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Admission to the Doctorate in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Admission to the programme is open to all candidates interested in research areas of the CIMeC, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age. Applicants are supposed to have an Italian laurea magistrale university degree or have completed a Bachelor's and a Master's degree. Candidates who expect to be awarded their title by the October 31, 2021  may also apply.

There was one application for the 2020 cohort: This year there will be at least 7 fully paid positions and 1 supernumerary one available.

Here is the 2021 selection deadline forecast:

April 15

Announcement of selection published. Application period begins.

End of May

Application deadline.

(although the online application is open until 4:00 pm Italian time on the due date, we strongly encourage you to complete the application a few days beforehand. If you haven't received a request to confirm your application, and confirmed it by 4:00 p.m., the online application system will block you out and your application will not be considered. No exceptions.)

End of June Title evaluations (candidates need not be present). Ranking will be posted on the UNITN website no later than a day or two later.

Early July 

Interviews. Shortlisted candidates must be present, unless residing abroad or proving to be unable to physically attend. In this case they will be interviewed by skype.

If admitted to the Program, candidates must reply within 8 business days.

November 1, 2021

PhD Program begins

B2 level English documentation is not required in order to be considered for a PhD position, however it is strongly recommended.

The list of topics the Doctorate emphasized in the 2020 selection are posted here. The complete list of 2021 topics will be listed here by the end of March 2021.

The Research Statement form available in the download box below is one of the compulsory attachments needed for the online application.

A €15 application fee, payable by credit card, is required.

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document2020 Research Statement CBS - 36th cycle(DOCX | 23 KB)
application/pdf2020 Call for PhD Selection - ENG - 36th cycle(PDF | 503 KB)
application/pdf2020 Bando di selezione del dottorato - ITA - 36° ciclo(PDF | 342 KB)
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentTemplate of provisional degree statement(DOCX | 16 KB)
application/mswordReferee reference form(DOC | 55 KB)
Contatti 
Doctoral School in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Corso Bettini, 31 - Rovereto
Tel. 
ph. +39 0464 808617
Fax 
fax +39 0461 288690
phd.cimec@unitn.it
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2020 call is no longer open
CIMeC: Center for Mind/Brain Sciences
Corso Bettini, 31 38068, Rovereto Italy
Tel.:
+39 0464 80 8615
Fax:
+39 0464 80 8654
cimec@unitn.it
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