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1.1 The selection process has been announced at the University of Padova for admission to PhD Courses for
the 2025/2026 academic year - XLI cycle (hereinafter ‘selection process’).
The research subjects, methods and criteria for candidate selection to be used for ranking purposes are
indicated on the specific information sheet for each Course (Annex 1).
The information sheets also indicate:
- the number of funded and unfunded places that will be assigned according to the specific rankings for each
Course;
- the number of places reserved for candidates with foreign qualification;
- the number of places financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4, component
2 "From research to business", funded by European Union NextGenerationEU. The places financed under the
National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) are linked to the project National Centres (NC);
- the number of places with scholarship funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo to
carry out a PhD in the framework of a cotutelle agreement with one of the partner institutions of the Arqus
Alliance.
Please visit
https://www.unipd.it/en/phd-courses-2025-2026
for more information.
U NIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Technical guidelines for the submission of the application form for PhD Courses, 41st series
(online application open till May 13th , 2025 at 1 pm CEST)
Online form available at: https://pica.cineca.it/unipd/dottorati41/
1. The application form must only be submitted online. No hard copy of the application has to be sent by mail.
2. Before filling in the application form, please read carefully the selection announcement, in particular the chosen
PhD course table IN ORDER TO VERIFY the eligibility criteria and THE DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED.
3. WATCH OUT: ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED IN PDF FORMAT AND, IN SOME CASES, THEY MUST
BE PRINTED, SIGNED, AND UPLOADED. WE ADVISE APPLICANTS TO USE A PC CONNECTED WITH A
PRINTER AND A SCANNER.
4. It is possible to fill in the application form by logging in at different times and saving the data. In order to access
the application form that has been partly completed you must click on MODIFY to complete it.
5. Further information on the selection procedure can be requested by email at phd.application@unipd.it by
contacting the addresses specified in the selection announcement. For technical problems click here. Requests
sent to other email addresses may not be read.
6. Applicants who want to apply for more than one PhD course must submit as many applications as the chosen
courses.
7. Applicants with foreign qualifications that have not been legally recognized as equivalent to the Italian degree
must read art. 3.3 of the selection announcement and upload the required documents in the relevant section of
the online application.
8. Applicants with a disability or dyslexia may request special equipment and extra time to complete the admission
examinations. Data will be treated in accordance with EU General Data Protection Regulation n. 679 dated
27.04.2016. The documents submitted will not appear in the application form for the selection announcement and
will be held by the Students Services Office. These applicants, after filling in and submitting the application form,
must go back to the dashboard and complete the relevant section by uploading the required documents.
9. AFTER THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN CORRECTLY FILLED IN AND SUBMITTED, APPLICANTS WILL
RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF THE SUBMISSION AND A PASSWORD THAT WILL
ALLOW THEM TO CHECK THE FINAL RANKINGS