Doctoral Programme in Economics at EUI Italy

 Complete and submit your application by the deadline 31 January 2015 (24h00 – CET)

The EUI Economics department aims to produce top-class researchers placed to pursue successful academic or professional careers in leading universities or other research-oriented organizations.

Researchers in ECO engage in formal course-based training in the areas of microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics.

Independent, but closely supervised research is an essential part of the four-year programme, and doctoral candidates have regular opportunities to present and discuss their research. The broad range of interests covered by current faculty enable them to supervise dissertations on a wide variety of topics within the three core areas. Prospective researchers for the Ph.D. in Economics are invited to explore whether their interests fit with those supported by the ECO faculty.

Grant Information

To qualify for a national PhD grant , you must meet the specific requirements set by the national grant authorities. These may include conditions with regard to your nationality, residence, degree and its time of award.

The application for admission to the EUI doctoral programme is automatically an application for a national grant, with the following exceptions: Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom. If you apply for a grant from one of these countries, your application to the EUI can ONLY be accepted if you separately apply also for the national grant by the deadline specified by the relevant grant authority.

The Research Statement is a short document (at most 1500 words), which is written in English and structured in three parts.

1. It should start with a short motivation of the candidate for pursuing a PhD in Economics at the EUI.


2. It should describe the relevant background information including short abstracts of ongoing and completed research (e.g. Master thesis) and intended areas of graduate research.


3. Finally, it should provide a summary of relevant advanced level economics and mathematics courses the candidate has taken so far, with a brief description of textbooks and topics.

How to Apply

You must submit your application and all required documents via the interactive online application form.

The deadline for completing the application form and for the submission of references and all required documents is: Saturday 25 January 2015.  Applications can be submitted all day Saturday 31 January 2015 until midnight  (24:00 – CET).

A Mock-Up Application Form containing a preview of the sections of the form and the requested information will be available soon.

There are two distinct phases in the application process:

1. Register as early as possible

You are encouraged to register, insert your personal and referee details as soon as possible. This is important to allow sufficient time for your referees to submit the reference letters before the deadline. Reference letters will not be accepted after the deadline 31 January 2015 (24h00 – CET).

2. Complete and submit your application by the deadline 31 January 2015 (24h00 – CET)

Once you have registered you may continue to work on you application (including required documents) until the deadline.  Submit the application only when you have filled in all the information correctly and have successfully uploaded the final version of the required documents.  Once submitted, it will not any longer be possible to update or modify your application.

By registering/submitting application, you give your consent for processing the data as specified in the  Privacy Statement for Application and Selection Procedures for EUI Post-Graduate Programmes  and in accordance with the EUI’s Data Protection Policy outlined in the President’s Decision No. 40 of 27 August 2013 regarding Data Protection at the EUI

Selection process and schedule

• End of October : Application procedure opens.


• 31 January 2015 : Deadline for applications and references.


• Applications are screened for completeness by Academic Service.


• Professors of the Department check the application files and identify the most promising ones.


• End of February : National pre-selection committees composed of grant authorities, EUI faculty and representatives of PhD students shortlist candidates for interviews for specific countries or groups of countries.


• Late February/early March : Invitations for interviews for shortlisted candidates are sent by e-mail. Candidates who are not shortlisted are also informed by e-mail.


• 16-20 March : Shortlisted candidates are interviewed in Florence by Departmental panels.


• Late March : EUI’s ‘Entrance Board’ decides which applicants will be offered admission on the basis of the Departments’ proposals. Candidates are informed of the admission results by e-mail.


• May to July : Formal admission letters are sent by e-mail. Practical information for selected candidates is posted on the Academic Service’s web pages. Reserve candidates may be contacted during this period if selected candidates withdraw.


• End of August : Registration of new researchers.


• 1 September : Academic Year begins.

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Doctoral Programme in Economics at EUI Italy