PhD Programs

Economics AND LEGAL STUDIES

Engineering STUDIES

Humanities AND SOCIAL STUDIES

The PhD is an academic qualification that represents the highest level of university education beyond the master’s degree.

UniBg offers 10 PhD programs focused on advanced research skills for roles in academia, public institutions, and industry. Programs last at least three years and emphasize scientific rigor.
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Browse the list below, download brochures, or visit program websites for details. Admission is competitive, following a public selection process.

Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ENG

Health and Longevity (in agreement with IRCCS Mario Negri)

Health and Longevity PhD Program, a joint project supported by the University of Bergamo and Mario Negri Institute, offers a highly specialized education and research program to address the complexity of future challenges in the field of health and longevity. Taught in English.
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Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering

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PhD/ENG

Technology, Innovation and Management (in agreement with Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)

The PhD program in Technology, Innovation and Management is aimed at preparing young researchers to bridge the gap among technology, business and society and to develop scientific tools and methodologies. Taught in English.
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Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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PhD/ITA

Sustainable Technologies for Industrial and Construction Engineering

The PhD program in Sustainable Technologies for Industrial and Construction Engineering (SUSTAIN) offers a highly specialised multidisciplinary training and research into cutting-edge technologies to support a real environmental, economic and social sustainability in both civil and industrial domains. Doctoral students acquire a comprehensive and transversal knowledge to address emerging challenges in the fields of engineering and applied sciences, enriched by specialised insights into leading research areas:
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- Advanced and Sustainable Materials
- Energy, Fluid Mechanics & Heat/Mass Transfer
- Electronics, Mechatronics and e-MobilityConstruction and Preservation of Built Environment.

The program fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. Thanks to an international vision of higher education and research, the SUSTAIN PhD course guarantees the necessary synthesis among the local, national and international levels and prepares candidates for careers in academia and beyond. Taught in English.
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Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ENG/ITA/FRA

Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges

The PhD Program in Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges (Studi sul paesaggio tra sfide globali e locali / Études sur le paysage entre défis globaux et locaux) is an interdisciplinary and multilingual Doctoral Program. Held in Italian, English and French, it aims to provide high-level training on the key issue of the landscape, both as a shrine for the knowledge and cultural values of communities, and in connection with the transcalar dynamics of global and local challenges related to the climatic, environmental and geopolitical polycrisis. Taught in English, Italian, and French.
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Department of Human and Social Sciences

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PhD/ITA

Human Sciences and Welfare Innovation

The PhD programme Human sciences and Welfare innovation aims to develop interdisciplinary researching projects in human and social sciences’ area, promoting and enhancing various methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed, experimental or based on people commitment). The PhD programme aims to train researchers able not only to face the complex challenges of our transitional era, identifying cultural and scientific supports according to a plurality of perspectives, but also to develop and realize operational and/or institutional projects that consider this complexity. Taught in Italian.
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Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ITA

Transcultural Studies in Humanities

The PhD program offers a three-year interdisciplinary training and research program with a strong international vocation, conceived to combine a high degree of specialization in specific humanities sectors with the need to cross boundaries between different cultures and disciplines, promoted on a European level through projects such as ERC and Horizon, with a view to overcome separations between humanistic and scientific cultures. Taught in Italian.
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Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ITA

Philological and linguistic studies on oral and written records

The PhD Programme in Philological and linguistic studies in oral and written records offers a highly qualified course programme that focusses on the study, documentation, conservation, and accessibility of oral and written records.
The PhD Programme is divided into two courses (or curricula):
- Texts, writings, historical and cultural heritage
- Languages, oral and written interfaces

Taught in Italian.
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Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ENG/ITA/FRA

Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges

The PhD Program in Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges (Studi sul paesaggio tra sfide globali e locali / Études sur le paysage entre défis globaux et locaux) is an interdisciplinary and multilingual Doctoral Program. Held in Italian, English and French, it aims to provide high-level training on the key issue of the landscape, both as a shrine for the knowledge and cultural values of communities, and in connection with the transcalar dynamics of global and local challenges related to the climatic, environmental and geopolitical polycrisis. Taught in English, Italian, and French.
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Department of Human and Social Sciences

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PhD/ITA

Human Sciences and Welfare Innovation

The PhD programme Human sciences and Welfare innovation aims to develop interdisciplinary researching projects in human and social sciences’ area, promoting and enhancing various methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed, experimental or based on people commitment). The PhD programme aims to train researchers able not only to face the complex challenges of our transitional era, identifying cultural and scientific supports according to a plurality of perspectives, but also to develop and realize operational and/or institutional projects that consider this complexity. Taught in Italian.
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Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ITA

Transcultural Studies in Humanities

The PhD program offers a three-year interdisciplinary training and research program with a strong international vocation, conceived to combine a high degree of specialization in specific humanities sectors with the need to cross boundaries between different cultures and disciplines, promoted on a European level through projects such as ERC and Horizon, with a view to overcome separations between humanistic and scientific cultures. Taught in Italian.
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Interdepartmental PhD Program

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PhD/ITA

Philological and linguistic studies on oral and written records

The PhD Programme in Philological and linguistic studies in oral and written records offers a highly qualified course programme that focusses on the study, documentation, conservation, and accessibility of oral and written records.
The PhD Programme is divided into two courses (or curricula):
- Texts, writings, historical and cultural heritage
- Languages, oral and written interfaces

Taught in Italian.
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