PhD in Technologies for Cultural Heritage (Tech4Culture) at University of Turin University of Turin in Italy

PhD opportunity in Technologies for Cultural Heritage (Tech4Culture) at the University of Turin, Italy.

This call is for the 42nd cycle PhD programme Technology Driven Sciences: Technologies for Cultural Heritage (Tech4Culture), an interdisciplinary doctoral programme at the University of Turin. The programme is funded by the European Next Generation EU initiative and the Italian Ministry of Research.

Funding: 4 fully funded PhD scholarships are available. The award includes a 3-year full-time scholarship and a €2,000 annual research budget.

Research areas / keywords: Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities, Computer Science, AI, Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Physics, Chemistry, Conservation Science, Environmental Science, Geoarchaeology, Archaeometry, and computational/quantitative methods.

What the programme offers: advanced interdisciplinary and transferable skills training, a strong international environment, and connections with academic, cultural, public, and private sectors. The call is designed for candidates who want to develop innovative doctoral projects at the intersection of heritage studies and scientific/technological methods.

Eligibility highlights: applicants should be interested in interdisciplinary research and ready to commit to a structured training programme. Projects should fit one of the listed research topics, and candidates must identify potential mentors from the programme’s list of 20 topics in Annex 1.

Application deadline: 9 June 2026 at 12:00 CET.

How to apply: consult the Program Information Sheet/Annex 1, choose a suitable research topic and mentor, then submit the application through the PICA platform on the University of Turin PhD admissions page before the deadline.