PhD Scholarship in Public Economics, Italy

Deadline: 10 September, 2012
Open to : All students with a Master Degree
Scholarship : The Scholarship amounts 1000 euro/month and can be taken in Milano

Description

The Graduate School in Public Economics pools the resources of two of the most prestigious Italian universities, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, to offer an outstanding study and research programme in the field of public economics and public sector economics. The founding universities have a long and consolidated tradition of post-graduate teaching and research in economics and business studies, and have strong links with both Italian and international public
The Phd in Public Economics at Defap Graduate School is a three-year full-time doctoral program, jointly promoted by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milano) and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca and partly co-financed by Fondazione Cariplo.
The program is taught in English and offers rigorous advanced training and supervision. The Faculty of the School includes teaching staff from the two founding institutions and several other national and international universities. The School has exchange programs in place with other European research institutions and academic departments, and routinely organizes joint research seminars, lectures and workshops.
The PhD program is now in its ninth year of activity, it is widely recognized as one of the best Italian PhD programs in Economics, and it has built a very promising track record in placing its graduates in research departments both in universities and in public and private research departments. The duration of the program is three years.

Eligibility

All students with a Master Degree are eligible to apply for this program in Milan, Italy. Those who during the time of applying are still working on their Degree, will need to provide a proof of enrollment on a second-level degree program or equivalent.

Application

Candidates can apply filling the application form and sending it together with the documents listed below, all in pdf format, to defap@unicatt.it by September 10th 2012:

1. CV;
2. Graduates: second-level degree certificate with transcripts;
3. For students still working towards their degree: proof of enrollment on a second-level degree program or equivalent, as listed previously, together with transcripts;
4. Certification of any other qualifications awarded in Italy or abroad, together with transcripts, e.g.MAs and graduate courses, or any other certification which can be used to assess the application, together with transcripts and a separate page listing the qualifications;
5. A copy of any publications considered useful for the purpose of comparative assessment together with a separate sheet listing them;
6. At least two letters of recommendation from university professors. These letters should be sent directly by the professors to the Graduate School before the competition deadline, via email to defap@unicatt.it;
7. One of the following English language certificates FCE; CAE;CPE ;BEC; British Chamber of Commerce; Trinity College; TOEFL; IELTS.
8. Results of any GMAT exam or GRE test taken no earlier than 1 January 2010; (these documents are not compulsory but can increase likelihood of a successful application.

For any questions which might concern you, do not hesitate and see the contact list.
The official website