Funding

Partial / Stipend

Program dates

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PhD Scholarship•Italy · Florence

University of Florence PhD Programmes 2026/27 (Cycle 42)

University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

Application Deadline

August 6, 2026

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The Dottorato di Ricerca (Research Doctorate / PhD) is the third cycle of Italian higher education. The University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze) runs an open competition every year — this is Cycle 42, for the 2026/27 academic year — admitting candidates to 30+ doctoral programmes spanning the sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, architecture and the arts. Doctoral candidates carry out independent research over three years alongside seminars, training and international mobility. Candidates who win a scholarship position receive a state living stipend, and the whole application is completed online.

Benefits & funding

  • Scholarship (borsa di studio): €16,243.00 gross per year, paid in deferred monthly instalments across the three-year programme.
  • Research budget: an added share equal to about 10% of the scholarship for research in Italy and abroad — at least €4,872.90 over the three years.
  • Mobility: the monthly stipend is increased by 50% for authorised research periods abroad, up to a maximum of 18 months.
  • Fees: scholarship holders are exempt from the €140 regional study tax; enrolment otherwise requires only a €16 stamp duty.
  • Note: each programme’s call fixes its own number of positions and scholarships; some positions may be offered without a scholarship.

Eligibility

  • Open to applicants of any nationality — no citizenship limit and no age limit.
  • Requires a master’s-level degree held by the call deadline: an Italian Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica (or a pre-2004 Laurea of at least four years, or an AFAM second-level diploma), or a foreign qualification that gives access to doctoral study in its country and is comparable in level, duration and disciplinary scope.
  • Foreign qualifications must be submitted with an Italian or English translation; at enrolment a legalised translation plus a Declaration of Value (DOV) is required.
  • Non-EU candidates already holding external government, EU or international scholarships may be admitted as supernumerary places.

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Application process

  1. 1
    Read the Cycle 42 call and the fact sheet (Annex) for your chosen PhD programme, which lists positions, scholarships and required documents.
  2. 2
    Prepare your qualifications, research proposal (where required) and supporting documents as set out in the programme fact sheet.
  3. 3
    Submit the application online through the University of Florence PhD portal before the deadline.
  4. 4
    Sit the programme’s selection (assessment of titles, research project and/or interview), consult the published ranking, and enrol if admitted.

Program timeline

  1. General call deadline (extended from 11 June)

    Jun 17, 2026

  2. Pegaso 2026 scholarship call deadline (12 noon Italian time)

    Aug 6, 2026

  3. November 2026

    doctoral programmes typically begin (Cycle 42, 2026/27 academic year)

  4. Next cycle (Cycle 43)

    call expected in early summer 2027