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

CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Purposes of this Doctorate course are many-fold and directed toward the development of proper and autonomous scientific capacity in all chemical fields for doctorate students. They will learn how to proceed in a given research line and to solve the problems into original and self consistent ways. Obviously, they will learn how to choose advanced ad hoc techniques or theoretical approaches. Plans are to form self-conscious researchers, able to develop chemical sciences in both industrial and academic environments. In a three-year course the candidates shall operate, under a project co-ordinator, in such a way to develop a significant scientific activity on items suggested by the candidates themselves. In the project they will define in due terms the expected results and the innovative contributions to former knowledge in the field. The results will be collected and discussed in the doctorate thesis. It is recommended that Ph.D. work shall be developed, at least six months, into international laboratories. This will allow the candidates to compare his/her level and capacity into an international context and to increase his/her expertise and self-consciousness. A well balanced development of Ph.D. curricula represent the most important part of research projects. Ph.D. candidates, anyhow, will follow advanced courses (12 credits in the three years) to improve their preparation in the field(s) pertinent to their thesis work. The related programs for each of the above items may change from year to year, depending on the projects presented by the Ph.D. Students. Each of them will prepare and discuss a project, in collaboration with his/her Supervisor and the Ph.D. Coordinator and will submit to the PhD Council for approval. In addition to teaching activities to be followed in the Department, or in Sapienza University, Doctorate Students will follow national and international courses on the items of pertinence to their thesis work or will follow seminars and lectures hold by eminent scientists. It is also possible for them to support teaching activities held in the department, according to the suggestions raised by the Ph.D. Council.

Number of positions available


Sapienza Scholarships Affliliated Institutions or Excellence Industrial PhD Without scholarship
10 1 0 3

Themes, curriculum and specific competence



Scholarships funded by affiliated Institution and Departments of Excellence

1 scholarship funded by the affiliated Institution: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ (ISS)

Sapienza scholarships: 10

The call includes additional places reserved for scholarship recipients from foreign countries.


Admission Procedure

Qualifications assessment Evaluation of laurea degrees (max 30 points), of a research project (max 20 points), and an oral test (max 50 points).
The evaluation of laurea degrees will be done according to the attached tables.
- first level laurea final mark or average of marks for exams of the first three years of the five-year Laurea: max 18 points.
- average of marks for exams of the second level laurea degree or second two years of the five-year Laurea: max 12 points.
- minimum score for the admission to the evaluation of the research project: 15 points.
- maximum score: 30 points.
Research Project The candidate must submit a research project, possibly inspired by his thesis work, that has to be contained in a size between 5.000 and 8.000 characters (including spaces). The research project is relevant for the sole purpose of the selection and the choice of the doctoral thesis is not binding.
In order to be admitted to the oral test, the candidate must obtain a minimum score of 10 points.
- minimum points for the admission to the oral test: 10
- maximum points: 20
language ITALIANO
INGLESE
Oral interview The oral exam is aimed at verifying the candidate's aptitude for scientific research and his general preparation in relation to the PhD in Chemical Sciences. This test will focus on general topics of Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry.
Knowledge of the English language will be assessed during the oral exam.
- minimum score for eligibility for the final ranking: 25 points
- maximum score: 50 points
The overall minimum score for admission to the PhD in Chemical Sciences is 50/100.
language ITALIANO
INGLESE

contacts and info Per informazioni o richieste specifiche rivolgersi alla Prof.ssa Paola D'Angelo Coordinatrice del Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Chimiche, Università Sapienza di Roma, Dipartimento di Chimica, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma. Settore Dottorato di Ricerca Specifiche concorsuali per: SCIENZE CHIMICHE (Tel: ++39 06 4991 3751, Email: p.dangelo@uniroma1.it

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
detailed list of exams including completion dates and scores of Bachelor's degree
History of Scholarships, Research Grants (or similar)
Certificates of Foreign Languages

Required documentation

§ research project
mandatory, 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
day01/07/2026
notesnone
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SCIENZE-CHIMICHE_nD3536.aspx
date of publication02/07/2026
contactsp.dangelo@uniroma1.it

Altra tipologia (Research Project)
day01/07/2026
notesnone
time10:00
classroomBiblioteca di Chimica Organica
addressDipartimento di Chimica Edificio Cannizzaro, CU014, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SCIENZE-CHIMICHE_nD3536.aspx
date of publication02/07/2026
contactsp.dangelo@uniroma1.it

Oral interview
day09/07/2026
notesnone
time09:00
classroomParravano
addressDipartimento di Chimica Edificio Cannizzaro, CU014, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SCIENZE-CHIMICHE_nD3536.aspx
date of publication09/07/2026
contactsp.dangelo@uniroma1.it


Evaluation scale

Qualifications assessment

Valutazione titoli

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 30

Media dei voti del secondo biennio (laurea magistrale o ultimi due anni lauree ciclo unico)
Average of the second two years (second level Laurea degree or second two years of the five-year Laurea degree)

Punteggio massimo/max score: 12
Media voti esami
Media voti esami
≥ 2912,0
28≤ voto <2911,0
27≤ voto <2810,0
26≤ voto <279,0
25≤ voto <268,0
<256,0

Voto di Laurea triennale o media voti esami primo triennio laurea ciclo unico
First level Laurea final mark or average of the marks of first three years of the five-year Laurea degree

Punteggio massimo/max score: 18
Voto di Laurea triennale
Voto di Laurea triennale
110 e lode
110 cum laude		18,0
110
110		17,0
109 -108
109-108		15,0
107 -104
107-104		13,0
103 -101
103-101		11,0
100 - 95
100 - 95		9,0
<95
<95		7,0
In alternativa, media voti esami per il primo triennio per le lauree a ciclo unico
Average of the marks of first three years of the five-year Laurea degree
≥ 2918,0
28≤ voto <29
28≤ voto <29		16,0
27≤ voto <28
27≤ voto <28		14,0
26≤ voto <2712,0
25≤ voto <2611,0
<259,0
Altra tipologia (Research Project)

Altra tipologia

Progetto di Ricerca
Research Project

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

Conoscenza dello stato dell’arte
Knowledge of the state of the art

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5

Originalità e contenuto innovativo
Innovative aspects of the project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5

Chiarezza e completezza dell’esposizione degli obiettivi, delle metodologie e dei potenziali risultati
Clarity and completeness of the presentation of objectives, methodologies, and potential results

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5

Pertinenza del progetto con gli obiettivi formativi del dottorato
Relevance of the project to the educational objectives of the PhD programme

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5
Oral interview

Prova orale

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 50

Preparazione generale in riferimento al dottorato in Scienze Chimiche.
Preparazione generale in riferimento al dottorato in Scienze Chimiche.

Punteggio massimo/max score: 25

Discussione delle tematiche relative al progetto di ricerca
Discussion of topics related to the research project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 25

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