Overview

Education and Social Sciences at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano responds to the growing need in international research to develop complex interpretations of socio-cultural and educational systems and to deepen conceptual, theoretical and methodological models. The study plan foresees different activities to ensure that PhD students acquire basic epistemological skills, methodological skills, both qualitative and quantitative, as well as transversal skills.

Key facts:

Students and professors from different countries, different disciplines and scientific fields guarantee the international and interdisciplinary orientation of the programme.

Over the three-year period, several teaching activities are offered: lectures, practical sessions and seminars that aim to develop and illustrate the programme’s subjects and research areas and to focus on the most recent findings in the education and in the social sector.

The main teaching areas are philosophy of science, epistemology of related disciplines, research methodology, currrent questions and methods drawn from the international context.

The cycles of compulsory and optional lectures, workshops and seminars (study plan) are defined by the PhD Course Committee at the beginning of the cycle.

Programme Structure

This is a full-time PhD programme and you can choose between two research areas: Education (which includes Pedagogical and Didactics fields) and Social science. The research areas share modules on research epistemology and on qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Courses include:

Philosophy of science
Epistemology of Education and Social sciences
Qualitative methodology
Quantitative methodology
Ethnographic research methods
English for Academic purposes
Information Literacy
Research Ethics
Coaching

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-11-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-09-11 00:00:00

More details

1st Call 15 June; 2nd Call 18 July; 3rd Call 11 September.

Language

English, Partially taught in German, Partially taught in Italian

TOEFL^® IBT

72

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Education Liberal Arts View 3 other PhDs in Liberal Arts in Italy

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants holding a postgraduate degree as per Italian Ministerial Decree no. 509/1999, a postgraduate degree as per Italian Ministerial Decree no. 270/2004, a degree of the former Italian university system, or an equivalent degree obtained abroad;

Applicants achieving one of the above mentioned titles within the enrolment deadline. In this case applicants will be admitted conditionally to the selection procedure and they must produce the degree certificate within the enrolment’s deadline. If not, their application is considered null and void.

All candidates have to be proficient in at least two of the three languages of the programme: Italian, German, English. Language certification at B2 level (CEFR) in two of the three languages of the PhD programme (Italian, German, English) is a prerequisite for participating in the selection process.
Candidates without the certification of language proficiency are excluded from the admission procedure.

Tuition Fee

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International

180 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 180 EUR per year during 36 months.
EU/EEA

180 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 180 EUR per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Brixen

600 - 900 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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