19 PhD programmes offered by the university

This Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances PhD degree from University of Pisa is aimed to the development of a research project in the field of bioactive substances, in particular drugs and health products. 

This Veterinary Sciences PhD degree from University of Pisa aims to increase and improve the research ability in specific fields of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production with a multidisciplinary. 

This Business Administration and Management PhD degree from University of Pisa aims at providing students with a solid methodological basis combined with high knowledge, skills in economic and business disciplines.

The Chemistry and Material Science program offered by University of Pisa aims to prepare young master students in the most modern and innovative fields of Chemistry. 

This History PhD degree from University of Pisa main training activity consists in carrying out, under the guidance of supervisors, entirely original research, an experience that enables the doctoral student to acquire the methodological and critical skills necessary to deal with historical sources and to take an active part in the national and international historiographical debate.

This Information Engineering PhD degree from University of Pisa main objective is the training of researchers in the following areas, listed here: Analog and RF circuit design; Assistive technologies and Rehabilitation; Automation; Communications; Digital circuits and systems; Distributed and Embedded Systems, and Pervasive Computing.

This Biology PhD degree from University of Pisa brings together a range of disciplines to understand life at all levels of biological organization in a wide variety of organisms, including viruses, bacteria, protists animals, plants and humans.  

This Artificial Intelligence for Society PhD degree from University of Pisa goal of the three-years program is to foster post-graduate education of researchers, innovators and professionals with specialisations in the cutting-edge methods of Artificial Intelligence as well as in application sectors of high societal impact. 

This Clinical and Translational Sciences PhD degree from University of Pisa has as its main objective the training of young researchers in the modern field of Biomedical Sciences, enabling them to acquire a solid scientific culture, to learn the necessary technologies, to get used to a multidisciplinary environment, to learn to communicate their own projects and the results of their own work.

This Linguistic Studies and Foreign Literatures PhD degree from University of Pisa is one of three doctoral courses offered by the Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics, University of Pisa, each with the goal to promote, organize and manage activities related to high-quality research projects within the area of the human sciences. 

This Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering PhD degree from University of Pisa training is aimed at providing students with adequate scientific preparation to develop highly qualified research activities in the field of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering.

This Industrial Engineering PhD degree from University of Pisa is divided into curricula to take into account the vastness, variety and complexity of the theoretical, methodological and experimental research themes it contains. 

This Physics PhD degree from University of Pisa purpose is advanced training towards frontier research, either fundamental or applied, experimental or theoretical, in a wide selection of subjects where the Physics Department of the University of Pisa and its national and international scientific partners excel at a worlwide level. 

This Clinical Physiopathology PhD degree from University of Pisa aims to train in scientific research through the conception, design, implementation, analysis and writing of an autonomous research project agreed with a supervisor Professor referred to the Doctorate board and not. 

The Universities of Florence, University of Pisa, and Siena jointly propose the Smart Industry program, focused on the paradigm of Industry 4.0 (I4.0). 

This Classical Studies and Archaeology PhD degree from University of Pisa aims to guarantee advanced training on original topics with adequate and innovative tools, on theoretical and practical basis, for the progress of research on the ancient world, for memory and for the enhancement of cultural heritage.

This Computer Science PhD degree from University of Pisa goal of the three-years is to foster post-graduate education of researchers and innovators in Information Technology.

This Agriculture, Food and Environment PhD degree from University of Pisa is a three-year post-graduate research course at the homonymous department (DAFE) of the University of Pisa. 

This Legal Sciences programme PhD degree from University of Pisa aims at developing the students’ aptitude for research in the covered fields of law, by offering lectures and seminars as well as encouraging both individual research and discussions with professors belonging to the doctoral board.