ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Programme 2025/2026 for young physicists and mathematicians from Developing Countries

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Application Deadline: March 15, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025/2026 ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Programme. The Postgraduate Diploma Programme began in 1991, and since then, lots of its graduates have gone on to do PhDs at numerous prestigious universities, together with in Europe and North America. Many of them, after a number of postdoctoral stints overseas, have returned to their home nations, the place they’re actively concerned in instructing and in growing superior analysis teams there. Others have pursued scientific careers in main scientific establishments worldwide. Many former college students proceed to take care of an lively collaboration with ICTP all through their careers.

The Programme is open to young certified graduates in physics, arithmetic or associated fields. A restricted variety of scholarships (round 10 per subject) are awarded to profitable candidates from growing nations (with specific emphasis on college students from the least developed areas of the world) to cowl journey and residing bills throughout their keep at ICTP. The collection of the candidates relies on their college efficiency in addition to on educational suggestions. The choice committee goals to pick the very best academically certified candidates whereas striving for gender stability and geographical distribution. After the completion of the programs (together with examinations), contributors are required to work on a dissertation, to be submitted and defended.

Eligibility Requirements

The Postgraduate Diploma Programme is open to young (typically under 28 years of age), certified graduates from all nations which are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA. The minimal qualification for candidates is a level equal to an MSc (or an exceptionally good BSc) in physics, arithmetic or in a subject associated to the subjects listed under.

The collection of candidates will probably be primarily based on their college document and on educational suggestions. Since the Postgraduate Diploma Programme is in English, fluency in talking and writing is a vital qualification.

The applicant is anticipated to have sufficient data of the next subjects within the particular subject for which he/she is making use of:

• For Condensed Matter Physics: stable state physics; quantum mechanics; statistical mechanics; classical mechanics; electrodynamics; mathematical physics.
• For High Energy, Cosmology and Astropartical Physics: classical mechanics; electrodynamics; particular principle of relativity; quantum mechanics; statistical mechanics.
• For Earth System Physics: a theoretical background in physics, arithmetic or engineering; mathematical strategies utilized in geophysics and geosciences.
• For Mathematics: primary summary algebra; parts of actual and complicated evaluation; topology.
• For Quantitative Life Sciences: classical mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, mathematical strategies for physics, primary programming abilities

Benefits

Tuition-free; 10 yearly scholarships plus journey grant for candidates from growing nations.

• In every Postgraduate Diploma Programme, scholarships and journey grants will probably be awarded to these 10 college students chosen from growing nations. There are not any course charges. Students will obtain a scholarship for the complete 12 months of study. A restricted variety of certified candidates who meet the identical choice standards as others could attend the programs at their very own value. They should provide written proof from a funding company or a banking establishment that funds can be found for their total 12 months’s keep, and are equal to these supplied by the Centre.

How to Apply

In addition to finishing an online application form, candidates ought to add the next as part of their application:

• Copies of transcripts of college educational data and college levels in English (The chosen candidates will probably be required to offer originals or licensed copies of those paperwork in addition to of their official English translation earlier than he/she could be admitted to the Programme);
• Any certificates or paperwork that give proof of the scholar’s skill to comply with advanced-level programs, study and write scientific literature within the English language;
• Two letters of advice, from senior scientists accustomed to the applicant’s research and work.

Contacts

If you’ve gotten issues with the web application, please contact the Diploma Office at [email protected]

SECRETARIAT

Ms. Sandra Alimanovic 

Programme Assistant

+39 040 2240362

Ms. Manuela Schipizza

Programme Assistant

+39 0402240487

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Programme