International PhD Scholarships in Emerging Digital Technologies in Italy | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

The International Doctoral Programme in Emerging Digital Technologies is a full-time, mandatory attendance, three-year residential program with highly interdisciplinary connotation, involving structured courses and supervised research yielding an original dissertation to be discussed in a public examination. Students can specialize in one of the following curricula:

• Embedded Systems, with emphasis on real-time systems and resource management.
• Perceptual Robotics, with emphasis on telerobotics, cognitive robotics and virtual environments.
• Photonic Technologies, especially referring to photonic integrated circuits, sensors, communications and networks.

Applicants holding a Master of Science (MSc) degree or similar academic qualification obtained abroad may take part in the selection process for the admission to the Course.

At the successful completion of the Program, the School awards the student with the ‘Ph.D.” (Philosophy Doctor) Degree.

The Ph.D. programme provides lecture attendance and passing of the related exams, research activities, attendance of seminars and summer schools and periods abroad. At the end of the Ph.D. programme, students will possess solid scientific and engineering skills, the ability to conceive and carry out original research projects, and an autonomous entrepreneurship spirit.