Bilateral Agreements

Mobility opportunities for PhD students

A university bilateral agreement is made between two universities willing to become partners and achieve specific aims together that can refer to: student mobility, Doctoral student mobility, joint research activities, common activities such as the joint organization of seminars or conferences etc. If such agreements involve more than two university, they are called multilateral agreements.

The University of Trento has signed 31 agreements until today with universities from all over (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, United States, New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines). Most of these countries allow students of the University of Trento to spend time abroad to study and attend courses, take exams or search for useful material for their thesis. Of the 31 agreements 20 entail a selection call for a mobility scholarship. For information about the other agreements with no grant please contact the reference office.

Canada, Mc Master University
Faculties Engineering, Economics, Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, Sociology and School of International Studies
Beneficiaries

Students enrolled in the Master’s course and doctoral students (of the Doctoral Schools of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Economics and Management, Physics, Computer Sciences and Telecommunications, Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering and Sciences, Engineering of Civil and Mechanic Structural Systems, Local Development and Global Dynamics, Mathematics, Biomolecular Sciences, Psychological and Education Sciences, Sociology and Social Research).

Subject 6 month study period abroad or 3 month research period abroad
Mobility period From September
No. of places 2 (1 student and 1 doctoral student)
Language requirements English B2
Publishing of selection procedure October
Deadline December

 

 

Cile, ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations)
Faculty Economics, Sociology, School of International Studies
Beneficiaries

Students enrolled in the Master’s courses and doctoral students (Doctoral Schools of Economics and Management, Local Development and Global Dynamics, Sociology and Social Research, International Studies).

Subject 3-months study period
Mobility period From July till September
No. of places 1
Language requirements B1 Spanish
Publishing of selection procedure October
Deadline December
Giappone, Hitotsubashi University
Faculties Law. Economics, Sociology, SSL
Beneficiaries

Students enrolled in the Master’s course and doctoral students (of the Doctoral Schools of Economics and Management, Local Development and Global Dynamics, Sociology and Social Research, Comparative Law and European Studies, International Studies).

Subject 6 month study period abroad or 3 month research period abroad
Mobility period From September
No. of places 2
Language requirements B2 English
Publishing of selection procedure October
Deadline December

 

Nuova Zelanda, Auckland University of Technology
Faculty Economics, Sciences, Cognitive Sciences
Beneficiaries

Students enrolled in Master’s courses and doctoral studies (Doctoral Schools of Economics and Management, Psychological and Education Sciences, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Sciences and Telecommunications).

Subject 3-months research period
Mobility period In the academic year of the selection procedure
No. of places 2
Language requirements B2 English
Publishing of selection procedure October
Deadline December
   

 

USA, Virginia Tech
Faculty Engineering, Sciences, Cognitive sciences
Beneficiaries

Students enrolled in the Master’s courses and doctoral students (Doctoral Schools of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Physics, Computer Sciences and Telecommunication, Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering and Sciences, Engineering of Civil and Mechanic Structural Systems, Biomolecular Sciences, Psychological and Education Sciences).

Subject 6-month study or 3-month research
Mobility period From August till December or from January till May
No. of places 2 (1 student, 1 doctoral student)
Language requirements B2 English
Deadline No selections are planned for the academic year 2012/2013

 

USA, University of Colorado at Boulder
Faculty Engineering, Sciences
Beneficiaries

Students enrolled in Master’s courses and doctoral students (Doctoral Schools in Physics, Computer Sciences and Telecommunication, Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering and Sciences, Engineering of Civil and Mechanic Structural Systems, Biomolecular Sciences).

Subject Research period of at least 3 months
Mobility period Free within the academic year of the selection
No. of places 2
Language requirements B1 English
Publishing of selection procedure April
Deadline May

 

Beneficiaries interested in outgoing mobility to a partner university with no ongoing selection may contact the European Programmes and International Mobility Office.

Mobility initiatives involve various financial sponsors, among which the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto. 

Contacts

European Programmes and International Mobility Service
via Verdi, 6 - 38122 Trento (Italy)
fax +39 0461 282917

Office Hours:

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.; Tuesdays 2.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.