applications, materials for energy conversion and storage, materials for environmental protection, materials for adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, and additive manufacturing.
Career opportunities
The transversal nature of the competences of the PhDs in Materials Science and Technology offers professional opportunities in the fields of research (both public and private) and development in any area of industrial production, either in Italy or abroad.
The strong and close collaborations with leading companies in the various sectors of the development of innovative and functional materials and related devices, at regional, national and European levels, represent an important professional opportunity for the young research doctors. The creation of spin-offs represents a further opportunity, an exemplary case of how the technology that arises from the research of university laboratories is first protected under the profile of intellectual property, then turns into a business reality and, finally, becomes interesting for the market.
Some of the foreseen employment opportunities are:
- research and teaching in Italian/foreign Universities;
- research in Italian/foreign research centres (for instance, CNR);
- industrial sectors implying high-level expertizes in the research and development of innovative materials, as well as industrial production.
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Additive Manufacturing: the Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion for the production of metallic components
- Applied spectroscopic methods
- Functional Nanomaterials for advanced applications and sustainability
- Porous materials for high-tech applications: from the macro-scale to the nano-world
- Smart materials for biomedical applications: scaffolds and sensors
- X-ray diffraction by materials
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants are required to submit their application for admission online on the Apply@polito platform.
- All applicants must pay a non-refundable application fee (€ 30,00) for each application submitted (one application per each PhD programme).
- After submitting the application, no changes are allowed. It will not be possible to upload any other document.
- Master’s degree (Laurea Magistrale) or Laurea specialistica or academic degree belonging to the university system pre-dating M.D. no. 509 of 3rd November 1999, as amended by M.D. no. 270 of 22nd October 2004 – with minimum final grade: 95/110.
- English language certificate – level B2
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 261 AUD / year (≈ 161 EUR / year)
- EU/EEA: 261 AUD / year (≈ 161 EUR / year)
Living costs
Torino, Italy: 1,068-1,586 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
PhD scholarships can be with own research topic or with predefined research topic.
The gross annual amount of the scholarship is usually € 15,343.28, but the Politecnico di Torino has chosen to further enhance and promote the value of PhD programmes, increasing the amount of the scholarships to € 18.854,52.
All candidates compete for scholarships with own research topic, unless they explicitly waive their right to receive them.
The scholarships with predefined research topic are associated to particular research topics for which specific skills are required. Those applicants interested in one or more scholarships shall carefully verify which are the field of research and the competences required, as specified in the scholarship descriptive sheet and contact the relevant scientific referee.
