The European University Institute is one of the most culturally diverse doctoral schools anywhere in the world. Nearly 900 scholars from over 60 countries combine to create a truly multi-national community with no one dominant culture.
With leading scholars in Economics, History, Law and Political and Social Sciences, all four departments promote interdisciplinary research and teaching. Our forty years' experience focusing exclusively on doctoral studies and research makes us a global leader in high-quality postgraduate education.
Around 150 doctoral research grants are available to eligible candidates for the 2016-17 academic year which starts on 1 September 2016.
With a completion rate of 80% and 69% of our alumni currently employed in academic positions, we invite you to consider the EUI as the next step in your post-graduate education.
To qualify for a national grant, you must meet the specific requirements set by the national grant authorities. These may include conditions with regard to your nationality, residence, degree and its time of award.
The application for admission to the EUI doctoral programme is automatically an application for a national grant, with the following exceptions: Slovenia, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom. If you apply for a grant from one of these countries, your application to the EUI can ONLY be accepted if you separately apply also for the national grant by the deadline specified by the relevant grant authority.
EUI Contracting States
Grants and tuition fees for Ph.D. candidates are covered by the national grant-awarding authority for Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Other EU Member States not adhering to the EUI Convention
EU Member States Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta and Slovakia have not yet signed the EUI Convention. Consequently, there are currently no national grants available for PhD candidates from these countries.
Candidates from these countries may therefore be admitted under the EUI special doctoral fellowships programme , or on condition they are able to secure external sponsorship .
Associate Member States
Candidates from Norway and Switzerland may be admitted to the EUI under the Association Agreements.
Grants and tuition fees for doctoral candidates are covered by the national grant-awarding authority.
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation "Grants for Foreigners" Programme
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation awards grants to candidates from the following states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkey.
Candidates from these countries do not pay the programme's tuition fees.
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation "North Africa Programme"
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation awards grants to candidates from the following states: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
Candidates from these countries do not pay the programme's tuition fees.
Other Countries
Candidates from countries that do not fit in with any of the above-mentioned grant programmes may be admitted under the EUI special doctoral fellowships programme, or on condition they are able to secure external sponsorship.
Application deadline 31 January 2016 ( 24:00 – CET). The online application form is expected to open on 2 November 2015.
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http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/DoctoralProgramme/Index.aspx