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

ENGINEERING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
The goal of the Ph.D. in Engineering in Computer Science is to train:

i) experts in computer science and engineering able to develop new technologies and methodologies both in the academia and in public and private research institutions;
ii) specialists of very high professional level with engineering skills able to transfer technological and methodological advances into leading application sectors such as informatics and robotics, in industrial contexts, as well as in services, and public administration.

Areas of interest of the Ph.D. in Computing Science and Engineering include:

Computer architectures and networks;
Algorithm engineering and complexity analysis;
Software engineering;
Artificial intelligence;
Knowledge representation;
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics;
Information systems;
Databases;
Distributed Systems;
Web and social networks;
Software oriented computing;
Cyber security and intelligence;
Computer vision and computer graphics;
Natural Language Processing;
Human-computer interaction;
Multi-agent and Multi-robot systems.

The overall activity of Ph.D. students during the three years of the Ph.D program can be quantified in 180 ECTS credits (simply ECTS in the following), 30 of which (corresponding to 50% of work load of one year) are devoted to studying, and 150 of which (corresponding to one year and a half of work) are devoted to carrying on research and writing the thesis.

The credits are divided as following:

A
0-30 credits for completion of the curriculum of basic studies, chosen from the regular courses from the graduate and undergraduate curricula offered at Sapienza. The Admission Commission makes a proposal for the assignment of credits of type A.
B
12-18 credits for specialized modules offered by the Doctorate, by the Master Programmes or for courses offered by qualified institutions requiring a final exam, that must be approved by the Board of Lecturers.
C
12 credits for the attendance of summer schools, tutorials at conferences, and departmental seminars (usually on the basis of 0.5 credits for each 1 hour seminar), in order to ensure the integration of the post-graduate students in the life of the department and the development of multi-disciplinary competence in the various research areas of Engineering in Computer Science.

Number of positions available


Sapienza Scholarships Affliliated Institutions or Excellence Industrial PhD Without scholarship
6 2 (+2*) 2 3* Dopo la pubblicazione del bando è state finanziate 2 borse dal DIAG 1 sulla tematica: Realtà Virtuale per sistemi complessi - progetto "ViWAS" – numero del progetto: 101298981 CUP: B83C26001440006 e 1 sulla tematica: Semantically-empowered Small and Large Lenguage Models - L’intero costo della borsa verrà imputato sul fondo del progetto HUE_2025_IT4LIA_NAVIGL_R_01, CUP: B83C25004910002.

Annotazioni

Themes, curriculum and specific competence



Scholarships funded by affiliated Institution and Departments of Excellence

1 scholarship funded by the affiliated Institution: BABELSCAPE S.R.L.

1 scholarship funded by the affiliated Institution: BABELSCAPE S.R.L.
Topic: Semantically-enhanced Mechanistic Interpretability of Large Language Models

2 scholarships funded by the affiliated Institution: DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA AUTOMATICA E GESTIONALE "ANTONIO RUBERTI" (DIAG)

Positions of Industrial PhD (reserved for employees)

Ente convenzionato: DEEPPLANTS SRL
 Tematica: Hierarchical multi agent reinforcement learning for distributed coverage and goal conditioned navigation in constrained environments

Ente convenzionato: DEEPPLANTS SRL
 Tematica: Multisensor fusion and perception Driven autonomy for low altitude agricultural flight

Sapienza scholarships: 6

Admission Procedure

Qualifications assessment Curriculum Vitae (including the academic career and any other qualifications), letters of recommendation supporting the candidate, the presented list of publications, and the research proposal will be evaluated.
In particular, in the evaluation of the research proposal, the committee will evaluate the description of the state of the art, the originality and the innovative nature of the proposal, the clarity and completeness of the objectives, the methodologies and the potential results, and the relevance of the proposal with respect to the themes and the objectives of the Ph.D. program.

Candidates who obtained at least 36/60 in the assessment of their qualifications and project are admitted to the oral exam.
Oral interview Admission to the interview is subject to a positive evaluation of the qualifications and of the research proposal by the admissions committee. The interview is in English and is aimed at assessing the candidates' knowledge, skills, and aptitude to carry out research in the scientific areas of Computer Science and Engineering. The interview includes a discussion about the candidate's research proposal and his/her personal motivations. Its duration is at most 30 minutes and can include a candidate's proposal presentation, which has to be at most 15-minutes long.

The minimum positive score for the oral test is 36/60.
language ITALIANO
ERRATA CORRIGE: INGLESE

contacts and info Utilizzare la mail dottinginf@diag.uniroma1.it per qualsiasi informazione.

Curriculum studiorum

Graduation date and grade of the Master's degree
detailed list of exams including completion dates and scores of Masters's degree
Graduation date and grade of the Bachelor’s degree
History of Scholarships, Research Grants (or similar)
Certificates of Foreign Languages
Certificates of participation in post-graduate university courses
certificates of Participation in research groups
certificates of Participation in internships
Other University Awards/Degrees (e.g.: awards in competition, second degree)

Required documentation

§ research project
mandatory
The research proposal must be written in English in accordance with the following template.

Proposal title: [...]
Applicant's name: [...]

Area (select at most two areas of interest from the following list) :
o Algorithm Design and Engineering
o Algorithms and Data Science
o Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation
o Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
o Computer Networks and Pervasive Systems
o Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Deep Learning
o Cybersecurity
o Data Management and Service-Oriented Computing
o Distributed Systems
o High Performance and Dependable Computing Systems
o Human-Computer Interaction
o Natural Language Processing
o (other, specify).

*Summary of proposal* (maximum 1000 characters, including spaces) Brief summary of the research project, highlighting problem statement, objectives, original content.

*State of the art of the research field* (maximum 2.000 characters, including spaces)

*Research objectives, content, and methodology* (maximum 8.000 characters, including spaces) Detailed description of the research project, emphasizing original and innovative aspects and scientific relevance.

*Expected results, impact, and benefits* (maximum 8.000 characters, including spaces) Detailed description of the expected results, the advancements, impacts, and benefits.

*Bibliography* (maximum 2.000 characters, including spaces), the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026
§ first letter of introduction (by a teacher)
optional, the letter must be uploaded by the referee by il le ore 23:59 del 22/06/2026
§ second letter of introduction (by a teacher)
optional, the letter must be uploaded by the referee by il le ore 23:59 del 22/06/2026
§ third letter of introduction (by a teacher)
optional, the letter must be uploaded by the referee by il le ore 23:59 del 22/06/2026
§ List of publications
optional, the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026
§ Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
mandatory
The candidate must indicate the maximum possible final grade for a Master’s degree in their country., the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026

Language Skills

the candidate must know the following languages
ENGLISH

Exam Schedule

Qualifications assessment
day24/06/2026
notesnone
publication on notice boardNO
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/INGEGNERIA-INFORMATICA_nD3514.aspx
date of publication03/07/2026
contactsdottinginf@diag.uniroma1.it

Oral interview
day08/07/2026 ERRATA CORRIGE: 09/07/2026
notesnone
time08:30
classroomB203
addressVia Ariosto, 25
publication on notice boardNO
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/INGEGNERIA-INFORMATICA_nD3514.aspx
date of publication08/07/2026
contactsdottinginf@diag.uniroma1.it


Evaluation scale

Qualifications assessment

Valutazione titoli

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

Progetto di ricerca
Research project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 30
Valutazione della proposta di ricerca presentata dal candidato, di cui verranno in particolare valutati la descrizione dello stato dell’arte, l’originalità ed il contenuto innovativo, la chiarezza e la completezza dell’esposizione degli obiettivi, delle metodologie e dei potenziali risultati, la pertinenza del progetto con gli obiettivi formativi del dottorato.
Evaluation of the candidate's research proposal. In particular, the commission evaluates the description of the state of the art, the originality and the innovative nature of the proposal, the clarity and completeness of the objectives, the methodologies and the potential results, the relevance of the proposal with respect to the themes and the objectives of the Ph.D. program.

Curriculum
Curriculum

Punteggio massimo/max score: 30
Valutazione del curriculum (comprensivo della carriera accademica e di eventuali altri titoli), delle lettere di presentazione a sostegno del candidato e delle pubblicazioni presentate dal candidato.
Evaluation of the curriculum (including the academic career and any other qualifications), letters of recommendations supporting the candidate and publications presented by the candidate.
Oral interview

Prova orale

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

Prova orale
Oral interview

Punteggio massimo/max score: 60
La prova orale viene svolta in inglese, e per essa la commissione di ingresso assegna a ciascun candidato ammesso all’orale un punteggio massimo di 60 punti. Nella prova orale vengono valutate, in particolare, le conoscenze, le abilità e l'attitudine dei candidati a svolgere attività di ricerca nelle aree scientifiche dell'Ingegneria Informatica. La prova orale include anche una discussione sulla proposta di ricerca preparata dal candidato e sulle motivazioni personali del candidato. La durata della prova orale è di massimo 30 minuti, inclusa un'eventuale presentazione della proposta di ricerca da parte del candidato, che non deve essere superiore a 15 minuti. La prova orale si intende superata se il candidato ottiene la votazione minima di 36/60.
The interview is in English and the maximum score a candidate can obtain is 60 points. The interview is aimed at assessing the candidates' knowledge, skills, and aptitude to carry out research in the scientific areas of Computer Science and Engineering. The interview includes a discussion about the candidate's research proposal and their personal motivations. Its duration is at most 30 minutes and can include a candidate's proposal presentation, which has to be at most 15-minute long. A minimum score of 36/60 is required to pass the interview.

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