Call for application 42nd cycle

Bando ordinario


Applications for participation in the competition, together with the corresponding payment, must be duly completed no later than 14:00 CET on 17 June 2026.

Educational goals and objectives

PUBLIC LAW
The Public Law PhD Program is articulated in five different curricula: Constitutional Law, General Public Law and Comparative Public Law; Administrative law; Criminal law and procedure; International and European Union Law, and Law and Economics. The curriculum in Constitutional Law, General Public Law and Comparative Public Law deals with the classic issues of the disciplines, as defined by Italian and European public law doctrine. All the related topics to general, sectorial, state, and supranational legal systems; sources of law; fundamental rights, also within the multilevel European dimension; dynamics of territorial decentralization; constitutional guarantees and constitutional justice; government, also referred as relations among the supreme state institutions, local authorities and European Union Institutions. The curriculum in Administrative Law explores the transformation processes of the organization and functioning of public administrations and rule of law related issues as principle of legality and judicial protection of fundamental rights against public administration acts. The research topics move from the study of international administrations, in particular its coordination with national administrations, the analysis of specific issues such as food safety, environmental protection and competition. The curriculum in Criminal Law and Procedure proposes a didactic-training program in an attentive dimension oriented by an interdisciplinary framework of the criminal sciences, with the intention to stimulating doctoral students to a greater openness of their research, taking into account the interactions and influences with other disciplines such as prison law, criminology, forensic medicine and forensic psychology. The curriculum in Law and Economics promotes interdisciplinary legal and economic research activities, in order to improve the understanding of reasoning and effects of regulatory legal intervention, choices related to institutional arrangements and questions connected to the enforcement of legal regulation. The law is therefore therefore taken as an object of study, characterized by a set of behavioral incentives/disincentives, to be analyzed and studied through the use of economic instruments. The curriculum in International and European Union Law intends to offer advanced training in the field of transnational legal phenomena and its relationships with international law and European integration Law. PhD students will have to lead seminars and thematic debates in order to develop analytical and critical skills; activities that will be carried out in constant interaction with the other curricula of the phd program in order to improve the methodological perspectives of interdisciplinary nature.

Number of positions available


Sapienza Scholarships Affliliated Institutions or Excellence Industrial PhD Without scholarship
4 0 0 1

Themes, curriculum and specific competence



Sapienza scholarships: 4

Admission Procedure

Presentation of a research project Research project (max 20 points)

Candidates must submit a research project that they intend to carry out during the three-year PhD program, which will be evaluated by the Selection Committee for admission to the written test. The project must have a minimum length of 25,000 characters and a maximum of 35,000 characters (including spaces, punctuation and bibliography), written in Italian or English and including an index and bibliography (with bibliographic references also international), must indicate the reference subject in the course curricula doctoral degree (1. Administrative law; 2. Constitutional law, general public Law and public comparative Law; 3. Criminal law and procedure; 4. International and european law; 5. Law and economics).
The evaluation of the research project is carried out according to the following parameters:
a) Relevance of the research project. The project is required to account for the scientific elaboration on the chosen research topic, highlighting the main problems that it poses. Particular attention is required regarding comparative law and the possible supranational and international relevance of the research topic (max 10 points).
b) Structuring of the research project. The structure of the project must unfold according to internally coherent lines and linked arguments, also through the illustration of the chosen methodological approach. Structuring in chapters or even in paragraphs is not strictly required in the presentation of the project (max 10 points).
Projects that do not meet the minimum length of 25,000 characters and a maximum of 35,000 characters (including spaces, punctuation and bibliography) will be excluded. Under penalty of exclusion, the name of the candidate or other identifying marks (like background images or watermarks) must not appear on the research project, but only the university registration number, the curriculum for which you want to compete, the title of the project, strictly in PDF version.
Candidates who have obtained a minimum grade of 14/20 are admitted to the written test.
language ITALIANO
INGLESE
Written examination Written test (max 60 points)

The written test consists of the development of a theme of: 1. Administrative Law; 2. Constitutional Law, General Public Law and Public Comparative Law; 3. Criminal Law and Procedure; 4. International and European Law; 5. Law and Economics, extracted from three traces prepared by the Commission for each curriculum. For the curriculum in Constitutional Law, General Public Law and Public Comparative Law, the topics of the test will have as their object themes that can also be developed from a comparative perspective. For the curriculum of Criminal Law and Procedure, the topics of the exam may be about, at the discretion of the Commission, an argument - to be extracted from a triad - between Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure or a theme chosen by the candidate - also extracted from a triad - of Criminal Law or Criminal Procedure. Normally the discussion is of a theoretical nature (not as practical as proof of qualification for the profession) and can also be inspired by relevant case law. With regard to the International Law and European Union Law curriculum, two separate lists of three topics for each subject will be chosen by the board of examiners. Within each of the lists, one topic will be drawn by candidates and will be the subject of the written part of the test. Test language: ITALIAN.
The evaluation criteria of the written test are the following:
a) grammatical and syntactic correctness, clarity of exposition (max 5 points);
b) completeness of the topic covered, consistent and orderly argumentative development (max 15 points);
c) knowledge of the doctrinal debate and the main jurisprudential addresses (max 30 points);
d) historical-comparative framework (max 10 points);

Candidates who have obtained a minimum grade of 40/60 are admitted to the oral exam.
download the attachement
language ITALIANO
Oral interview Oral exam (max 40 points)
The evaluation criteria for the oral exam are the following:
a) aptitude for research and motivation to study (max 5 points);
b) argumentative capacity and problematic approach (max 10 points);
c) good knowledge of curricular subjects (max 20 points);
d) fairness and clarity of exposition (max 5 points).
Moreover, during the test, the knowledge and mastery of the English language is ascertained both with the reading and translation of an English text, and with the possible exposure in English of the research project.
Candidates who pass the written test will submit a discussion to the Selection Committee focusing on the research project they intend to carry out in the doctorate.
Test language: ITALIAN.

The oral examination is considered passed if the candidate obtains a score of at least 26/40.
language ITALIANO

contacts and info davide.perrone@uniroma1.it / 0649910945
more info The PhD course in Public Law is strongly oriented towards internationalization and comparison with different legal and cultural systems. To this end, PhD students will be required, except for specific motivated situations that may be assessed, where necessary, by the Scientific Board, to spend a period of at least 3 months during the three-year program - even non-continuously - in a foreign university institution or equivalent internationally recognized research center, which will be chosen based on their research topic and in agreement with their tutor.

Curriculum studiorum

Graduation date and grade of the Master's degree
detailed list of exams including completion dates and scores of Masters's degree

Required documentation

§ research project
mandatory
The research project will be evaluated according to the following assessment grid:

Research project (max 20 points)

Candidates must submit a research project that they intend to carry out during the three-year PhD program, which will be evaluated by the Selection Committee for admission to the written test. The project must have a minimum length of 25,000 characters and a maximum of 35,000 characters (including spaces, punctuation and bibliography), written in Italian or English and including an index and bibliography (with bibliographic references also international), must indicate the reference subject in the course curricula doctoral degree (1. Administrative law; 2. Constitutional law, general public Law and public comparative Law; 3. Criminal law and procedure; 4. International and european law; 5. Law and economics).
The evaluation of the research project is carried out according to the following parameters:
a) Relevance of the research project. The project is required to account for the scientific elaboration on the chosen research topic, highlighting the main problems that it poses. Particular attention is required regarding comparative law and the possible supranational and international relevance of the research topic (max 10 points).
b) Structuring of the research project. The structure of the project must unfold according to internally coherent lines and linked arguments, also through the illustration of the chosen methodological approach. Structuring in chapters or even in paragraphs is not strictly required in the presentation of the project (max 10 points).
Projects that do not meet the minimum length of 25,000 characters and a maximum of 35,000 characters (including spaces, punctuation and bibliography) will be excluded. Under penalty of exclusion, the name of the candidate or other identifying marks (like background images or watermarks) must not appear on the research project, but only the university registration number, the curriculum for which you want to compete, the title of the project, strictly in PDF version.

Candidates who have obtained a minimum grade of 14/20 are admitted to the written test.
, the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026
download the attachement

Language Skills

the candidate must know the following languages
ITALIANO
ENGLISH

Exam Schedule

Altra tipologia (Presentation of a research project)
day23/06/2026
notesnone
time09:00
classroomAula Seminari - Istituto di Diritto Pubblico
addressCU002 - Edificio di Giurisprudenza 2° piano - Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
publication on notice boardNO
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/DIRITTO-PUBBLICO_nD3491.aspx
date of publication25/06/2026
contactsdavide.perrone@uniroma1.it / 0649910945

Written examination
day03/07/2026
notesnone
time08:00
classroomAula 101
addressCU002 - Edificio di Giurisprudenza 1° piano - Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
publication on notice boardNO
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/DIRITTO-PUBBLICO_nD3491.aspx
date of publication07/07/2026
contactsdavide.perrone@uniroma1.it / 0649910945

Oral interview
day14/07/2026
notesnone
time09:00
classroomAula Seminari - Istituto di Diritto Pubblico
addressCU002 - Edificio di Giurisprudenza 2° piano - Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
publication on notice boardNO
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/DIRITTO-PUBBLICO_nD3491.aspx
date of publication14/07/2026
contactsdavide.perrone@uniroma1.it


Evaluation scale

Altra tipologia (Presentation of a research project)

Altra tipologia

Presentazione di un progetto di ricerca
Presentation of a research project

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 20

Rilevanza del progetto di ricerca
Relevance of the research project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 10

Strutturazione del progetto di ricerca
Structuring of the research project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 10
Written examination

Prova scritta

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 60

Correttezza grammaticale e sintattica, chiarezza espositiva
Grammatical and syntactic correctness, clarity of exposition

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5

Completezza della trattazione, sviluppo argomentativo coerente e ordinato, capacità argomentativa
Completeness of the topic covered, consistent and orderly argumentative development

Punteggio massimo/max score: 15

Conoscenza del dibattito dottrinale e dei principali indirizzi giurisprudenziali
Knowledge of the doctrinal debate and the main jurisprudential addresses

Punteggio massimo/max score: 30

Capacità di inquadramento storico-comparativo
Historical-comparative framework

Punteggio massimo/max score: 10
Oral interview

Prova orale

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 40

Attitudine alla ricerca e motivazione allo studio
Aptitude for research and motivation to study

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5

Capacità argomentativa e di impostazione problematica
Argumentative capacity and problematic approach

Punteggio massimo/max score: 10

Buona conoscenza delle materie curriculari
Good knowledge of curricular subjects

Punteggio massimo/max score: 20

Correttezza e chiarezza espositiva
Fairness and clarity of exposition

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5

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