The European University Institute provides advanced academic training to PhD students. The EUI carries out research in a European perspective (fundamental research, comparative research and Community research).

Doctoral programmes are offered in:

• the Department of History and Civilisation
• the Department of Economics
• the Department of Law
• the Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Conditions

Research students can study for periods from 1-3 years. 3 years for the Institute’s doctorate; 1 year’s study in comparative, European and international law (the Ll.M.); or, in exceptional cases, 1-2 years’ doctoral training at the Institute before defending a thesis in the home university of the student.

Eligibility

• Knowledge of 2 official languages of the European Union.
• Propose a specific thesis project that should be within the research areas covered by the Institute.
• from:

– European Union Member States,

– the Associate Member States of the EUI (i.e. Norway, Poland and Switzerland, Hungary) and

– Non-EU countries (Central and Eastern Europe/Russian Federation/CIS, South and East Mediterranean, South East Europe, and other non-EU)

Deadline is annual: 15 January 2026, 14:00 CET (application will open in November).

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