41 PhD positions Italy, The Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)

The GSSI invites applications for 10 fellowships in “Astroparticle Physics”, 11 in “Mathematics in Natural, Social and Life Sciences”, one of which funded by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), 10 in “Computer Science” and 10 in “Urban Studies and Regional Science”. The official language for all PhD courses is English.
The fellowships are awarded for three years and their yearly amount is € 16.159,91 gross. All PhD students have free accommodation at the GSSI facilities and use of the canteen.
Application Instructions
The questions within each section should be completed in order. Once you have begun working on your application form, you can save your work and, using your email address and password, coming back later to complete your application. Fields tagged with (*) are mandatory. The application procedure can be considered as successfully completed only after receiving the confirmation email, with a short summary of your data and the files you uploaded in attachment.
Application Materials
The documents you need to submit are:

• copy of the University title certificate
• academic transcripts (list of courses with grades)
• Curriculum Vitae
• a copy of a valid Identity Document (ID) signed and dated.

These documents, common to all applicants, must be in pdf or jpg format and each file size should not exceed 3Mb.
Depending on your program choice several additional materials are required, namely:

• PhD in Astroparticle Physics
  no additional materials required.
• PhD in Mathematics in Natural, Social and Life Sciences:
  a single file (pdf or jpg, 3Mb maximum size) containing a synthetic report of the core courses attended in the following topics: Partial Differential Equations, Probability – stochastic processes, Functional and Numerical Analysis.
• PhD in Computer Science
  a single file (pdf or jpg, 3Mb maximum size) with a motivational letter describing the past studies and the acquired expertise, a brief research project outlining the research challenges to consider for the PhD thesis, the reasons for choosing GSSI for the PhD studies.
• PhD in Urban Studies and Regional Science:
  (i) Motivational letter, (ii) abstract of the master thesis in english (pdf file, 2,000 words in length).

The application must be submitted through the online form available at www.gssi.it/phd/ by 1st September 2016 at 18.00 (Italian time zone).
For more information, please consult the Call for Applications at www.gssi.it/phd/ or write an email to [email protected] or call +39 0862 4280262.