Overview

About the program

The Vilfredo Pareto Doctoral Program in Economics at the Collegio Carlo Alberto is characterized by great flexibility as students can structure their coursework and write their doctoral dissertation in a number of different areas of economics.

After a common set of core courses that take place in the first term of the program (including review courses in mathematics and statistics and advanced courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics), students can further prepare for their dissertation work by choosing from a list of elective courses.

The Program is organized in three curricula, which span many fields within economics.

Economics – ECON
Economics & Complexity – ECOM
Theoretical Economics, Finance and Statistics – TEFS

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Macro-econometrics
International Economics
Optimization Economics
Economics of Innovation
Measure Theory
Economic History
Econometric Theory
Game Theory
Labour Economics
Financial Economics
Decision Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-05-01 00:00:00

More details

Late December/Early January: Opening for the submission of Expressions of Interest
Spring: Publication of the official call, which remains open for a month

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Economics View 35 other PhDs in Economics in Italy

Academic requirements

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

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

To submit the Expression of Interest, the following material should be sent via email:

Expression of Interest form;
An updated Curriculum Vitae;
Two letters of reference (please ask your referees to send the letters directly);
A brief research proposal (3/5 pages) that (broadly) falls within one of the following research themes. The proposal should contain the research question, the state of the literature and a description of the methodology the candidate intends to apply.

Admission requirements:

A Master’s degree level or other eligible academic qualification of a second cycle degree awarded by an officially recognized foreign university and granting access to PhD studies

Tuition Fee

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International

157 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 157 EUR per year during 48 months.
EU/EEA

157 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 157 EUR per year during 48 months.

Full-time scholarships are assigned to the best applicants on a competitive basis.

Living costs for Turin

660 - 980 EUR /month

Living costs

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

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