PhD student position — USI – Università della Svizzera italiana
CHF 58'000 - 78'000
USI – Università della Svizzera italiana · Lugano (TI)
- Location
- Lugano
- Contract
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SalaryCHF 58'000 - 78'000
Role overview
Open position at Università della Svizzera italiana.
Department/Institute: Faculty of Economics – Institute of Economics (IdEP).
Role: PhD student position.
- Open position at Università della Svizzera italiana.
- Department/Institute: Faculty of Economics – Institute of Economics (IdEP).
Application process
- The Institute invites applications for fully funded Ph.D. positions in all fields of economics (100%, 5 years).
- The Ph.D.
- Position Our PhD students focus on completing PhD courses and their doctoral research.
- To support this goal, the working environment we provide is very attractive, including compensation, infrastructure, and opportunities for research and teaching assistant positions.
- Admitted students are offered the opportunity to be employed full-time by the university in return for providing teaching or research assistance to the institute (see below).
- To participate in and contribute to the active research culture of the institute, employed students are expected to work as much as possible on site in Lugano.
- The Doctoral School in Economics at the University of Lugano In advancing to the PhD degree, students pass through two major stages: course work and the completion of a dissertation.
- Year 1 is devoted to developing a strong foundation in the basic tools of economics, including full-year courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics (core courses) offered by the Study Center Gerzensee of the Swiss National Bank though its Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics.
Contacts
- Applications should contain: (1) a complete CV, including your email address, date of birth, and any programing skills and other relevant information that might be important for us, (2) a transcript of your university education (bachelor’s and master’s degrees or equivalent), including the grade point average (GPA) and the courses taken, (3) a tentative research proposal on a topic you would be interested in working on (max. 4 pages long, not including the bibliography), (4) your GRE certificate with the test score (optional, but highly recommended) and (5) your master’s thesis (if available).
- Requests for further information to [email protected].
