32 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Ph.D. Information Engineering programme at University of Padua is a 3 years program with the purpose of preparing highly qualified experts in the area of Information Engineering, and more precisely in the areas of Electronics, System Theory and Automation, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, Physics and Operation Research applied to Information Engineering. 

This Scientific, Technological and Social Methods Enabling Circular Economy PhD at the University of Padua is a strongly multidisciplinary course that offers training with technical-scientific, socio-economic, managerial and legal skills with the aim to propose innovative solutions for the transition to circular economy models.

This PhD Brain, Mind and Computer Science program at University of Padua, developing for 3 years, offers ad hoc courses taught by the Faculty Board and by Italian or foreign experts. 

The Mechatronics and Product Innovation Engineering at University of Padua answers to the precise needs to provide a broad education with specialized training applying an interdisciplinary research approach able to prepare highly qualified research experts both for academic and both for industrial working environments.

The Mathematical Sciences programme of the University of Padova, is based atthe Department of Mathematics Tullio Levi-Civita and offers two doctoral degrees, one in Mathematics and one in Computational Mathematics.

The main objective of the PhD course in Molecular Medicine at the University of Padua offers a highly competitive programme for a comprehensive education in the fields of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Physiology, Microbiology, Virology and Gene Therapy.

The PhD programme in Fusion Science and Engineering (FSE) at the University of Padua aims at training highly qualified researchers in the field of Magnetic Confinement Fusion, with theoretical, numerical and experimental skills in both physics and engineering.

The Graduate School in Biomedical Sciences of the University of Padua offers a very competitive Ph.D. Program in a spectrum of biomedical disciplines, and offers all the Facilities needed to perform cutting edge research in Biomedicine.  

The PhD in Crop Science course at University of Padua has started its activity as a Doctorate School, resulting from the merging of three pre-existing doctoral courses (Agricultural biotechnology, Environmental Agronomy, Plant protection).  

This Sciences of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering programme is offered at the University of Padua. 

The main purpose of the Sciences, Technologies and Measurements for Space course at University of Padua is the formation of PhD's able to perform research in fields related to science, technology and measurements for space, with a broad view of their problems.  

The Statistical Sciences doctoral programme at the University of Padua aims to provide an advanced training to support both applied and theoretical research, encouraging independence of both study and research.

The PhD Management Engineering and Real Estate Economics programme at University of Padua merges two specializations. 

The Doctoral Program Industrial Engineering programme at University of Padua offers a stimulating and modern Ph.D. programme for a comprehensive education in the fields of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Thermo-mechanical Energy Engineering and Electrical Energy Engineering. 

The Doctoral Program in Clinical and Experimental Oncology and Immunology is offered by University of Padua. The PhD course hosts both basic and clinical research and is integrated with a clinical unit of Onco-Haematology and a Cyto-histopathology unit.

The goal of the Ph.D. Course in Biosciences at the University of Padua  is to promote the development of independent and highly motivated students in the field of life sciences.

 The PhD programme in Economics and Management of the University of Padua offers a full-time, four-year advanced doctoral programme for outstanding students who want to achieve an ambitious training in one of our two curricula: Economics or Management.

The International Joint Ph.D Programme in Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance at University of Padua is a three-year, interdisciplinary, joint academic programme managed by Universities in Australia, Croatia, Greece, Italy, coordinated by the University of Padova (Italy). 

The main goal of the PhD Psychological Sciences programme at University of Padua is to train high-level researchers in the field of Psychological Sciences, and to enable them to increase the body of scientific knowledge upon which the discipline of psychology rests.  

The Doctoral Course in Veterinary Science and Food Safety at the University of Padua assists PhD students in the accomplishment of their projects, allowing them to reach their goals and develop their scientific competitiveness.