{"id":2716,"date":"2015-09-18T18:51:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sciproveg.com\/cs\/spv\/?page_id=2716"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:54:30","slug":"admission-to-the-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sciproveg.com\/cs\/the-phd\/admission-to-the-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for admission to the PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year one or more call\/s with a variable number of PhD positions is\/are open. The call for admission to the PhD may also include positions linked to a specific topic. Admission to the PhD course will depend upon an evaluation of both the candidates&#8217; titles and a research project presented along with the application form. Admitted PhD students will be encouraged to go abroad during the PhD with a 50% increase of the fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"0-the-call-for-42nd-cycle-is-open\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">An additional summer call for XLII cycle is open!!!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5cbcb\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Total No. of positions<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Deadline for application<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>August 26th, 2026, 1:00 pm<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mode of selection<\/strong><\/td><td>PRESELECTION ON THE BASIS OF EVALUATION OF QUALIFICATIONS AND ORAL EXAMINATION<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Download the call for Crop Science<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwassets.unipd.it\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/CROP-SCIENCE_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wwwassets.unipd.it\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/CROP-SCIENCE_1.pdf<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Link to the university website<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipd.it\/en\/dottorato\/bandi-graduatorie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.unipd.it\/en\/dottorato\/bandi-graduatorie<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Link to the dedicated web page<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciproveg.com\/cs\/the-summer-call-for-xlii-cycle-is-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.sciproveg.com\/cs\/the-summer-call-for-xlii-cycle-is-open\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Link to the CV template<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciproveg.com\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Template-candidate-CV-for-CS_new.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Template candidate CV for CS (.DOCX)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Link to the research project template<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciproveg.com\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Template-candidate-Research-Project-for-CS-new.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Template candidate Research Project for CS (.DOC)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-vivid-red-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-vivid-red-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"0-the-call-for-42nd-cycle-is-open\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The rankings of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> call for XLII cycle can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwassets.unipd.it\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/CROP%20SCIENCE_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The final rankings for the &#8220;PhD at Risk&#8221; call can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwassets.unipd.it\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/GENERAL-RANKING-OF-MERIT_PhD-at-Risk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-vivid-red-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-vivid-red-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-how-it-works\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 1.4em;text-align: left;--ub-list-item-icon-top: 3px;--ub-list-item-icon-size: 1.2em;);--ub-list-item-fa-li-top: 3px;--ub-list-item-spacing: 0px;column-count: 1;--ub-list-mobile-column-count: 1\" class=\"wp-block-ub-styled-list ub_styled_list\" id=\"ub_styled_list-d4f4be1b-14a5-401b-998d-a80a34545570\">\n<li class=\"ub_styled_list_item\" style=\"background-color: #ddffbf; --ub-list-item-icon-top: 3px; --ub-list-item-icon-size: 1.2em; --ub-list-item-background-image: url('data:image\/svg+xml;utf8,&lt;svg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; 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