1st Call

Application deadline: by 15 June 2023, 12:00 midday (CEST)
Admission interviews: 3-5 July, 2023, at unibz for those living in Italy or online via Microsoft Teams
Communication of interview details: by 28 June 2023
Publication of ranking lists: by 14 July 2023

Confirmation of the PhD position - 1st Call

Applicants with grant: starting from 14 July 2023 until 27 July 2023;
Applicants without grant: starting from 27 July 2023 until 04 August 2023.
Enrolment: Starting from 27 July 2023 until 31 October 2023, 12:00 midday (CEST)

2nd Call

In mid-June, another call for additional positions with scholarships in cooperation with companies (DM 117) will be published.

Total positions: 7
Positions with university grants: 3
Positions with other types of grants: 4

All citizen, regardless of sex, age and nationality may apply to be admitted to a PhD:

• Applicants holding a postgraduate degree as per Italian Ministerial Decree no. 509/1999, a postgraduate degree as per Italian Ministerial Decree no. 270/2004, a degree of the former Italian university system, or an equivalent degree obtained abroad;
• Applicants achieving one of the above mentioned titles within the enrolment deadline. In this case applicants will be admitted conditionally to the selection procedure and they must produce the degree certificate within the enrolment’s deadline. If not, their application is considered null and void.

Candidates are expected to have acquired an appropriate educational, and/or cultural and/or professional background in the field of agricultural, environmental, biological, animal or geosciences.

English Language certification at level B2 (or higher levels). 
Linguistic competence can be proven by: 

• If the main language of instruction in the final year of the diploma is English, it counts as C1. 
•  A bachelor's or master's degree in English certifies the C1 level. Unibz graduates must upload the language certificates they have obtained or declare that they have passed the language examinations at the unibz Language Centre (B2, B2+ or C1).
• A recognised language certificate (see the list of recognised certificates from the Language Centre. Please note: the certificate must not have been obtained more than 5 years before the application for recognition.

The proficiency in English will also be assessed during the interviews.

Applications to the selection procedure can be submitted from the date of the announcement of the public competition.

Each application is subject to a payment for administrative expenses (30 €). This registration fee cannot be reimbursed under any circumstances.
In order to apply, you need to follow these steps:

1. Create an account at Application Portal and upload in electronic format a passport-size colour photo and a valid ID (passport or identity card, front/back);
2. In the application portal, select the PhD programme and pay the registration fee of 30 € (see instructions in the portal);
3. Fill in the online form in the same portal and upload the additional required documents (see the specific attachments to the call for each PhD programme).

Completing the application online is the only way to submit the application. Applications will not be considered if:

• incomplete or without compulsory entry qualifications/requirements;
• sent by e-mail.

It is necessary to upload the required documentation for each PhD programme chosen in the portal. A traffic light system indicates complete/incomplete documentation (missing documents will be marked in red).

Only documents uploaded by the deadline will be evaluated. It is advisable to apply online well in advance and to check the portal regularly to take note of any notes concerning missing and/or incorrect documents.

The application must be completed no later than 15 June 2023 at 12:00 midday (GTM +2:00). After this deadline, it will no longer be possible to complete/correct incomplete applications.
The University is not liable if the portal is overcharged, due to the net or to the software itself.

To apply to the PhD programme, applicants must include the documentation listed below. Incomplete applications will be excluded from the competition.

• Diploma supplement or the Master degree diploma together with the transcript of records of all passed exams:
  
  •  if graduated in Italy: diploma supplement or self-declaration (following the Italian D.P.R. no. 445/2000) of the degree awarded with the exams passed (if graduated) or just with the exams passed (if not graduated yet); 
  •  if graduated abroad: diploma supplement or final degree certificate with exams passed (if graduated) or transcript of records (if not graduated yet) in Italian, German or English related to a second level university qualification;
    The above must contain the following information: final grade, exams passed with grade and date of passing, credit points, scientific fields (the latter only for Italian titles), university where the degree was or will be awarded and date of graduation.
    For qualifications obtained abroad, also: scale of grades awarded by the home university (with a minimum final grade to obtain the qualification and a maximum final grade achievable). Unibz reserves the right to request a description of the contents of the single courses and/or teaching hours where necessary.
• A motivational letter written in English (max. 1 page).
• Curriculum vitae (CV) (in English and possibly following the EU format that can be downloaded here https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae). The CV should include the list of publications, presentations at conferences, awards, and any experience or activity that prove her/his qualification.
• English Language certification at level B2 (or higher levels). 
  If the language skills are demonstrated by a high school diploma/diploma or master's degree, the diplomamust also be uploaded a second time in the above section.

Other documents to be included in the application if available:

• reference letters, written in English from a university lecturer or a researcher from a research institute (drawn up in the year of the call or in the previous one); 
• copy of the publications (including the master thesis, published or accepted).

When submitting their application, applicants must indicate on the portal a maximum of 3 research topics chosen from the list of titles indicated. The choice is not binding.

Admission to the programme is based on the evaluation of a) the academic qualification as it appears from the CV and other documents, b) of the motivational and reference letters, and c) on the outcome of the interview. 
For those applicants who fulfil the admission requirements, the Evaluation Committee will first evaluate the application and draw up a short list of applicants admitted to the interview. The Committee will select the best applicants on the basis of a comparative assessment.

The following points will be awarded: 

• up to 23 points for the academic qualification of the applicant as it appears in the CV and in the other documents, for the motivational and reference letters;
• up to 7 points for the congruence of the curriculum with the topics indicated in the list of available projects, which will be chosen by the candidate in the dedicated portal;
• up to 20 points for the interview.

The final score is the sum of the previous scores. The maximum score is 50. The lowest score to be admitted to the ranking list is 25/50. The final score is used for ranking the applicants and to establish A) the list of the admitted candidates and B) the list of candidates entitled to receive the fellowships. Separate rankings will be drawn up for the two externally funded projects. If two or more applicants have the same score, the younger candidate will be given priority.