
Erasmus Mundus for PhD Students: Joint Doctorates and MSCA (2027)
ApplyKite Editorial 6 Nov 2026
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Universities with open PhD positions in artificial intelligence in Italy include University of Camerino, Human Technopole and Politecnico di Torino.
University of Camerino
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Italy
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This scholarship at the University of Camerino supports a PhD student working on new approaches for treating specialist pathologies in remote patients . The project is framed around improving treatment methods for patients who live far from the hospital, with research activity based in the university’s Faculty of Pharmacological Sciences and Health Products . The advertised research environment highlights strengths in telemedicine and AI in healthcare , suggesting a clinically oriented, technolo...
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Human Technopole
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Italy
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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...
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Eliodoro Chiavazzo
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Politecnico di Torino
Italy
3 days ago
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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...
3 days ago
Camillo Porcaro
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University of Padua
Italy
3 days ago
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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...
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Politecnico di Torino
Italy
3 days ago
This PhD project at Politecnico di Torino focuses on using advanced AI to improve how industrial catalytic systems are explored and optimized. The work addresses a key challenge in sustainable chemical and energy production: traditional experimentation is often slow and costly when many variables and competing objectives must be considered at once. The candidate will develop and apply Sequential Learning and agent-based methods to guide experimentation in complex design spaces. The aim is to acc...
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Politecnico di Torino
Italy
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The Multi-Scale Modeling Laboratory (SMaLL) at Politecnico di Torino is recruiting for a PhD position within the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Open project IONFLUX . The project sits at the intersection of computational materials science , machine learning , and energy storage , with a strong focus on developing AI-guided methods to discover adaptive catholytes for sodium batteries . The doctoral project will run for 3 years and will investigate how molecular composition influence...
4 days ago
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Politecnico di Torino
Italy
1 week ago
PhD Opportunity at Politecnico di Torino, Italy The SMILIES Research Group is recruiting a PhD candidate for research on Trusted Open Hardware for Software Defined Vehicles . The project focuses on RISC-V , hardware security , Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) , automotive cybersecurity , and functional safety . This opportunity is aimed at highly motivated candidates with a strong technical background and hands-on experience in computer architecture , embedded systems , hardware design , or ...
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Bocconi University
Italy
4 days ago
Bocconi University invites applications for a four-year, English-taught PhD in Statistics and Machine Learning in Italy. The program combines rigorous training in probability, statistics, statistical modeling, machine learning, computation, and algorithms with original doctoral research. The first two years focus on structured coursework. Students study foundational Statistics, Probability, and Machine Learning before progressing to advanced research-oriented topics. The third and fourth years a...
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Elena Rossi
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
3 months ago
Prof. Elena Rossi is recruiting a PhD student in Robotics at Politecnico di Milano , Italy. The project is focused on legged robot locomotion , making this a strong fit for applicants interested in robotics, control, autonomy, and robot motion planning. The position is fully funded for 3 years . Eligibility / requirements: The post does not list detailed entry requirements beyond seeking a candidate to join the group. Applicants are asked to send a CV. Application deadline: 2027-02-01. How to ap...
3 months ago
Estimated costs in Italy.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() Health Insurance Student health insurance or surcharge per year | €138 $150/yr |
![]() Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | €442 $480/yr |
![]() University Accommodation On-campus student housing per year | €3.3k $3,600/yr |
![]() Groceries Basic food shopping for one student per year | €1.7k $1,800/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Ca’ Foscari University
Italy
Computational Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Text Classification
Electronics and Telecommunications University of Rome “La Sapienza” Rome Italy
Italy
Aerospace Engineering
Computational Neuroscience
Deep Learning
Neuromorphic Engineering
Convolutional Neural Network
Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC)
Italian Institute of Technology
Italy
Neurology
Physiology
Machine Learning
Sports Science
Computer Science
Assistant Professor
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Italy
Cybersecurity
Cloud Computing
Threat Analysis
Programming Language
Vulnerability Assessment
Associate professor
University of Trieste
Italy
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Neuroscience
Soft Computing
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Assistant Professor
University of Genoa
Italy
Cybersecurity
Illustration
Adversarial Attack
Threat Analysis
Robustness Analysis

University of Trento PhD Scholarships support doctoral study in selected PhD programmes in Italy. Funding varies by call but may include a stipend, research budget, and tuition support.

University of Florence PhD Scholarships support doctoral study in multiple research areas in Italy, with funded and unfunded places available across the university's PhD programmes.

The SEMM PhD Programme in Systems Medicine offers fully funded doctoral training in systems medicine and related biomedical fields, including computational biology, functional genomics, and population and medical genomics.
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