PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Materials Science in Italy

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...

Politecnico di Milano is offering one research contract within the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, based at Polo Territoriale di Lecco – IndexLab . The project is titled “Collaborative construction processes within a multi-system robotic architecture” and focuses on the design, integration, testing, and validation of a full-scale robotic prototype for collaborative construction. The research combines architectural technology, robotic systems, and built...

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...

The University of Padua’s Department of Chemical Sciences, through the MOC Laboratories, is offering two doctoral positions in the POLY4EV Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network, focused on molecularly designed polymers for electric vehicles. The first PhD project, Architecturally Controlled Polymers for EV Lubricants , investigates polymer synthesis and molecular architecture, including branched and cyclic polymers. The research targets advanced lubrication materials, friction and wear reducti...

Human Technopole in Milan, Italy, is offering 12 fully funded PhD projects through the HT PhD Programme in partnership with The Open University, UK. The programme covers a broad range of life-science and computational research areas, including computational biology, genetics, machine learning, neuroscience, microscopy, cancer biology, and plant biology. Projects are designed for doctoral researchers interested in using advanced biological, quantitative, and computational approaches to investigat...

This research contract at Politecnico di Milano is hosted by the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering and sits within the scientific area of construction technology. The project, titled Monitoring and digitalization for bridge maintenance planning , focuses on bridges and structural management across the life cycle. The selected researcher will work on the development and validation of low-cost, large-scale, and automatic technologies for collecting and usin...

This research contract is hosted by the Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Trieste , within the FOE 2024 BSBF – Big Science Business Forum project. The work is coordinated by Dott. Angelo Giglia and is embedded in a physically rich experimental environment linked to the BEAR@Elettra beamline and related light-source facilities. The project focuses on the study and development of advanced optical and spectroscopic capabilities for the UV to soft X-r...

Politecnico di Milano is offering a 24-month postdoctoral contract in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the academic area of applied mechanics. The project, titled “Leaky-wave focused ultrasound through metamaterial engineering” , focuses on developing and validating acoustic-metamaterial solutions for controlling ultrasound propagation and focusing, with particular attention to non-invasive transcranial focusing . The research combines several connected themes: modelling acoustic-...