Eight PhD scholarships (6 funded by the University of Padova and 2 funded by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo of which 1 is a fully funded grant  reserved to foreign, non-italian, graduate students) are available at University of Padova for candidates interested in the area of Statistical Sciences (start of activities: October 1st, 2019).

Eligibility
The scholarship competition is open to applicants of any age or citizenship, holding a 2nd cycle degree or a single cycle degree from an Italian university or an equivalent qualification from other countries of at least four years’ duration (applicants can get their qualification no later than 30th September 2019).
Admission is decided on the basis of qualifications only and does not require an entry examination.

Award
The award will be for three years and it will be subject to satisfactory progress.
The annual grant is of euros 18,052.04 (gross amount). This is an increased scholarship with respect to the standard University of Padova scholarship of euros 15,343.28. The additional amount of euros 2,708.76 is funded by the Department of Statistical Sciences "Department of Excellence" grant, financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR).

How to apply
The call is published (deadline May 14, 1 pm CEST) at the page
http://www.unipd.it/ricerca/dottorati-di-ricerca/bandi-e-graduatorie
English version at the page
http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1053

Please, note that the curriculum has to be written by filling the template
CV_XXXV available from the Course web page http://www.stat.unipd.it/ricerca/ammissione
and uploading the filled template in the online procedure.

Applications are only accepted online using the link indicated in the call

See http://www.stat.unipd.it/ricerca/ammissione
or contact phd@stat.unipd.it

Kindest regards,
Patrizia Piacentini
on behalf of prof. Massimiliano Caporin
Coordinator of the PhD Course in Statistics
University of Padova - Italy

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Patrizia Piacentini
Secretariat
PhD Course in Statistics
University of Padova-Italy
tel +39 049 8274167
fax +39 049 8271524
dottorato@stat.unipd.it