14 Economics PhDs in Italy

PhD in Economics

The European University Institute offers one of the world’s largest and most distinguished doctoral programmes in the social sciences. The Institute is unique in its European, comparative and interdisciplinary focus, and offers up to four years scholarship to research students, leading to a doctorate in Economics.

PhD in PhD in Business Administration and Management

This is a 4-year program designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to acquire the research and analytical skills of the international scientific community in business and managerial disciplines. It is designed for students seeking jobs in academia as well as those who wish to acquire the skills of professional academic research to work in knowledge-intensive firms, multinational companies, government agencies, financial institutions, consulting firms, international agencies.

PhD in Asian and North African Studies

The Programme aims to train experts in the various fields of economic, law, political, historical, linguistic, philological-literary and artistic subjects, whose skills will be further enhanced by the direct analysis of sources in the following languages: Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew, Georgian, Japanese, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Turkish, Urdu and Yiddish.

PhD in PhD in International Law and Economics

The PhD in International Law and Economics began in 1990 and has been part of the Bocconi PhD School since 2006. This unique PhD program is particularly interdisciplinary in nature and has connections with universities abroad, specialized research centers and international organizations. The program is coordinated with the other PhD's offered by Bocconi, in particular with the PhD in Law of Business and Commerce.

PhD in PhD in Statistics

Within the Doctoral School at Università Bocconi, the four-year PhD program in Statistics gives students a thorough preparation in Statistics from both a Bayesian and a Classical perspective. Students may specialize in Theoretical or in Applied Statistics: close working relationships with PhD programs in cognate disciplines at Bocconi give students the opportunity to generate research topics in both Theoretical and Applied Statistics from research issues in other disciplines (Business Administration & Management, Economics, Finance).

PhD in European Doctorate in Economics Erasmus Mundus EDE-EM

EDE-EM is a doctoral programme in economics that gathers 7 leading European institutions, among which University Ca' Foscari Venice. The EDE-EM Program welcomes around 25 students each year. Admission is based on excellence in previous masters degree studies or equivalent. This degree does not have to be in economics, although interest in economics is certainly desirable and a strong background in mathematics will be helpful together with fluent written and spoken English. The programme is organised in three years.

PhD in Business (DEA)

The doctorate concentrates on the subjects concerning the traditional research areas of economics, of administration and business management and of industrial, commercial and financial sectors found in the productive structure of Italy. As regards research and teaching, the aim is to link the theory and the experience gained in Italy and Europe to that of the United States. The divergence is particularly marked in those areas where Italian and European doctrines appear to be showing much slower progress.

PhD in PhD in Economics and Finance

This PhD is a 4-year full-time program designed for highly qualified and motivated students. The program is multidisciplinary in nature and students have the option to choose from a wide range of electives. They are also provided with strong mentorship and support throughout their time at Bocconi.

PhD in European Doctorate in Law and Economics

University of Bologna

The goal of the EDLE programme is to form a new class of outstanding, highly skilled doctorate candidates. Through EDLE they receive the knowledge and skills to successfully pursue their careers in national and international organizations, promoting efficient laws and regulations and fostering economic progress. More research-oriented candidates will be able to pursue an academic career.

PhD in PhD in Economics

Ca' Foscari University of Venice

The PhD in Economics mainly aims to train experts in research activities related to the economic field. This PhD intends to equip students with an in-depth analysis of issues related to the ministerial disciplinary areas of economics (microeconomics, macroeconomics, public economics, econometrics, applied economics) and mathematics (mathematical finance, operations research, mathematics for economics).

PhD in Public Economics

Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore

The Phd in Public Economics at Defap Graduate Schools is a three-year full-time programme, jointly promoted by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milano), and Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca. The programme is taught in English and it offers rigorous advanced training. The Faculty of the School includes teaching staff from the two founding institutions and from several top international universities. The School has established exchange programs with international institutions and academic departments. The PhD programme is now in its eights year of activity, it is widely recognized as one of the best Italian PhD programs in Public Economics, and has built a very promising track record in placing its graduates.

PhD in Phd in Economics

Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore

The PhD in Economics 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. Intensive training is provided in the fundamental areas of mathematics, econometrics, macroeconomics and microeconomics followed by topics courses in various frontier research areas.