PhDs
Doctoral programmesPhD programmes are the third and highest level of university education in Italy.
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.
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.
PhD Programmes
Available courses in the four areasInflammation, Immunity and Cancer
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Biomolecular Medicine
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Neuroscience, Psychological and Psychiatric Sciences, and Movement Sciences
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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National PhD Programme in Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Applied Life and Health Sciences
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
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Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
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Surgical and Cardiovascular Sciences
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Regenerative Medicine, Technological and Translational Surgery
Life and Health SciencesArea: Life and Health Sciences
Language: Italian
Duration: 3 years
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European and International Law
Law and EconomicsArea: Law and Economics
Language: Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Duration: 3 years
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Interuniversity PhD in Accounting and Management
Law and EconomicsArea: Law and Economics
Interuniversity PhD with Università di Udine
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
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Economics and Finance
Law and EconomicsArea: Law and Economics
Language: English
Duration: 4 years
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Computer Science
Natural Sciences and EngineeringArea: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Nanoscience and Advanced Technologies
Natural Sciences and EngineeringArea: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Interuniversity PhD in Mathematics
Natural Sciences and EngineeringArea: Scienze naturali e ingegneristiche
Interuniversity PhD with Università di Trento
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Biotechnology
Natural Sciences and EngineeringCourse partially running (last cycle activated 39th)
Area: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: English
Duration: 3 years
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Molecular, Industrial and Environmental Biotechnologies
Natural Sciences and EngineeringArea: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
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Smart Agrifood Sciences
Natural Sciences and EngineeringArea: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Lingua: English
Duration: 3 years
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Intelligent Systems Engineering
Natural Sciences and EngineeringArea: Natural Sciences and Engineering
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
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Human Sciences
Arts and HumanitiesArea: Arts and Humanities
Language: English, Italian
Duration: 3 years
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Philology, Literature, and Performance Studies
Arts and HumanitiesArea: Arts and Humanities
Language: Italian
Duration: 3 years
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Foreign Literatures and Languages
Arts and HumanitiesArea: Arts and Humanities
Language: Italian, English
Duration: 3 years
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Linguistics
Arts and HumanitiesArea: Arts and Humanities
Interuniversity PhD with Libera Università di Bolzano
Language: English, Italian, German
Duration: 3 years
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Archaeology, Art History and History
Arts and HumanitiesArea: Arts and Humanities
Language: Italian
Duration: 3 years
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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).
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 PNRRNational PhD programme in Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
New Call for Applications for the admission to the 40th Cycle, a.y. 2024-2025The Call for Applications for the 40th cycle of the National PhD Programme Kinesiology and Sport Sciences run in collaboration with 24 Italian University will be published in the next months.
Read moreFor the 40th cycle, the University of Verona participates in the following National PhD programmes with administrative headquarters at other Italian Universities with the financing of doctoral scholarships:
- Autonomous Systems of the Polytechnic of Bari
- Artificial intelligence – Industry of the Polytechnic of Turin
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) of the Sapienza University of Rome
- Learning sciences and digital technologies of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- Leadership, Empowerment, and Digital Innovation in Education and Learning (LEDIEL) of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
- Religious studies of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
The administrative headquarters of the Doctorate manages the competition procedures and related registrations. More information can be found by visiting the pages of the individual courses.
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
website43 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)
- Decreto Ministeriale 1061/2021
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- Linee guida MUR per recupero sospensioni PON
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TClock4AD
Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s DiseaseTClock4AD 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.
Online application was expired on May 31st 2023.
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.
“Municipal Doctoral scholarships”
PhD in Computer Science, XXXVI cycleWith 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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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.
ELIT
The Empirical study of Literature Training NetworkThe 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.
WebsitePRECODE Project
14 PhD positions on pancreatic cancerThe 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.
websiteAtlas
AuTonomous intraLuminAl SurgeryThe 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.
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 programmeINVITE 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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