In their first year, Ph.D. students must attend 120 hours of in-class training on methodological, curricular, and interdisciplinary courses. They are also involved in seminars, workshops, conferences, and research activities offered to the community of doctoral researchers in law.

In their second year, the requirement for in-class training is reduced to 80 hours since students are expected to work primarily on defining the structure and contents of their dissertations in close collaboration with their supervisors.

The third year is then devoted to refining the thesis, which will be discussed within two months of the program’s end.

Most of the courses offered are taught in English; the Ph.D. students are expected to certify their knowledge of at least another foreign language during their program.

Alternatively, during the second or third year, students are required – as noted above – to undergo a 3 to 6-month research period abroad as Visiting Fellows at renowned universities or centers relevant to the Ph.D. project.

The publication requirements are two scientific papers in an Italian, International, or foreign journal over the first two years.

N.B.: All information is descriptive and intended for merely illustrative purposes. It may not correspond to the actual requirements and conditions offered.

Such information is set yearly by the “Call for Applications” and the “Training Activities Regulations of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies,“; it might change over time without any further notice to be expected in this section of the website.

In no case is the information provided here deemed official or binding for the University.