic Board’s decision will be made known through a list of admitted candidates available on the University web site http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/19244.htm by 17 December 2009.
No personal communication relating to the results of the competition will be given.

Winners should enrol, under penalty of exclusion, by 30 December  2009 by presenting the following documents to the address given in article 4:
a) the enrolment form, available on the web site at the address: http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/19244.htm
b) photocopy of an identity document
c) a passport-size photograph
d) qualification translated by an official translator and certified by an Italian diplomatic office (Embassy or Consulate) in the country where the qualification was obtained
e) “declaration of local value” issued by the same diplomatic office.

6. Studentship assignment
Successful applicants, whose annual income does not exceed € 15,000.00 (occasional self-employed work incomes are excluded), are entitled to get a scholarship amounting to € 13,638.47 (gross total) per year. If an applicant selected to receive a studentship fails to enrol, the studentship will be assigned to the selected applicant following in the list.

7. Information and publicity of the Notice
The present Notice will be displayed on the University web site: http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/19244.htm on 17 November 2009.

For further information please contact the following e-mail addresses:

Research Doctorate/Ph.D. degree courses E-MAIL
Mathematics alfredo.lorenzi@unimi.it

History and criticism of artistic and environmental heritage nicola.scaldaferri@unimi.it

Milan, 16 November 2009 The Rector of the University of Milan
 Prof. Enrico Decleva

Further Information

Application Deadline : 31 December 1969

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