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The Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences of the University of Milan (www.graduateschool.unimi.it) offers four Ph.D. programmes: Economics, Labour Studies, Political Studies and Sociology. Each programme focuses primarily on advanced training in the respective discipline to enable students to master the dominant paradigms, research methods and essential literature. In addition, the Graduate School provides an opportunity for cross-disciplinary training in approaches and methods. The objective is to teach graduate students to combine the rigorous use of their disciplinary tool-kit with knowledge of the tool-kits of adjacent disciplines. First year students of the four doctorates share the same working environment at the Graduate School at the University of Milan. This provides opportunities for interacting and exchanging research interests. Second and third year students will work in close contact with their supervisor in the research departments partners of the School. They will also be encouraged to spend at least one term as visiting students in one of the foreign Universities which are partners of the Graduate School. Admission is open to candidates from all countries. A good knowledge of English is required. Several scholarships are available for EU citizens and non-EU citizens resident in the EU.

The Ph.D. Programmes

Economics

The aim of this Ph.D. programme is to provide advanced training in both economic theory and applied economics for high level research in the field. The duration of the doctoral programme is three years and can be extended up to four years. The first year is devoted to the main courses in quantitative methods, microeconomics and macroeconomics. During the second year students are encouraged to spend a period as visiting scholars abroad. The third year is devoted to the completion of the dissertation. 
www.economia.unimi.it

Labour Studies

The interdisciplinary Ph.D. programme in Labour Studies aims at providing high level training to doctoral students in all those disciplines which are relevant to the understanding of labour issues in a complex society, i.e. labour economics, labour law, economic sociology, industrial relations, welfare and labour policy, organizational-corporate studies. At the same time, students will be trained to work at the frontier of scientific research within a specific area with the final objective of writing their dissertation.
www.graduateschool.unimi.it

Political Studies (Institutions and Public Policies)

The aim of this doctoral programme is to train professionals who can undertake research within academic institutions and research institutes as well as providing consultancy for political, economic, public or private organizations. Students will acquire frontier knowledge in the fields of political science and political philosophy and the most advanced research methodologies to analyse complex institutions and organisational processes.
www.sociol.unimi.it/dottorato/dottoratostp

Sociology

The aim of this programme is to provide structured training in theoretically-guided empirical research across a wide range of sociological fields and to introduce students to current international debates in both qualitative and quantitative social research. The Ph.D. programme in Sociology of the University of Milan has a longstanding tradition of excellence. It was one of the first to be established in the country and it has formed some of the most outstanding academic sociologists who have gone on to make significant contributions to teaching and research in Italy and abroad.
www.sociol.unimi.it/dottorato/dottoratosoc

How to Apply

For the academic year 2006-2007 there are two selection phases. A first selection procedure has already taken place in May 2006. For the second selection (July-September 2006) there will be 16 scholarships, assigned as following:

Ph.D. in Economics – 5 scholarships
Ph.D. in Labour Studies – 3 scholarships
Ph.D. in Political Studies – 4 scholarships
Ph.D. in Sociology – 4 scholarships.

Two of these 16 scholarships are preferably designated to non EU applicants. The amount of the scholarship is approximately 10.500 € per year.

Candidates that applied in the first stage that did not obtain a scholarship but were considered eligible may re-apply for the second selection.

The admission committee will be the same for every Ph.D. programme in both stages.

Students interested in applying to the Ph.D. programmes of the Graduate School are invited to fill in the application form and to submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV); a research project in English; two letters of recommendation; University courses with test scores and final GPA (grade point average); copy of the Master dissertation including an English abstract; scientific publications, work experience if any, other qualifications and/or accomplishment. All these documents must be submitted by September 1st, 2006. Students must specify which of the four Ph.D. Programmes of the Graduate School they are applying to.

The application form and further information can be downloaded from the web-site of the Graduate School: www.graduateschool.unimi.it.

Students must hold the required degree before the final admission date. For Italian candidates a “Laurea Magistrale” (or a "Laurea Quadriennale") is required; non Italian candidates are expected to hold an equivalent degree (BA with honours plus preferably a postgraduate degree).

The second selection will be based on an interview. The interviews will be held in September 2006. Detailed information on the interview dates are available on the Graduate School web site.

Classes will start in late September 2006.

Contact
Università degli Studi di Milano
Segreterie Studenti - Ufficio Dottorati
via Festa del Perdono 7
20122 Milano, Italy

The Graduate School Administrative office will be closed from July 20th to August 31st 2006. For valid Call for application queries please contact Michela Argenti -Ph.D. Programme in Economics (michela.argenti@unimi.it) from July 20th to August 7th, or Mara Borgia - Ph.D. Programme in Labour Studies (mara.borgia@unimi.it) from August 25th 2006 onwards.

Materials

Application instructions 2006/2007 (115 kb)