PhD Program in Condensed Matter
Each year the Condensed Matter Sector admits selected students to attend a PhD program. The program consists in three or four years during which the students follow specialized courses and are involved in a personal research project. Application deadlines, dates and number of available positions of the entrance examinations are periodically posted on the PhD announcements webpage , where you can also download the application forms . Enrollment of all the new students at SISSA and the beginning of classes in the Condensed Matter Sector will take place in the first decade of November.
Application procedure for European citizens
Candidates must apply to be admitted to the standard entrance examination. There are two examination sessions each year, a spring and a fall session. Examinations consist of a written test and an oral interview. The outcome is usually known on the same day. Candidates must send a paper application form that can be downloaded from the official SISSA announcement web page ( SISSA announcement and phd courses ).
Please fill in the following form to get more information as well as the deadlines for sending your application.
Application procedure for Non-European citizens
Candidates who are not citizens of European Union have two possibilities to be admitted to SISSA as a PhD Student:
- to pass the regular entrance examination in Trieste (in this case the application procedure is the one described above for European citizens).
- to pass a Spring preselection based on academic and scientific qualifications. Students selected in this way will therefore enter the School without taking the regular entrance examination, but will be expected to pass a qualifying examination within the first year of study. Candidates interested in participation in this preselection should send a paper application form that can be downloaded from the official SISSA announcement web page ( SISSA announcement and phd courses ).
More about the PhD program at SISSA?
To get more information and the deadlines for sending your application, please fill in the following form
Contacts
Students Secretariat
tel.: +39 040 3787 452 / +39 040 3787 456
fax: +39 040 3787 466
