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Phd in Economics – (Ph.D.)

Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore

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Application Deadline: September 5th 2011
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 1,700 -
Location: Milan / Italy / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 36 months Start Date: November
Educational Form:
  • Academic PhD
Education Variants:
  • Fulltime
Funding:
  • National: full
  • EEA: full
  • Non EEA: full
Location flexibility:
  • Primarily at University
Project type:
  • Open PhD programme
Languages: English 
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The PhD in Economics, promoted by Università Cattolica, Milan, seeks to transmit outstanding knowledge and analytical capability so as to enable the successful participants to perform analysis and scientific research in theoretical and applied economics in universities as well as in national and international public and private research centres.The dissertations are supervised by professors and other scholars according to their scientific expertise.

From 2004 to 2010 there have been 20 PhD graduates; of these 12 have continued their careers in universities and 6 in research centres of primary public and private institutions (Banca d
The main research areas: monetary economics, international economics; economics of research and development; labour economics; public economics; industrial organization and theory of regulation; general equilibrium and disequilibrium; economics of information; uncertainty and game theory; welfare theory and social choice; structural economic dynamics; reappraisal of the classical approach to value and income distribution; history of economic thought


Contents

The first year is devoted mainly to advanced course work in mathematics for economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and a considerable number of frontier state-of-the-art research topics. Full time research is pursued over the following two (or exceptionally three) years, during which each student must write his/her thesis. Students are encouraged and financially supported to carry out part of their studies at leading foreign universities in order to allow them to exchange and compare ideas on a broader scale.

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Requirements

There are two application stages for the PhD Program: (1) Pre-Application - stage one - and (2) Application - stage two. Participation in stage one is recommended but not compulsory while participation in stage two is compulsory. Both application stages are open to citizens of all nations. Stage one applications can be submitted until May 15, 2011; stage two applications must be submitted in the Summer (the Call for applications will be issued in mid-end July 2011).
Applicants must hold:
- an Italian Diploma di laurea quadriennale, a laurea specialistica or a laurea magistrale, or any foreign academic qualification previously recognised as equivalent by the academic authorities, or recognised by the Academic Senate of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore upon proposal of the Faculty Committee (Collegio dei Docenti).

Students who will have a valid degree by the matriculation deadline (Monday, October 14, 2011) may submit their application.
A very good knowledge of written and spoken English is required.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

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