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Overview
Call for applications is now open!
Why Politecnico?
- Over 200 fully funded positions available
- Scholarship amount: € 18.854,52 gross per year
- Joint research activity with the non-academic sector
- Pre-PhD scholarships available for candidates admitted within the spring session
Therefore, this Civil and Environmental Engineering programme from Politecnico di Torino is one of the best PhD programs in the Italian academic system, and it is characterised by:
- participation of several professors identified as potential commissioners for the latest national scientific research qualification;
- professors who are the winners of national research projects;
- a great number of professors holding a bibliometric index which is higher than the median in their scientific field;
- transdisciplinary PhD projects on the subject of Environmental and Civil Engineering, while avoiding both overspecialization and generality;
- many leading laboratories which are of high scientific value in the Italian academic system;
- a long line of numerous and constant partnerships with prestigious foreign universities.
Career
The main objective of this PhD program is to prepare young people who already possess and want to develop their knowledge in the fields of civil and environmental engineering, in which the scientific community shows an increasing interest. This is also with relation to a strong demand – from both society and politicians - for a sustainable development, a proper territory management, a sound use of natural resources and prevention as well as mitigation of natural risks.
Because of the well-known, frequent, serious and urgent problems concerning the environment with its resources and risks, those who graduate in this PhD program will not find difficulty in pushing forward their qualification in the labour market. It is expected that most job opportunities will be in the public sector dealing with territory management, in engineering companies, and in inter/national research centres which address these issues.
Research Proposal:
- Sustainable demand responsive transport systems (DRT) in developing countries
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses included:
- Advanced seismic protection systems for traditional and timber structures
- Circular economy in the building and construction sector
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Nonlinear solid mechanics
- Some basics of the analysis and mitigation of landslides risk
- The polar oceans and global climate change
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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More details
The call for admission is divided into two separate sessions. The application deadline are on:
- February 11 for the spring session
- May 13 for the summer session
Language
English, Italian
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Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Environmental Engineering Civil Engineering & Construction View 4 other Masters in Civil Engineering & Construction in ItalyExplore more key information
Visit official programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Access to PhD courses in Italy can be only achieved by participating in the Calls for Application. At Politecnico di Torino, PhD candidates are admitted after the evaluation of academic qualifications and the following oral interview: as a matter of fact, your skills are evaluated by analyzing your academic and scientific curricula and by the mandatory interview with the Selection Committee.
- You can participate in the Call if you have a Master of Science or if you are planning to obtain such degree by 31st October. In addition, it is required an international certificate of English language (IELTS 5.0 or an equivalent one).
- The GRE General Test will not be required only for students who apply for a CSC scholarship.
- The first Call for Application will be open from 25th January to 11th February. If you are planning to apply for the CSC scholarship, this will be the only useful Call, because if you are admitted as a PhD candidate, the Doctoral School Office will provide you with a pre-admission letter around 15th March: this document will have to be attached to the documents needed for the CSC scholarship application.Furthermore Politecnico di Torino signed an agreement with the China Scholarship Council in which it was established that CSC will provide 5 scholarships for students who are willing to attend the PhD at the Politecnico!
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The administrative fee is 161 euro.
Funding
PhD scholarships can be with own research topic or with predefined research topic.
The gross annual amount of the scholarship is usually € 15,343.28, but the Politecnico di Torino has chosen to further enhance and promote the value of PhD programmes, increasing the amount of the scholarships to € 18.854,52.
All candidates compete for scholarships with own research topic, unless they explicitly waive their right to receive them.
The scholarships with predefined research topic are associated to particular research topics for which specific skills are required. Those applicants interested in one or more scholarships shall carefully verify which are the field of research and the competences required, as specified in the scholarship descriptive sheet and contact the relevant scientific referee.
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