Admission

PHD Call AY 2025/2026 

ITAlian link   

ENglish link

DEADLINE: 15th September 2025 h 12:00 pm (local time).

Please visit the University Ph.D. programmes News and Deadlines page https://web.unica.it/unica/it/studenti_s01_ss05.page

 

Here the info for our PhD Course:

Descriptive PhD Course Annex in  ITA – PhD Programme link

Descriptive PhD Course Annex ENG – PhD Programme link

All the documents must be uploaded in PICA, follow the instructions linked here link

Instructions in ITA link

Instructions in ENG link

Admission tests:
Assessment of qualifications, curriculum vitae, project, and interview (in presence for ordinary positions), schedule, and details will be available on the university web page linked:

Admission tests for foreign applicants:
Assessment of qualifications, curriculum vitae, project, reference letters and interview (online, details will be forwarded by the evaluation commitee and in the page above).

 

Project:

A project submitted should be focused on specific topics for each curriculum. Details are  specified every year in the PhD Descriptive Annex C (see below, Allegato C).

In general the three curricula are focused on the following general topics.

 

Topics:

Biomedical curriculum
Structure, function and metabolism of biological macromolecules. Structures and replication strategies of animal viruses and the mechanism of interaction with host cells.

Human and Animal Biology and Ecology curriculum
Study of the animal and human biodiversity (ecological, morphological and evolutionary aspects) with special attention to the methods and applications related to the management and conservation of natural
resources, the ecological processes and the ‘man-environment’ interactions.

Drug Sciences curriculum
Methodologies and issues related to discovery, design and development of drugs or nutraceuticals. Nanotechnological applications to drug delivery. Ethanol psychopharmacology in light of its metabolism. Genetic manipulations in neuro-psychopharmacology research. Biopharmaceutical properties of medicines. Conventional and modified release dosage forms. Antimicrobial agents, Anticancer drugs, Antiviral drugs, Drugs acting
on the cardiovascular system, drugs affecting the blood, renal system drugs, drugs affecting the immune system activity, or acting on autonomic and the central nervous system.