Deadline: April 21 2021
The Call for Scholarship Applications is opened for the academic year 2021/2022 into the PhD programme in Science and Management of Climate Change, a joint initiative between Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC)
About the PhD Programme
The main objective of the programme is to prepare scholars who can navigate the complex and multi-faceted dimensions of the grand challenges posed by climate change. The programme comprises 12 core courses of 6 ECTS each, from a range of subject areas. Students benefit from a balance between teaching and learning through a mix of lectures, seminars, external speakers, discussion group exercises, and case studies. Credits are acquired by attending the courses and by passing a final exam. Attendance is mandatory. Seminars, guest lectures, and elective thematic courses are organized throughout the year in order to facilitate interaction among students from different cycles and different programmes, as well as with invited guests from important research centres and universities.
Duties and Responsibilities
The PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change is a 4 year programme. During the first-year students complete their coursework in Venice, while from the second year onward they develop their research projects and work on their final PhD dissertations. After completion of the first year, PhD students are required to spend a period conducting research at a foreign institution or university, to be agreed with the tutor and approved by the PhD Board. All PhD thesis will be externally reviewed by international referees.
Benefits
- The PhD programme offers a 4-years fully funded scholarship, including one year of full-time coursework, with worldwide research opportunities and connections to a broad international network of top-level universities and research centres in the field, as well as placement in highly renowned institutions afterwards.
- The programme is conducted entirely in English.
- PhD students completing their studies and receiving their PhDs will also receive the qualification of MPhil in Science and Management of Climate Change at the end of their 4-year programme.
Application
Questions about the application process, please write to phd.application@unive.it
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