Instructions for the Call 2016/2017
Entry Requirements
In order to apply for one of the NASP Ph.D. Programmes, applicants will be required to possess:
• either an Italian Laurea Magistrale, a Master's Degree or any equivalent degree;
• a B2 level or above English language certification issued by any authorized certifying body as laid down by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFR. Here you can find a list of all accepted certifications. The certificate is not required if the candidate attended a specific Master Degree or Laurea Magistrale course (see the official call for application for details), or any Master Degree or Laurea Magistrale course whose official language was English. If the candidate does not possess such certification and didn't attend any of the abovementioned courses, he or she will be required to pass an English language entry exam in order to be admitted to the Ph.D.
Applicants who expect to obtain a Laurea Magistrale, a Master's Degree or equivalent within October 31, 2016 are also eligible to apply for admission.
Entry exams schedule will be available from July 4th 2016 on the University of Milan website at http://www.unimi.it/studenti/97845.html
Foreign candidates who are not able to reach Milan for the language exam may ask to take the exam online. To this end, they must fill the specific form attached to the Call for Application providing all the data required (see the following section for details).
How to Submit
Applications must be submitted no later than July 6th, 2016 at 13.00 (Italian Time).
In order to submit the application, it is required to follow these steps:
• Register to the University website at http://www.unimi.it in the section "Accesso Rapido" - "Servizi"- "Registrazione" (this is not required if the applicant is already registered to the University online system)
• Login to the SIFA online services at "Servizi online SIFA - LOGIN"
• Select "Servizi di Ammissione" - "Ammissione ai corsi post laurea" - "Dottorati di ricerca" and then follow the instructions
• During the procedure the applicant will be prompted to pay a € 50,00 fee. The payment can be made immediately by credit card or by printing the MAV payment form generated by the SIFA. Foreign applicants living outside Italy and paying by MAV form can complete the payment procedure once in Italy, and deliver the MAV receipt at the University International Students Desk located in via S. Sofia n. 9/1.
Important: If you encounter any technical related issue during the above online procedure (errors, webpages not working, etc), please submit the issue to the InfoMail Service available here
Application procedure involves the upload of the following documents (it is possible to upload in .pdf .rtf .jpg formats, no larger than 10Mb):
Abstract of the applicant's dissertation in English (3.500 words max - bibliography included) - (only if required by the university system of the country in which the qualification was awarded);
A. Diploma Supplement, or Degree certificate in Italian or English with course examinations passed and final grade (This is not required for applicants who graduated at the University of Milan);
B. Curriculum Vitae, with a description of any professional experience and other qualifications held by the applicant;
C. Research project in English (see the official Call for the related form);
D. Valid B2 level (or above) English language certification or declaration of exemption (see the official Call for the related form);
E. Copy of passport (only for foreign applicants);
F. Any publication in Italian or in English;
G. Request for online language entry exam/interview (only if needed by the applicant - see the official Call for the related form);
H. Annex A of the Call for Application.
Once the uploading procedure is confirmed, it's not possibile to modify or cancel the application.
Please note that failure to provide one of the documents at items A, B or C will result in the exclusion from the competition.
Failure to provide one of the documents at item D will result in the requirement to attend the language entry examination.
Reference letters
In addition to the above documentation, one or more (see the Offical Call for details) letters of reference must be drawn up in accordance with the form provided with the Call for Application and must be sent directly by the lecturer or expert providing the reference as a .pdf document to the relevant email address for each course as indicated in the Call for Application.
Please see to it that the provider of the reference letter puts the following in the subject field: "Lettera di presentazione - Dottorato di ricerca in ... " or "Academic Reference Form - Ph.D. Programme in ...".
The letters must be sent to the email address specified in the official Call according to the same deadline of the application procedure, i.e. no later than July 6th, 2016 at 13.00 (Italian Time).
Ph.D. students will be admitted WITH SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY. Admission to Ph.D. Programmes is based on qualifications and interviews. The Ph.D. programmes, fully taught in English, promote international exchanges with top European research institutions and offer quality teaching at international level.
The beginning of teaching activities is scheduled in October 2016.
To be considered valid, applications must be submitted as the official Call for Application prescribes.
Mission and Partners
Mission
The complexity of contemporary political processes – the discrepancy between institutional and policy designs and their outcomes, the changes in the political behavior deriving from new forms of communication, the always stricter intersection between the domestic and international sphere, the ethical dilemmas involved by all these dynamics – and their interpretation require the mastering of specific knowledge and methods.
In order to address these challenges, the Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences organizes a doctoral programme in Political Studies where the empirical-positive tradition and the theoretical-normative school are integrated coherently.
The aim of the doctoral programme in Political Studies is to train highly-skilled professionals who can undertake research within academic institutions, think tanks and research centers, as well as provide consultancy for political, economic, public or private organizations at the national and international levels.
Thanks to the partnership with other Italian universities and the thick network of connections with experts and foreign institutes, the Ph.D. in Political Studies offers a two-levels training programme. First, the acquisition of a common background on the most up-to-date knowledge and methods in the field of political science and political philosophy. Second, a more personalized training subdivided in four main paths of specialization, and the possibility to experiment cross-curricular paths linking together traditionally unrelated disciplines.
The path on Institutions and Public Policy focuses on the analysis of contemporary political systems and their related issues, such as the functioning of parliaments, governments, and other political institutions at the national, local and European levels, the definitions of welfare programmes, the evaluation of public policies, the processes of democratization.
The path on International Studies aims to provide the tools to interpret the international dimension of politics and the processes of mutual conditioning between the domestic and external spheres by discussing the main themes of the theory of International Relations, and analyzing the most important sub-regional systems and the main international actors' foreign policies.
The path on Public Opinion, Political Communication and Political Behavior delves into the analysis of the electoral processes, the role that the main actors involved – such as political parties and candidates – play, their strategies of communication with the citizens, and how the latter build, express and translate into electoral behaviors their attitudes towards politics.
The path on Political Theory offers an in-depth study of the main paradigms that orient the contemporary debate on political philosophy, normative political theory, and applied ethics, and provides the necessary competences to build political arguments, evaluate their theoretical and practical implications, elaborate conceptual frameworks to treat politically relevant issues. For further information about research activities and initiatives in political theory promoted by the teaching staff of the path, please visit the website of the Political Theory Project.
Partners
ASERI - Post-graduate School of Economics and International Relations (Catholic University of Milan of the Sacred Heart)
Department of Political Sciences - DISPO (University of Genova)
Department of Social and Political Sciences - SPS (University of Milano)
Department of Political and Social Sciences (University of Pavia)
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