Successful applicants will be committed to conducting independent and original scientific research and participating in local, national, and international training activities to develop their potential. Given the multilingual environment of the program, we encourage applications from international students with a good command of English and at least one second language (Italian or German).
Applications can be uploaded from June 10th, 2024. The deadline for online applications is July 11th, 2024, at 12:00 midday (GTM +2:00). Only online applications through the university application system are accepted (please do not send applications via e-mail). Information about the selection procedure can be found on the Website of the PhD program in Linguistics at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/education/phd-linguistics/
The selection procedure involves evaluation of the candidates' Master's theses, their research project as well as an online interview. For details see the application website.
One of the fellowships is reserved for a Ph.D. project in the context of the cooperation with the University of Marburg. For details see https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/Addendum-Borse-PhD-MR-40-ciclo.pdf. Candidates interested in this fellowship must indicate their preference in the research project.
A second fellowship is reserved for a Ph.D. project with the title 'Comparative analysis of the policies for the protection of the Romansh, the Brixino-Tyrolean Ladin and the Friulian Ladin', sponsored by the 'Agenzia Regionale per la Lingua Friulana (ARLEF)'. For details see https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/Addendum_Borsa-PhD_Ling_ARLEF_40_ciclo_.pdf
Candidates interested in this fellowship must indicate their preference in the research project.
A third fellowship is reserved for a PhD. project with the title 'Language technologies for low-resource languages', sponsored by the European Science Fund (ESF). For details see https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/2024-ESF-plus-project-description-Linguistic.pdf
Candidates interested in this fellowship must indicate their preference in the research project.
For information about the faculty members involved in the programme and their research areas see: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/education/phd-linguistics/linguistic/
Contact information
- for general information about the Ph.D. in Linguistics: Birgit Alber (birgit.alber@unibz.it)
- for information about all issues regarding the application procedure: contact the staff indicated on the application website: https://aws.unibz.it/exup/
Ph.D. positions in Linguistics
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and the University of Verona have currently opened 7 positions within their joint PhD program in Linguistics. Selected PhD candidates will receive a 3-year fellowship.