Starting from September the Ph.D. Office (dottorati@unito.it) will carry out a verification of the registrations and the related documentation, proceeding with the completion of the enrollment (which from provisional becomes definitive).

It is not necessary to write to the Ph.D. Office to communicate your registration or to request it to be completed. In case of simultaneous enrollment in another university course (Law 33/2022), you are invited to read what is indicated on the UniTo Portal on the Simultaneous enrollment in two university courses page.

Qualified applicants shall not enroll. In case the final ranking list slides, they are contacted by the Ph.D. Office.

If in doubt, please consult the FAQs. To organize your arrival and stay in Turin, visit the webpage Living in Turin page.

Before starting the online enrollment successful applicants must prepare one PDF file for each required document (listed below) to be attached during the enrollment procedure.

In case of technical problems, it is necessary to inform the Ph.D. Office (dottorati@unito.it), which shall take them into account if the enrollment does not occur within the deadline advertised in the Call for applications.

The enrollment is later officialized by the Ph.D. Office.

Please note that the degree required for admission to the Ph.D. program must be irrevocably conferred before the start of the program; otherwise candidates will no longer be entitled to enroll.

Successful applicants admitted under condition, with or without a scholarship, must notify the institution of the conferral of their degree no later than the deadline specified in the call for applications, by sending to dottorati@unito.it the following:

• Annex 3 – Candidates with an Italian qualification
• diploma or certificate of the second-cycle degree – EQF level 7 (Master’s) – indicating the date the degree was awarded, either in the original or as a certified true copy – Candidates with an international qualification

Please find the Guidelines for Enrollment with the instructions on how to proceed.

1. a copy of your Passport or ID document (specifying nationality and date/place of birth)
2. enrollment form (Form A)
   
3. bank account details –only successful applicants with scholarship (Form B)
   
4. declaration about working activities (Form C)
5. confidentiality agreement
6. a copy of your Tax Code (Codice Fiscale)

1. a copy of your Passport or ID document (specifying nationality and date/place of birth)
2. enrollment form (Form A) 
3. bank account details –only successful applicants with scholarship (Form B)
   
4. declaration about working activities (Form C)
5. confidentiality agreement
6. a copy of your Italian Tax Code (Codice Fiscale) 
7. original or certified copy of Master’s Degree and Bachelor's Degree
8. original or certified copy of Master’s and Bachelor's transcripts
9. original or certified copy of Diploma Supplement or a certification of eligibility  (Comparability and Verification statements) issued by ENIC NARIC Centres or, residually, "Dichiarazione di valore in loco".

   Please, find further information here:

   Diploma Supplement and Dichiarazione di valore in loco

   Diploma Supplement - European Education Area

Please note that degree documentation (points 5, 6 and 7) must be uploaded in one single PDF file.

Furthermore, successful applicants with an international qualification may subsequently be asked to provide further information or documents useful for verifying the authenticity and comparability of the qualification for admission to the Doctorate.

If the documentation presented by the candidate is not authentic or valid for access to the Doctorate in the country of achievement, the interested party forfeits the Doctoral Course and is required to repay any amount already received.

For successful applicants with foreign citizenship the enrollment will be considered completed only following the submission of the residence permit or the receipt of the residence permit request to the Ph.D. Office (dottorati@unito.it).

Please note that Ph.D. Candidates with scholarship must register with INPS Gestione Separata (National Social Insurance Agency) when the Ph.D. Program starts.
Guidelines for INPS registration. 

To organize your arrival and stay at UniTo as a PhD. candidate, please, find useful information in the Handbook for international Ph.D. candidates and visit the page Living in Turin.
 

Extra EU citizens

To enter Italy as a Ph.D. candidate, you must apply for a student visa at the local Italian consulate. For further information about visa for Italy, please, see the Foreign Affairs Ministry website.
Contact the PhD Office (dottorati@unito.it) and attach your passport to obtain your invitation letter and register with the online platform Universitaly to submit your pre-enrollment application (in case the local consulate requires you to take this step). Please, inform the PhD Office once you have submitted your application by Universitaly.
For support in the administrative procedures required to apply for the residence permit, you can contact the International Welcome Office (international.welcome@unito.it), that will help you in dealing with procedures. Furthermore, you can ask the PhD Office to prepare a letter to be presented to Questura (Police headquarters), certifying your enrollment in a Ph.D. Program.

Please be aware that based on the restrictive measures and the sanctioning regime adopted by the Council of the European Union (see the sanctions map here), banks can unilaterally decide to block the payment of the scholarship or research grant to doctoral students who do not have a regular residence permit, residence in an Italian municipality and an Italian identity card.