Overview
Why Politecnico?
- A large number of scholarships available
- Scholarship amount: € 18.854,52 gross per year
- Scholarships are increased by 50% for study periods abroad;
- An allowance is provided to all PhD students for mobility abroad;
- Maternity leave paid
- High quality research
- International experience
- Joint research activity with the non-academic sector
The PhD programme in Computer and Control Engineering from Politecnico di Torino aims at training researchers who are able to work in both university and industry sector, operating in the field of Computer and Control Engineering and focusing on the following areas of research:
- Automation
- Computer Sciences
- Operational Research
Career
The programme contributes to train researchers working in the field of Automation, Computer Sciences and Operational Research.
Training activities are focused on themes and areas of research explored by the Department of Automation and Computer Sciences, tutors and other members of Academic Board.
In some event, students are allowed to collaborate with external researchers experienced in the field of interest, in order to complete their research project. PhD training can be carry out in collaboration with external Institutions.
Research Proposal
If you are interested in one of the topics, please contact the related Proposer.
- An index to evaluate motor fluctuations: a clinical and instrumental analysis
- Virtual and Augmented Reality: new frontiers in education and training
- Augmented Cobots: Augmented Reality to Support Collaborative Robotics
- Human-centric Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
- Big Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics
- Biological Systems Modeling for Precision Medicine
- Accessibility of Internet of Things Devices and Systems
- Security of "smart" environments
- Digital Wellbeing in the Internet of Things
- Evaluating the impact of automated decision systems in urban contexts
- Deep Natural Language Processing in Cross-lingual Domains
- From customer's devices to the cloud: orchestrating the computing continuum
- Planning Safety in the Era of Approximate Computing Systems
- Algorithms and technologies for ubiquitous applications
- Pervasive Information Management
- Key management techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks
- ICT for Urban Sustainability
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses included:
- Advanced techniques for digital testing
- Computing Paradigms for Error-Tolerant Applications
- Control and data acquisition automation in scientific experiments
- Data analytics for science and society
- Data mining concepts and algorithms
- Empirical methods in software engineering
- Formal verification of concurrent and distributed software and systems
- Hacking techniques
Check out the full curriculum
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
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Delivered
Disciplines
General Engineering & Technology Computer Sciences Human Computer Interaction View 3 other PhDs in Human Computer Interaction in ItalyExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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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.
Make sure you meet all requirements
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Visit programme websiteLiving costs for Turin
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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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Scholarships Information
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