Doctoral scholarships

Scholarships are awarded to PhD students based on their position in the general ranking lists. In cases of equal merit, scholarships are assigned on the basis of the candidate’s economic situation. Doctoral places not covered by a scholarship are awarded to the youngest candidate.  
Doctoral scholarships cannot be awarded to students who have already obtained a PhD, with or without scholarship.

The University decides on the amount of the study scholarship. Scholarships have a yearly duration and are renewed as long as the doctoral student is admitted into the following year.

Budget for research activities

Starting from the second year, every doctoral student is given a budget of €1,650 to carry out their research activity, funded by the Department to which their supervisor belongs.Office for Training and Research ContractsVia Sant’Antonio 12

• Regulations for research doctorates

Compatibility

Doctoral scholarships are not compatible with other study grants, with the exception of grants or other contributions awarded by Italian or foreign institutions to enable students to spend periods abroad to supplement their training and research activities. The doctoral scholarship is not compatible with payments made to doctors undertaking specialist training.Payment procedure

In order to initiate the procedure for payment of the doctoral scholarship students must complete during the online enrolment procedure the questionnaire regarding the working position and indicate the IBAN code.

In order to report any changes in personal and bank details, which should be notified by the 4th of the month in order to avoid delays and problems with the payment of the scholarship, students must send the banking data form to the Staff Salary and Career Division, Training and Research Contracts Office, by email to: pagamenti.dottorato@unimi.it

The PhD scholarship consists of an annual gross sum of €16,350.00, from which the regional study tax and the stamp duty (totalling €156) are deducted annually.

The scholarship is paid monthly. Every three months, the coordinator will send the office a certificate of attendance.Forms

• Scheda anagrafica
• Identity Record

Payments

• Payment details
• Payment history up to 2016

INPS registration and social security contributions

Doctoral students are required to register with INPS (separate pension and welfare scheme for the self-employed).
Payment of the social security contribution is made by the University, only after the PhD student registers for the separate pension and welfare scheme for the self-employed on the INPS website, in the Online Services section, using their PIN.

One third of the INPS contribution – currently amounting to 34.23% of the scholarship – is charged to the PhD student and two-thirds to the University. Those registered with other social security funds (for example those that are mandatory for members of professional orders such as  Enpam, Enpav, etc.) pay a reduced INPS contribution of 24%.

The PhD scholarship is not subject to declaration in tax returns or to IRPEF (personal income tax) (Art. 4 of Law 476/1984 and Art 6, paragraph 6, of Law 398/1989).

The C.U. (Certificazione Unica – annual declaration of all income) form showing the amount of the scholarship awarded and INPS contributions made by the University during the course of the year, is available after the first year of the course.

• INPS website
• Online CU form

Compatibility

Doctoral students may carry out supplementary teaching and tutoring activities for students of Master’s and single-cycle degree programs for a maximum of 100 hours in each academic year, of which a maximum 40 hours to be spent on supplementary teaching activities pursuant to Art. 45 of the General Regulations of the University.

• Supplementary teaching
• Suspension of PhD

Waiver of the PhD scholarship

The following students must give up the PhD scholarship as they are not entitled to it:

• admitted students who have previously obtained a PhD qualification, with or without a scholarship
• beneficiaries of other study grants awarded in the same year, unless they are intended for stays abroad
• students undertaking specialist training admitted in accordance with the conditions of Art. 24 of the Doctoral Programmes Regulations since they are already in receipt of a grant.

Students can waive the scholarship for one academic year only or for the entire duration of the programme.

To give up the scholarship, a specific form must be sent to the InformaStudenti service one month before the waiver date and by email to pagamenti.dottorato@unimi.it.

University Of Milan Phd Admission

How to apply for admission to a doctoral programme

Access to a doctoral research programme is through a public competition.

Every year, the University of Milan publishes calls for applications that set out the requirements, deadlines, access and selection procedures for each doctoral programme.

Both the application for admission to the competition and the application for enrolment must be made online, without the need to hand in any paper documents.

Please read the instructions carefully in order to ensure that every stage in the application process is successfully completed

How to apply1. Consult the calls for applications

The first thing to do when applying for a PhD progamme is to read the call for application carefully.

The announcement contains:

• access requirements
• application procedures and deadlines 
• information for disabled candidates and LD
• selection criteria and procedures, and establishment of final rankings
• enrolment procedures
• scholarships availability.

PhD calls for application2. Submit your admission application

To submit your application for admission to the public competition online by the deadlines indicated in the call for applications:

1. register on the University portal. 
   This operation is not required if you have already registered on the portal or are in possession of University login credentials  (e.g. if you are a graduate or a last year student of the University of Milan).
2. fill in the online admission application form.
   Access the doctoral research programmes admission service using your University credentials and fill in the form
3. upload the documents required (see list below)  
4. pay the admission fee
   Pay the €50 fee required by credit card.
   If you are normally resident in Italy you can also pay using the MAV form generated at the end of the online procedure.

Documents required during the online doctoral programme admission process

The online admission procedure requires you to upload the documents (both compulsory and/or optional) specified in the call for applications, which are normally:

• Diploma Supplement or Bachelor’s/Master’s certificate/self-certification (or equivalent qualification obtained in Italy or abroad), with transcript of records. Upcoming graduates are required to submit a certificate/self-certification of enrolment in lieu of the diploma. Certificates are accepted in English, French, German or Spanish, as well as in Italian.
  This document is not required of graduates and final year students of the University of Milan as the University obtains it as a matter of course
• curriculum vitae, with a description of any professional experience and other qualifications
• research project (using Form 1 attached to the call for applications)
• passport, page/s showing personal details (foreign candidates only)
• any publications
• Annex A (attached to the call for applications).

These documents will be accepted in the following formats: pdf .rtf .jpg.

Each file should be no larger than 10 MB: larger documents may be converted into black and white .pdf files with a lower resolution, or split into two or more files.

Letters of reference

If required by the Academic Board and indicated in the programme table attached to the call for applications, the candidate must send by email, as a pdf, one or more letters of reference using the template in Form 2 attached to the call for applications.

The letters of reference must be sent directly from the professors or experts who write them, to the email address of the course coordinator by the deadline of the call for applications.

Candidates can in any case ask for letters of reference to be sent to the course coordinator, even if this is not specifically required in the call for applications.  

The letters of reference are evaluated as part of the candidates’ CVs and are not scored.

For information, contact the Doctoral Programmes Office through the