PhD positions at University of Udine, Italy

Announcement of a competitive exam for admission to the XXVI cycle of Research Doctorate courses

Information carried hereafter is a synthesis of the announcement promulgated by D.R. n. 568 of the 27th September 2010. Therefore applicants are invited to read carefully the full text of the announcement.

Application for admission to the exams
The on-line application form can be found and filled on this website. The application must be sent by 24.00 (Central European Time) of 29th October 2010.
The candidate must fill in a new application form for each Research Doctorate course they wish to attend.
After the successful completion of the on line application procedure, the candidate should print , sign and send their application, together with the required annexes, so that it should reach the University of Udine by 13.00 (1 pm) of 2nd November 2010. The official date and time of arrival will be set when the application is recorded at the University of Udine Document Management Office. The postmark will not be considered for the purpose of determining arrival date.
The original documents can be:

- either sent by post or by express courier to the following address: Università degli Studi di Udine/Ripartizione Ricerca, via Palladio n. 8, 33100 Udine - Italy.
- or delivered by hand to the Università degli Studi di Udine, Centro Gestione e Documenti, Via Palladio 8, 33100 Udine from Monday to Friday between 9 am and 1 pm.

Admission exams
The exams, aimed at evaluating the candidates’ aptitude for scientific research, will take place in accordance with the procedures and dates indicated in the announcement. Communications to the candidates will be made exclusively through publication on this Internet site.

Candidates who are resident abroad may also take part only on the basis of evaluation of academic titles, exclusively for the reserved places, if these are envisaged for the individual research doctorate.

At the end of the competitive exam eligible candidates may be admitted in excess, without a grant and within the maximum number provided by the announcement , on the condition that, on the date of enrolment, they belong to one of the following categories:
- researchers receiving grants provided for in Law. 449/97 or other research grant, on the condition that the doctorate course they will attend belongs to the same scientific area of research as that for which they receive their grants;
- non-Italian citizens. For this category only, the Teaching Board of the Doctorate course may decide to increase the number of candidates admissible in excess as described in the annexes.

The final lists
The final lists will be made public on the 6th December 2010 (on this website). There will be no communications to home addresses.

Admission to courses and enrolment formalities
The selected candidates will be required to provide the documentation for enrolment within the deadline of the 14th December 2010 .

The paper applications received after the 14th December 2010 will be excluded and places will be filled taking candidates from further down the list.

The list of the candidates designated to replace selected candidates who have renounced the courses or been declared ineligible, will be made public on the 20th December 2010 . Those candidates who desire to take the vacant places, will be required to provide the documentation for enrolment within the deadline of the 27th December 2010 .