PhD Opportunities in Italy

Human Technopole PhD Programme offers doctoral study in the life sciences and human health. The programme is presented as a route to a PhD at Human Technopole, with the degree awarded by The Open University . Human Technopole is a next-generation life-sciences institute focused on advancing human health through basic research and collaboration. Its research environment includes interdisciplinary work spanning biological and biomedical investigation, with related activities such as genomic sequen...

Human Technopole is inviting applications for 12 fully funded PhD positions within its PhD Programme in Milan, Italy. Successful researchers will join an international and interdisciplinary scientific community and pursue a UK PhD awarded by The Open University. The programme offers projects spanning human biology and disease, with research opportunities involving stem cells, organoids, genomics, advanced microscopy and artificial intelligence. These projects connect innovative technologies with...

Human Technopole (HT) in Milan, Italy, is inviting international applicants to its Fall 2026 call for fully funded PhD positions. The programme is designed for doctoral research in life sciences and related interdisciplinary fields. Research areas listed in the announcement include biotechnology, bioinformatics, computational biology, data science and other connected areas of life-science research. The programme may suit students interested in biological systems, computational methods, data-driv...

Research contract at the CNR Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Venice, in the area of oceanographic modelling. The selected researcher will join a project on coastal oceanography and river–sea interactions within the self-funded SHIFEM and SHYFEM2 research programmes at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. The position is centred on the development and application of unstructured oceanographic models , especially for hydrodynamics and lagrangian analyses, to study the dynamics of coastal ...

Project overview: The MOC Lab at the University of Padova is recruiting two doctoral researchers for the POLY4EV Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network, an international consortium focused on polymer chemistry, tribology, thermal management and electric-vehicle technologies. Research environment: The position is embedded in the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Padova and its MOC Laboratories, where the group develops advanced polymeric materials through molecular design and ...

The Department of Management and Engineering (DTG) at the University of Padova is offering two fully funded PhD positions as MSCA Doctoral Candidates within the Horizon Europe TURBO-IMPACT Doctoral Network. The positions are hosted by the Manufacturing Technologies & Metrology research group and address measurement and manufacturing challenges for next-generation turbomachinery. The DC13 project, Advancing X-ray Computed Tomography Metrology for Next-Generation Turbomachinery , focuses on the de...

Politecnico di Torino is seeking a PhD candidate to join its Multi-Scale Modeling Laboratory (SMaLL) through the newly funded EIC Pathfinder Open project IONFLUX. The project explores whether artificial intelligence and molecular-level understanding can be combined to discover entirely new energy-storage materials. The doctoral researcher will focus on adaptive materials for next-generation sodium batteries, working at the intersection of molecular simulations, machine learning, and materials sc...

The BRAIN Unit Lab at the University of Padua is seeking a doctoral researcher through the China Scholarship Council pathway for the 2027/2028 academic year. The PhD project sits at the intersection of neuroscience, neuroengineering, artificial intelligence and non-linear signal processing . The research environment focuses on advanced analysis of brain activity for clinical and technological applications. One major direction is brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and neural signal decoding, includ...

Bocconi University offers a four-year full-time PhD program in Economics and Finance for highly qualified students seeking advanced research training and international academic careers. The multidisciplinary program is organised across three curricula: Economics, Finance and Accounting. A shared core develops broad theoretical and empirical research skills, while advanced second-year courses and electives allow students to specialise. Students begin their first research paper in the second year,...