Each academic year the members of the Teaching Board propose a list of research topics depending on the specific research interests and founds availability.

The list of research topics may help the interested candidates in the preparation of a description of the research project (max. 4 pages) which is a mandatory attachment of the application.

The research project must contain i) a title, ii) an introduction to the problem with reference to the state of the art, iii) a clear description of the aim and the content of the research, iv) an estimation of the time sequence of the intended activities, v) literature references.

The project must be in one of the research areas of the Doctoral Programme, preferably on one of the research subjects reported in the list for the relevant year.