Admission to PhD – 41st cycle BIS – a. y. 2025/2026
The call for candidates’ 41st cycle BIS is published at:
DEADLINE
for online application: FEBRUARY 17h, 2026 at 16.00 (CET).
LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE
Candidates’ knowledge of English will be verified during the interview.
QUALIFICATIONS ASSESSMENT
Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed through the evaluation of the following items:
a) arithmetic mean of the marks obtained in the exams taken during the candidate’s degree courses (up to 5 points);
b) research project and qualifications (up to 5 points). The research project (max 5000 characters, spaces included), in Italian or English, must concern one of the research topics included in the PhD course. The project is meant to verify the candidate’s aptitude towards research. It will not be binding if the candidate is admitted onto the PhD course. The qualifications include: research and development activity for public and private institutions; scientific publications; postgraduate scientific education (internships, training courses, participation to conferences).
The qualifications must be submitted according with the procedure indicated in art. 5, para. 2 of this call for applications.
The minimum score to be called for interview is 5/10.
The results of the qualifications assessment will be announced no later than MARCH 12th, 2026.
The results will be posted and in the Personal Area of the candidate in the University website. This can be accessed using the login information provided during registration.
INTERVIEW
MARCH 23rd, 2026 starting at 09.30 (CET) – via videoconference
Zoom link to use for the interview:
https://unipv-it.
Meeting ID: 928 8505 8342
Passcode: 092345
The interview will be held in Italian or English and will be an opportunity to verify the candidate’s knowledge of English. The interview will consist in a short presentation of the research project (max 15 minutes; the use of technologic support such as slides is strongly encouraged) that is designed to verify the candidate’s aptitude towards research. The research project presented by the candidate will not, in any way, be binding if the candidate is admitted onto the PhD course. More details on programmes and research topics are available at the following link: Research topic
The interview by videoconference, where required, will start at 09.30 (CET) of March 23rd, 2026.
Before the interview, candidates will be asked to show the same valid identity document whose details were entered during the application procedure. The University of Pavia does not take any responsibility for a candidate’s failure to take the interview due to technical difficulties.