PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Business in Italy

The University of Verona’s Department of Economics is offering a two-year postdoctoral research position in economics, econometrics, or finance . Applications are open to candidates from all fields within these areas, providing broad scope for independent and collaborative research. The successful researcher will join an international research environment in a Department of Excellence for 2023–2027. The position is research-focused, with no teaching obligations, and includes dedicated research f...

Giulia Bozzi Porta Scholarship at the University Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC) in Castellanza, near Milan, supports a student on the first year of the Economia, Management e Governance Master’s programme. This award provides a one-off payment of €2,500 to help fund the first year of study. It is awarded in memory of Giulia Bozzi Porta and is funded by her heirs. The scholarship is a competitive annual award, with only one recipient selected each year. The scholarship is intended for LIUC students studyi...

Sapienza University of Rome offers a merit scholarship for students who are moving into a master’s degree at the university after completing a three-year Italian bachelor’s degree at another Italian university. The award is designed to support top graduates entering a laurea magistrale at Sapienza for the 2026–27 academic year. For this intake, the university awards 100 scholarships to students ranked by bachelor’s degree mark. The scholarship is paid as a single instalment once the holder has b...

University of Brescia Scholarships “Roberto Rocca” support students enrolled in selected Master’s programmes in engineering at the University of Brescia. The award is a one-off lump-sum scholarship funded by Dalmine S.p.A. (part of the Tenaris Group) in memory of Roberto Rocca. The scholarship is aimed at students in four specific Master’s degrees: Industrial Automation Engineering, Materials and Product Innovation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Management Engineering. The advert stres...

Scholarship “Roberto Rocca” is a merit- and need-aware scholarship at the Polytechnic University of Milan for students enrolled in a master’s degree in engineering. It provides a one-off gross payment and is supported by a charitable donation from Dalmine S.p.A. in memory of Roberto Rocca, a former engineering student from Milan. The award is available to students in one of the eligible engineering pathways at Politecnico di Milano, including Automation and Control, Chemical, Computer Science, E...

Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP) is a joint dual-degree scholarship programme offered by the Polytechnic University of Milan and Polytechnic University of Turin alongside a regular Master’s degree. It is designed for high-calibre students in engineering, architecture, urban planning, or design who want to combine their main degree with an additional interdisciplinary educational track. The programme adds 30 credits on top of the 120 credits of the Master’s degree and is taught entirely in English. ...

This opportunity is an MBA International Scholarship Programme at LUISS Business School in Rome. It supports candidates for the full-time MBA and is structured as a partial scholarship rather than full funding. The scholarship is aimed at strengthening access to the MBA for outstanding applicants from several groups: merit-based candidates, women in business, applicants with a STEM background, and international non-Italian applicants. The award is positioned around the MBA cohort and recognises ...

The Sustain Vitis MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network offers 15 fully funded PhD positions focused on the sustainability and innovation of viticulture and enology across Europe. Fondazione Edmund Mach coordinates the network, with participating institutions including Hochschule Geisenheim University, the University of Bordeaux, and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, alongside additional research and industrial partners. The doctoral projects span interdisciplinary research in grapevine bi...

Bocconi University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a project that uses artificial intelligence to turn narratives into testable causal models. Funded by the Tech Europe Foundation and conducted in collaboration with the AI in Social Sciences (AISS) lab, the project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, causal inference, natural language processing, and computational social science . The research will develop an applied-AI system that reads narratives about cause and ef...