PhD in Philosophy

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

Please note that the fee payment alone 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 under any circumstances if the candidate does not participate in the admission selection, regardless of the reason.

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

Registration to the selection consists of four steps:

1. Registration and filing personal data (see the Guide for the 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 the 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 the information required in the online form and they indicate:

• the research area of interest and in which the candidate presents the project (MANDATORY);

The Research Project must include:

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

The candidate will also indicate up to two referees. When the candidate completes the application, they will receive an automatic email with the form for the reference letter and the link to upload the letter.

Candidates are responsible for the data submitted. They can contact the Referee(s) to request the letter and to check that it is sent directly to the PhD Office within the deadlines and according to the procedures set out in this call.

The PhD Office will not solicit the submission of the letters.

After submitting the online application, the candidate must upload the following documentation as single PDF files through the same online registration system:

1. Duly signed Application Form;
2. A self-certification according to DPR 445/00 of the Degree, according both to the old and the new Italian regulation, the graduation mark, and the list of relevant exams, or a copy of a certificate 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: a self-certification including the list of all exams taken including the relative marks and the WEIGHTED AVERAGE of all grades.
5. If some 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.
6. In the case of manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet available in the public databases, letter of acceptance by the editors.
7. The candidate MUST upload the PDF files of any publications declared in the application for admission (up to a maximum of 5) on the same portal used for submitting the application. Only the publications that are both declared in the application and accompanied by the corresponding PDF file will be considered for the evaluation of qualifications.
8. 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.

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 the Call.

Please use Annex 2 to fill out self-certifications. 

Will not be accepted:

• Applications in which the form has not been fully completed in all its parts and/or submitted after the above-mentioned deadline;
• Certificates/Diploma Supplements unless the candidate provides a self-declaration which states that the copy complies with the original document;
• Self-certifications according to the relevant DPR 445/00 not duly signed.

REFERENCE LETTER (Attachment 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 (Attachment 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.