Application deadline 31 January 2016 ( 24:00 – CET). The online application form is expected to open on 2November 2015.

The European University Institute is one of the most culturally diverse doctoral schools anywhere in the world. Nearly 900 scholars from over 60 countries combine to create a truly multi-national community with no one dominant culture.

With leading scholars in Economics, History, Law and Political and Social Sciences, all four departments promote interdisciplinary research and teaching. Our forty years' experience focusing exclusively on doctoral studies and research makes us a global leader in high-quality postgraduate education.

Around 150 doctoral research grants are available to eligible candidates for the 2016-17 academic year which starts on 1 September 2016.

With a completion rate of 80% and 69% of our alumni currently employed in academic positions, we invite you to consider the EUI as the next step in your post-graduate education.

Link: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService...

I am pleased to inform you that the European University Institute will open the online applications for its Doctoral Programme on 2 November 2015.

Our fully funded four-year Ph.D. programme is an excellent opportunity for master students and other young scholars interested in pursuing doctoral studies in economics, law, history and the social sciences, and I hope you will share this information with your students.

The European University Institute:

•Offers one of the largest and most prestigious doctoral and postdoctoral programmes in the social sciences in Europe.

•Has been fully focused on postgraduate studies for more than 40 years.

•Hosts an intellectual community of more than 900 scholars from over 60 countries.

•Has an excellent record in job placement: 69% of EUI Alumni are employed in academic positions, 19% in the private sector or in national governments, 12% in international organisations and EU institutions.

•Offers 150 grants for a fully funded Ph.D. programme for the next academic year.

•Is located in beautiful historic buildings in the scenic hills of Florence, Italy.

The four departments offer a clearly structured doctoral programme with close academic supervision. Researchers get access to high-level research, and their independent research is supported by excellent on-site facilities, missions and exchange programmes. Academic life at the EUI is deeply international, dynamic and inter-disciplinary, and the research networks formed by our members are enduring and of global scope. Most of our graduates go on to become faculty members in universities, both in their country of origin and around the world. Placing students in the EUI’s prestigious doctoral programme will reflect well on you as an academic teacher and your institution.