PhD in ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

Educational goals and objectives

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

The PhD program in Economics and Finance, taught in English, is a four-year program aimed at training highly qualified researchers in the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, and finance. The program is dedicated to highly ambitious students who are strongly motivated to push forward the frontier of knowledge in the economic and financial world. During the first year, students are exposed to models and methods for economic analysis, acquiring the methodological rigor necessary to address the complexity of economic systems. The program activities cover the equivalent of sixty academic credits carried out by faculty members of the college and internationally recognized experts. In the following three years, students focus on their own research. The program is organized by a department of excellence, which provides cutting-edge computing resources and a rich exchange program and Visiting Professors.

Available Positions and Scholarships

University scholarship	10	University scholarship reserved to foreign applicants	0	Department scholarship	0
Scholarship funded by private research institution	0	Scholarship funded by private non-research institution	0	Scholarship funded by public research institution	0
Scholarship funded by public non-research institution	0	PhD position under national research programs	0	PhD position under EU research programs	0
Foreign independent candidates	0	Employee of private research institution/organisation under a cooperation agreement	2	Employee of private non-research institution/organisation under a cooperation agreement	0
Employee of public research institution/organisation under a cooperation agreement	2	Employee of public non-research institution/organisation under a cooperation agreement	2	PhD under higher education and research apprenticeship contract at a private research institution/organisation	0
PhD under higher education and research apprenticeship contract at a private non-research institution/organisation	0	PhD under higher education and research apprenticeship contract at a public research institution/organisation	0	PhD under higher education and research apprenticeship contract at a public non-research institution/organisation	0
No scholarship	0

Self-certification of the academic qualification obtained through Model A:

• Master’s Degree
• Single-cycle Degree
• Specialist Degree
• Old-system Degree
• Degree obtained abroad corresponding to EQF Level 7
• provided that they belong to the following classes: All classes