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PhD Programmes

The Dottorato di Ricerca (Research Doctorate-PhD) constitutes the third cycle of education provided by the Italian academic system and it is functional to the acquisition of the skills which are necessary to undertake highly qualified research activities in universities, public and private institutions.

The duration of the course is normally 36 months. The call for access to the course is published every year at the beginning of the summer. The title of Dottore di Ricerca (PhD) is awarded after the defence, or discussion, of the final thesis.

Welcome Day | Friday 5 December 2025, at 9.30 a.m.

Welcome meeting for the Ph.D. research community, 41st cycle

Building D6 | room 0.18
Campus delle Scienze Sociali
via delle Pandette, 9 - Firenze

Dottorato

Call for applications | Programmes

Cycle 41 - Call for Applications Programmes
Futuri studenti

Requirements, admissions and procedure information

Admission requirements Simultaneous enrolment in two higher education programmes Academic recognition of foreign PhD degrees
Contrattisti di ricerca

International students

Welcome to Unifi PhD Programmes and Internationalisation
Dottorato

Programmes

PhD programmes | headquarter at the University of Florence PhD programmes of national interest PhD programmes in consortium or agreement

Soft skills

See the course program
  • Regolamento di Ateneo in materia di dottorato di ricerca | PhD Regulation
  • Regulation for the accreditation, establishment, and operation of Doctoral Research Programmes- from 38 cycle, in Italian
  • Regolamento dell'Università di Firenze per l’accreditamento, l’istituzione e il funzionamento dei corsi di Dottorato di Ricerca - aggiornato all'8 giugno 2021 - valido fino al ciclo XXXVII | Regulation for the accreditation, establishment, and operation of Doctoral Research Programmes in Italian
  • Regolamento per il deposito della tesi di Dottorato dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze | Rules for the deposit of the Doctorate thesis

To access all regulations, please refer to the Statutes and Regulations webpage in Italian

Statute and Regulation (Italian website) Normattiva | the official online database of the Italian State that collects all legislative acts- DM 226/2021