*The University of Trento is now inviting applications from qualified candidates for its three-year*
*PhD Programme in International Studies*
This highly structured multidisciplinary programme is composed of a minimum of 200 hours of coursework. Students follow a common curriculum in International studies, methodology, research design and history, and attend advanced seminars in their major and minor subjects, chosen from amongst the disciplines of Economics, Law, and Politics & Society. The coursework is concentrated in the first year, with the third semester being devoted to the completion of the research proposal. *At least one
semester must be spent abroad for research*.
The school invites applications across the whole range of disciplines comprising international studies but particularly encourages students who intend to carry out research in the following areas: European integration; post-1945 international and European history; multi-level governance, trans-Atlantic relations, trans-national crime, international criminal justice, international financial history, and comparative constitutionalism.
The programme is conducted entirely in English and will be taught by members of the university's multi-national faculty. *No tuition fees are charged and a number of fully funded three-year scholarships will be awarded to the top-ranked applicants*. Scholarships will be augmented by 50% for authorized research periods spent abroad. At least 50% of the admitted candidates will be offered scholarships.
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*Application Deadline: March 15, 2007.*
For the application forms and further details concerning the PhD programme, including the application procedures, please consult our website * http://portale. unitn.it/ drsis/*
The university of Trento is one of Italy's most highly ranked public universities in the social sciences. The La Repubblica/CENSIS survey of Italian Universities ranked the University of Trento first amongst the smaller Italian universities. The individual departments were ranked as follows: Law 1st, Economics 3d, and Sociology 1st. See: http://www.repubbli ca.it/speciale/ 2005/guida_ universita/ index.html
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