PhD in Philosophy

In order to be admitted to the selection, Italian citizens, EU and non-EU citizens must pay a € 50.00 fee following the instructions indicated on the online registration form.

Please note that the only fee payment does not imply that the candidate has registered correctly to the selection unless all the steps indicated in the form have been fulfilled. The fee will not be reimbursed for whatever reason the candidate does not participate to the admission selection.

Registration and application must be filled exclusively online, through the UniSR Reserved Area (https://unisr.esse3.cineca.it/Home.do).

Registration for the selection consists in four steps:

1. Registration of personal data (see Guide for Registration);
2. Login to the website, through the appropriate link (https://unisr.esse3.cineca.it/Home.do)
3. Online payment of the fee for the chosen competition (see Guide for Application)
4. Filling out the application form and uploading the required documentation.

Upon submitting the application, the candidate will receive a confirmation email.

The application (electronic form) can be filled out either in Italian or English. Please do not include special characters in the electronic form (",%,#...).

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FORM MUST BE COMPLETED IN ALL ITS PARTS (including any research experience, abstracts, publications, etc.).

In the application candidates will provide all information required in the online form and they will indicate:

• the research area of interest and in which the candidate presents the project (MANDATORY);
• any interest for only ONE project-based fellowship (optional) - Please note that if you select a project grant, this will be the first choice. 
  Please note that these fellowships can be assigned ONLY to those who selected them in the application form.

In the case of the selection in the application for admission of a project-based fellowships, the Candidate have to fill out in the form online for the admission, beyond the written project describing the candidates’ research interests, also the proposal of development of the chosen project.

The Research Project must include:

• Title
• State of the art (max 6000 characters)
• Development proposal (max 6000 characters)
• Bibliography (max 3000 characters).

In the application the candidate will also indicate up to two referees  who will receive an automatic email at the end of the procedure. This message includes the form the referee must use to write the reference letter.

Candidates are responsible for the data submitted; they can contact the referee(s) to request the letter and to check that it is submitted as required by this call within the defined deadline. The PhD Office will not solicit the submission of the letters.

After filing the online application in ALL is parts (any research experiences, publications, abstracts and know languages), the Candidate will submit, through the same online registration system, the following documentation in separated PDF files:

1. Duly signed Application Form;
2. A self-certification according to DPR 445/00 of the Master’s Degree, according both to the old and the new Italian regulation, indicating the thesis title, the graduation mark, and the list of relevant exams or a copy of the diploma supplement issued by the University in which the degree was obtained accompanied by substitutive declarations of affidavit;
3. A copy of a valid identification document;
4. ONLY for candidates admitted “sub condicione” and who have not graduated yet when submitting the online application, the list of all exams taken including the relative marks and the WEIGHTED AVERAGE of all grades.
5. In the case of manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet available in the public databases, letter of acceptance by the editors.

Files of the most relevant publications (up to maximum of 5) can be uploaded on the same portal used to submit the application. Even if the MA degree thesis cannot be considered as a publication, the abstract of the Master’s Degree Thesis, as per new Italian regulation, 5-year Degree Thesis, as per old Italian regulation (either in Italian or English) can also be uploaded in the same way as the publications. Hard copies of the publications and of the abstract of the Thesis will not be accepted;

If one or more publications are uploaded, a self-certification duly filled out (Annex 2) must be uploaded, in which the candidate declares that the publication(s) uploaded on the portal comply(ies) with the original

Moreover, candidates holding a foreign academic qualification, which has not yet received a declaration of equivalence to an Italian degree, will submit with the application any document that may be useful for the Examination Committee to declare its equivalence, as set forth by article 2 of this Call.

Please use Annex 2 to fill out self-certifications. Copies of Diplomas/Diploma Supplements will not be accepted unless the candidate provides a self-declaration which states that the copy complies with the original document.

Will not be accepted:

• Incomplete applications and/or submitted after the deadline will not be taken into consideration
• Certificates/Diploma Supplements unless the candidate provides a self-declaration which states that the copy complies with the original document.
• self-certifications according to DPR 445/00 not duly signed.

REFERENCE LETTER– Annex 1

All reference letters, which have not been drafted according to the form or submitted in different ways than those described in the Call for Application will be rejected.

SUBSTITUTIVE DECLARATION – Annex 2

The entitled persons shall avail themselves of what is set forth in Italian Presidential Decree no. 445/00, as amended and integrated, governing substitute declarations, by using this form, in case they attest other circumstances provided for by Articles 46 and 47 of Italian Presidential Decree no. 445/00.