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Selection Criteria

For the PhDs in Business Administration and Management, Economics and Finance and Statistics and Computer Science, the assessment is based on a candidate’s:

  • curriculum vitae (indispensable);
  • academic records (indispensable);
  • international graduate admission tests scores (GMAT or GRE);
  • statement of purpose (indispensable);
  • up to three reference letters*.

For the PhDs in Economics and Finance and Statistics and Computer Science, the assessment criteria are as follows:

  • a maximum of 50 points for the applicant’s curriculum vitae and academic records;
  • a maximum of 10 points for GMAT/GRE;
  • a maximum of 40 points for statement of purpose and reference letters.

For the PhD in Business Administration and Management, the assessment criteria are as follows:

  • a maximum of 45 points for the applicant’s curriculum vitae and academic records;
  • a maximum of 20 points for GMAT/GRE;
  • a maximum of 35 points for statement of purpose and reference letters.

The Admission Board may decide to conduct a brief online interview in order to get clarification about the student’s qualifications.

A minimum of 60 total points is required to be elegible for admission to all the above PhD programs.

For the PhDs in Social and Political Science and Legal Studies, the Admission Board will first evaluate the suitability of the applicants’ qualifications and, after a first step of selection, the Board will interview some candidates in order to better assess their qualifications (second step of selection).

For the PhD in Social and Political Science, the first step assessment is based on a candidate’s:

  • curriculum vitae (indispensable);
  • academic records (indispensable);
  • international graduate admission tests scores (GMAT or GRE);
  • statement of purpose (indispensable);
  • up to three reference letters*.

The qualifications assessment criteria are as follows:

  • a maximum of 50 points for the applicant’s curriculum vitae and academic records;
  • a maximum of 10 points for GMAT/GRE;
  • a maximum of 40 points for statement of purpose and reference letters.

The Admission Board will interview (online) candidates who have obtained at least 70 points in the qualifications assessment.
The second step assessment is based on the online interview, whose maximum score is 30 points.
A candidate will be eligible for admission if he or she has obtained at least 70 points out of 100 in the qualifications assessment and at least 20 points out of 30 in the interview.

The purpose of the interview is to better assess candidates’ qualifications, discuss their statement of purpose; test their aptitude for the program, ascertain their proficiency in English.

After completing the interviews, the Admission Board will rank the applicants.

For the PhD in Legal Studies, the first step assessment is based on a candidate’s:

  • curriculum vitae (indispensable);
  • academic records (indispensable);
  • statement of purpose (indispensable);
  • research proposal (indispensable);
  • up to three reference letters;
  • other relevant documents (e.g. thesis’ abstract, publications)*.

The qualifications assessment criteria are as follows:

  • a maximum of 50 points for the applicant’s curriculum vitae and academic records;
  • a maximum of 40 points for statement of purpose, research proposal and reference letters;
  • a maximum of 10 points for other relevant elements.


The Admission Board will interview (online) candidates who have obtained at least 70 points in the qualifications assessment.

The second step assessment is based on the online interview, whose maximum score is 30 points.

A candidate will be eligible for admission if he or she has obtained at least 70 points out of 100 in the qualifications assessment and at least 20 points out of 30 in the interview.

The purpose of the interview is to better assess applicants’ qualifications; discuss their research proposal (relevance, international approach, issues involved) and their publications, if any; test their aptitude for the program; ascertain their proficiency in English and other foreign languages (when only self-certified), and ascertain their competence in a subject of their choice, which is part of the PhD curriculum.

After completing the interviews, the Admission Board will rank the applicants.

*Please note that financial support by external donors is not included in the assessment criteria, therefore it does not contribute to increasing the score in the ranking for admission results.


 

Last modified 27/09/2023 - 09:26:54