Call for admission to the PhD Courses 2025/26

Call for admission to the PhD Courses 2025/26
deadline May 13, 2025 - 1 pm (CEST)

For assistance: phd.application@unipd.it - +39 331 6502029 (Mon-Fri, from 10.00 AM to 12.30& am CEST)

PhD Courses: call for admission XLI cycle 2025/26

Technical guidelines for the submission of the application form for PhD Courses 2025/26

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Should any places with funding become available following withdrawals, the following may apply for such vacant places: winners who already enrolled without scholarship, winners of a place without funding who haven't enrolled by the deadline for the enrolment, the other eligible candidates in the ranking. Those candidates who in the application form indicated that they competed exclusively for unfunded places cannot apply for vacant places with funding.

VACANT PLACES – PRIMARY PHASE

Candidates with the right to a vacant place will be notified through publication of the list of replacement candidates from 30th July 2025.

Candidates will be required to enrol by 7th August 2025, as provided for in the Call for Admission.

VACANT PLACES – SECONDARY PHASE

From 26 August 2025, any further available places will be published and interested candidates must submit their applications by 28 August 2025 according to the procedure indicated. Candidates who have submitted their applications for vacant places will be contacted directly by the office and will have to complete enrolment by 2 September 2025. Successful applicants without funding who are interested in a vacant place with funding may apply for a place if, within the time allowed, they have also tacitly given up a place without funding.

Following explicit or tacit withdrawal by successful candidates before the start of the course, any vacant places will be assigned to the next candidates in the ranking, according to the criteria set out in the Call for Admission.Should any places with funding become available following withdrawals, the following may apply for such vacant places: winners who already enrolled without scholarship, winners of a place without funding who haven't enrolled by the deadline for the enrolment, the other eligible candidates in the ranking. Those candidates who in the application form indicated that they competed exclusively for unfunded places cannot apply for vacant places with funding.VACANT PLACES – PRIMARY PHASECandidates with the right to a vacant place will be notified through publication of the list of replacement candidates from 30th July 2025.Candidates will be required to enrol by 7th August 2025, as provided for in the Call for Admission.VACANT PLACES – SECONDARY PHASEFrom 26 August 2025, any further available places will be published and interested candidates must submit their applications by 28 August 2025 according to the procedure indicated. Candidates who have submitted their applications for vacant places will be contacted directly by the office and will have to complete enrolment by 2 September 2025. Successful applicants without funding who are interested in a vacant place with funding may apply for a place if, within the time allowed, they have also tacitly given up a place without funding.

PhD application tutorials

Doctoral Degrees - PhD Office

via Martiri della Libertà, 8 - 35137
Ground mail: via 8 febbraio 2 - 35122 Padova
tel. +39 049 827 8978
e-mail: phd@unipd.it
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