- Enrolment deadline - deadline October 7, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- How to enroll
- Badge release
- Tuition fees and grants
- Ranking lists of successful and eligible candidates
- First reassignment - deadline October 15, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Second reassignment- deadline October 22, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Third reassignment- deadline October 29, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Fourth reassignment- deadline November 6, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Fifth reassignment- deadline November 13, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Sixth reassignment- deadline November 20, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Seventh reassignment- deadline November 27, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Eighth reassignment- deadline December 4, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Ninth reassignment- deadline December14, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- Tenth reassignment- deadline December 21, 2020 – 1 pm (Italy Time)
- 10 PhD grants allocation based on ISEE value - Ranking List - deadline Febraury 01
- Documents
- Information about assistance with visas, the residency permit, health insurance coverage
Enrolment deadline
Successful candidates, with or without grant, are required to register on Alice web portal (https://www.studenti.unipi.it) within 1 pm (Italy time) on October 7, 2020 or the admission to the PhD Programme and the eventual grant will decline.
How to enrol
Please note: before enrolment candidates are required to read carefully the call for admission at the link http://www.unipi.it/concorsodottorato and the practical guide at the end of the page.
For the enrolment procedure, please complete the following mandatory steps:
- connect to Alice web portal and register (www.studenti.unipi.it)
- select the PhD programme you have been admitted for
- follow the online procedure and enter the requested data (see the practical guide at the end of the page)
- upload the following documents:
- the enrolment form with all the requested documents (FORIMM/DOTT form) available at the end of the page
- the DICH/DOTT declaration (DICH/DOTT form) available at the end of the page
- at the end of the procedure PLEASE:
- click on "Print tuition fee" to pay the first installment of € 156.00 (regional tax and revenue stamp) by one of the payment ways of the PagoPA system:
- Pay online with PagoPA: the payment is acquired in a few minutes
- Stampa Avviso per PagoPA: deliver the pdf to one of the authorized facilities (a bank or at a Sisa and Lottomatica operator)
At https://www.unipi.it/index.php/tasse-e-diritto-allo-studio/item/15414-pagamento-tasse are indicated ways of payment and it is possible to download a guide with the steps to make the payment; - print the receipt of enrollment form.
- click on "Print tuition fee" to pay the first installment of € 156.00 (regional tax and revenue stamp) by one of the payment ways of the PagoPA system:
PLEASE NOTE: THE “PEGASO” GRANTS APPLICANTS MUST:
- to declare on the DICH/DOTT form that their age does not exceed 35 at the time of application
- to declare on DICH/DOTT form to have an adequate knowledge of the English Language ( B2 level) and attach one of the following certification:
- an international accepted certificate.(Cambridge English Language Assessment, TOEFL, IELTS) equivalent to B2 level of the Common European Framework of reference for Languages http://www.cli.unipi.it/files/equipollenze/inglese_equip?lang=it)
- a certificate of an Italian or foreign University Language Centre
- to declare on the DICH/DOTT form under their responsibility to be available to carry out an experience of study/research abroad for 4 months in the first two years, and 2 months in the third year (8 months in the first two years, and 4 months in the third year (when required by the international doctoral programme) and being aware that the failure to carry out the period of studies abroad may lead to the revocation of the full grant amount;
- to declare on the DICH/DOTT form under their responsibility, for a specific topic-related scholarship only, the availability to carry out an experience of at least 3 months of training / research in an applicative context, such as a company, a public research institution, another public institution (non-university) and to be aware that failure in carrying it out may lead to the revocation of the full grant amount;
- to declare on the DICH/DOTT form their availability to learn the soft skills and research and labour market proposed during the programme.
After enrolment, successful candidates are required to:
- [only for candidates with foreign academic qualification] produce the original or the certified copy of the academic qualification within the beginning of the PhD programme (November 30, 2020)
- [only for extra EU citizens] provide a valid Residency Permit within November 30, 2020.
After enrolment, the successful candidates awarded with a grant are also required to:
- choose on Alice web portal (www.studenti.unipi.it) the payment method for the grant (instructions at the end of the page)
- register online on the “Gestione Separata INPS” (www.inps.it). See the registration form at the following link https://www.inps.it/nuovoportaleinps/default.aspx?iiDServizio=2501 and the instructions https://www.inps.it/nuovoportaleinps/default.aspx?itemDir=50175
To log in, it is requested the Italian Fiscal Code and a Pin issued by the INPS. See “Elenco di tutti i servizi”.
As an alternative to the above, the successful candidates with no grant award are required to email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (within the deadline indicated to enrolment) the “SOLOCONBORSA” form (see end of page) to preserve admission to the programme, declaring what follows:
- to waive the right to enroll without grant
- to have interest only in the enrolment with grant in the event of a possible change in the order of the ranking.
In this case, the regional tax is not required.
Badge release
After receiving the University registration number, successful candidates can ask for the individual badge exclusively online at the link https://www.unipi.it/index.php/servizi-di-segreteria/item/1495-rilascio-tessera-magnetica-e-duplicato
Tuition fees and grants
(see https://www.unipi.it/index.php/tasse-e-diritto-allo-studio/item/18682-cdl-tasse-2020-2021 )
The maximum contribution for PhD students with or without grant for the a.y. 2020/2021 is € 140,00 for the Regional tax. All PhD students are required to pay this tax except for convict students, students with at least a 66% disability or disabled students under art 3, paragraph 1 of the Law n.104, February 5, 1992.
Ranking list of successful and eligible candidates
Consultation of the ranking lists
First reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 15 October 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 15 October 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
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).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 15 October 2020:
1. by e-mail (
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).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
First reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Second reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 22 October 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 22 October 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
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).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 22 October 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Second reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Third reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 29 October 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 29 October 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 29 October 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Third reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Fourth reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 6 November 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 6 November 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 6 November 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Fourth reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Fifth reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 13 November 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 13 November 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 13 November 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Fifth reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Sixth reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 20 November 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 20 November 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 20 November 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Sixth reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Seventh reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 27 November 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 27 November 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 27 November 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Seventh reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Eighth reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 4 december 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 4 december 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 4 december 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Eighth reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Ninth reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 14 december 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 14 december 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 14 december 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Ninth reassignment - List of eligible candidates
Tenth reassignment
After the waiver or decadence of admitted candidates, some PhD Programmes have made available some places, with or without grant (pursuant to Article 5 of the call for application).
Candidates admitted after the ranking scroll are required to enrol (with or without grant) by the mandatory deadline of 21 december 2020 1:00 pm (Italy Time), according to the provisions set with the ranking publication.
Candidates failing to enrol by the mandatory deadline will be considered as waiving and thus losing their right to admission.
Students enrolled without grant, who have acquired the right to enrol with grant, shall submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by 21 december 2020 using one of the following means:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates already enrolled as supernumeraries, who have acquired the right to enrol without grant, shall notify their preferred option by 21 december 2020:
1. by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
).
2. applying for a "ticket request" on the "Virtual Desk" entering the "Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Tenth reassignment - List of eligible candidates
10 PhD grants allocation based on ISEE value - Ranking List
RANKING LIST (APPROVED WITH RECTOR DECREE NO. 74/2021 REFERENCE NO. 5139 OF 19 janaury 2021) (published on the University Official Journal at http://alboufficiale.unipi.it)
PhD students without grant, entitled to the 10 PhD grants allocation based on ISEE value, are required to enrol and submit only the "DOTT-WG" Form by the mandatory deadline of 1 February 2021 using one of the following procedures:
1. by e-mail (
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).
2. submitting a "ticket” request on the "Virtual Desk" entering the “Alice web portal" credentials.
Please note: receipt date serving as proof.
Candidates failing to enroll by the mandatory deadline and according to the aforesaid procedures will be considered waivers thus losing their right for admission.
After enrolment, the successful candidates awarded with a grant are also required to:
• select the payment method for their monthly grant credit (instructions at the end of the page) on Alice web portal (www.studenti.unipi.it)
• register online with the “Gestione Separata INPS” (www.inps.it). Please see the relevant form at the following link https://www.inps.it/nuovoportaleinps/default.aspx?iiDServizio=2501 and the instructions https://www.inps.it/nuovoportaleinps/default.aspx?itemDir=50175
Documents
The candidates are already enrolled as supernumeraries and have acquired the right to enrol without a grant must communicate the choose by October 15, 2020:
1. by e-mail (
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).
2. opening a "ticket" by "Virtual Desk" using the credentials of the "Alice Portal".
Please note: The date of receipt of the email shall be deemed.