PhD Degrees

Organizations and companies may partner with the University by funding a PhD scholarship, activating Executive PhDs and Industrial PhDs, or co-funding Innovative PhD scholarships.

The University also actively cooperates with other Italian or foreign companies as well as with other Italian or foreign universities and public or private Italian and foreign research bodies.

The PhD Office is responsible for this type of partnership agreements.
 


NRRP – Innovative PhDs

Under  missione 4, componente 2, investimento 3.3. del PNRR [ITA], Next Generation EU - NRRP funding is aimed at creating new, innovative PhD programmes that meet companies' needs for further innovation, which will help determine the scope of these programmes.

The ‘Dottorati Imprese’ platform

The “Dottorati Imprese” digital platform, developed in cooperation between the Italian Ministry of University and Research, Confindustria and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI), is a space where research projects offered by academic institutions meet the business world.
Public and private (legally-recognised) universities, including on-line universities and special institutes of higher education, whether individually or collectively, may use the scholarships awarded to fund existing PhD programmes, including PhD programmes of National Interest (DIN) and Industrial PhD programmes, as well as to activate newly-accredited PhD programmes. Companies may learn about active PhD programmes by entering the appropriate search keys on the platform.
 

Tax relief

Companies that co-finance Innovative PhD scholarships under Investment 3.3 of Measure 4, Component 2 of the NRRP will benefit from the tax reliefs provided for by  Interministeria Decree n. 1456 of 19-10-2023 [ITA] implementing Article 26 (1-4) “Provisions on University and Research” of Decree-Law No. 13 of 24 February 2023 converted with amendments by Law No. 41 of 21 April 2023:  companies participating in the co-financing of Innovative PhD scholarships are fully exempt from paying the social security contributions for open-ended hiring of personnel holding, on the date of hiring, a PhD qualification or personnel working, or having worked, under the contracts referred to in Articles 22 and 24 of Law No. 240 of 30 December 2010.