Two calls for applications have been issued for the 41st cycle of the PhD programme:
- Ordinary call for applications, for 11 positions, of which 8 are funded by the University, 1 is funded by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) on the specific topic of “New approaches to the hygiene and health control of swimming facilities: application of advanced technologies for innovative management” and 2 are unfunded
- Additional call for applications, for 1 position with a scholarship funded by the M. Aleandri Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lazio and Tuscany
The table below shows the two calls for applications with the relevant documents and instructions for submitting applications.
Submission of the application for admission: the application must be made exclusively online, according to the procedure indicated in the Competition Notice, of which it is recommended that you read it carefully and completely before proceeding with the compilation of the application.
Submission deadline for applications for admission: Wednesday 3 September 2025, 11:59 a.m.
Application deadline for oral test by e-mail (only for residents abroad): Wednesday 3 September 2025, 11:59 a.m. The request must be made by filling in the appropriate section in Annex B or C.
Compulsory documentation for participation in the competition to be attached via the upload procedure during online application:
- Annex C or Annex B
- candidates who have obtained their degree of education in Italy: self-certification in the form of a self-certified statement attesting to possession of the qualification or that they are awaiting its award (Annex C) ;
- candidates who have obtained their degree abroad:
- declaration (Attachment B) certifying possession of the qualification and certification of the qualification/registration including a list of examinations taken with relative marks and of being awaiting the awarding of the qualification, translated into Italian or English
- the University that issued it
- the final grade
- the list of examinations taken and relative credits acquired with grade
- title of the thesis and thesis advisor
- Curriculum vitae, preferably in European format
- Two letters of recommendation from university professors or experts in the field, whose names must be indicated in Attachment B or C
- An original research project consistent with one of the fourteen doctoral topics, indicated in Attachment A or a research project on the topic of the additional grant funded by ISS. The project must be anonymous, i.e. it must not bear the name of the applicant, under penalty of exclusion from the competition.
- The research project form, on which the name of the applicant must be indicated.
Candidates may submit additional titles, such as other academic titles obtained in Italy or abroad and/or scientific publications and work in progress in press with attestation of the publisher or editor-in-chief of the journal.
Mode of admission: passing a competition based on titles, research project and oral test.
Evaluation of qualifications and research project: 16 September 2025
Oral test start: 23 September 2025, 10 a.m: 00
Candidates with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (DSA) may make an explicit request for the aids and/or interventions they require in order to sit the oral test, by emailing tutorato.specializzato@uniroma4.it by the application deadline and attaching the certification attesting, respectively, their disability/invalidity situation (pursuant to L. 104/92) complete with the diagnosis (necessary to judge the appropriateness of the request), or the diagnostic certification (DSA – art.3 L. 170/2010). Furthermore, this email must bear the declaration, made in accordance with the law, that the attached certificates conform to the original. The University reserves the right to assess the requests received, to request any additional documentation and to verify the truthfulness of the certifications produced.
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