Scuola Sant'Anna's calls for the 2015/2016 a.y. will be open starting from Spring 2015.
Training Course in Health Systems through Conflict and Recovery
Deadline: march 15, 2015
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Phd IN Urban Studies
Deadline:June 22, 2014 (For EU and non-EU candidates)
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Integrated Graduate Program in International Studies and Transnational Governance (ISTG)
Deadline: July 7, 2014 (For EU and non-EU candidates)
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Master Programme in Electoral Policy and Administration
Deadline:
First round deadline September 15, 2014, 12:00 noon (CET)
Second round deadline November 1, 2014, 12:00 noon (CET)
Third round deadline January 5, 2015, 12:00 noon (CET)
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Institute of Management
Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)
Deadline: September 18, 2014 (For EU and non-EU candidates)
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Master of Science in Innovation Management
Deadline: July 152014 UE candidates, 25/03/2014 NON-UE candidates
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PhD Programme in Management
Deadline: June 18 2014 (For EU and non-EU candidates)
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Institute of Life Sciences
Ph.D. Programme in Agrobiosciences
Application dead-lines:
September 082014 For EU and non-EU candidates
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Doctoral Programme in Agrobiodiversity
Application dead-line: September 5, 2014, 12 p.m. Italian Time (For EU candidate / For Non-EU candidates)
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PhD Programme in Translational Medicine
Application dead-lines:
September 30, 2014: by 12:00 p.m. Italian time (For Non-EU and EU candidates)
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Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (TeCIP)
Master of Science in Computer Science and Networking
Dead line: August 252014 for EU candidates, 05/05/2014 non EU candidates
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Master of Science in Embedded Computing Systems
Dead line: May 52014 non-EU candidates, August 252014 EU candidates
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International Doctoral Programme Emerging Digital Technologies
Dead line: July 072014 for EU and Non-EU candidates
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MAsters on Photonic NETworks Engineering (MAPNET)
Dead-lines:
27 March 2014 (10 am GMT) (MAPNET local path with scholarship and MAPNET local path without scholarship)
27 March 2014 (10 am GMT) (MAPNET Erasmus Mundus international path without scholarship)
9 January 2014 (10 am GMT) (MAPNET Erasmus Mundus international path for “Third-country” applicants applying for a scholarship under category A)
9 January 2014 (10 am GMT) (MAPNET Erasmus Mundus international path for European Union applicants and non-EU applicants having been residents of, or carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) in, any of the above countries for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years applying for a scholarship under category B)
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Smart Solutions - Smart Communities (SSSC)
Dead line: June 17 2014
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Institute of Economics
Master of Science in Economics
Deadlines:December 08 2014 for EU candidates
For non-EU candidates not residing in Italy:
July 7 2014
For non-EU candidates not residing in Italy but already pre-enrolled in an Italian Laurea Magistrale:
October 272014
non-EU candidates residing in Italy:
December 8 2014"
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International Doctoral Programme in Economics
Deadline: May 7, 2014
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Institute of Law, Politics and Development (DIRPOLIS)
PhD in Individual Person and Legal Protections
Application dead-line: September9 2014 (For EU candidate / For Non-EU candidates)
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PhD Programme in Politics, human rights and sustainability
Deadlines:
September 17, 2013: 26/05/2014 by midnight Italian time (For non-EU candidates)
June 19 2014 by midnight Italian time (For EU candidate)
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Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management
Deadlines:
October 17 2014 for EU candidates
first round of selection of non-EU candidates is set on 2nd July 2014, while the application deadline for the second round is set on 17th September 2014.
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EP Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
Area Diritti umani, gestione dei conflitti, cooperazione allo sviluppo
Deadline: 1 September 2014 p HEAT Course V; 1 October 2014 per HEAT Course VI
Contacts:
Rossella Altamura Tel.: +39 050 882653;
The Biorobotics Institute
Ph.D. Programme in Bio-Robotics
Deadline: June 26 2014 (For EU and non-EU candidates)
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An Overview
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna at a glance
The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is a public university and holds a unique position within the Italian higher education system. It is both a university in its own right, offering Masters and PhD courses, while for undergraduates it works in conjunction with the University of Pisa.
The Scuola Sant’Anna is active in the fields of Experimental Sciences (Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Medical Sciences) and Social Sciences (Economics and Management, Law, Political Sciences). Masters and PhD courses attract highly accomplished students and scholars from all around the world (about 30% of the PhD students are from outside Italy). Scholarships are offered, but only to highly proficient students.
To achieve excellence in their field of study, students are provided with the opportunity of using the laboratories and research facilities of the six Research Institutes of Scuola Sant’Anna.
The Scuola Sant’Anna has developed programs for undergraduate, graduates and professionals. To ensure excellent educational, admission to the courses is subject to a public competitive examination.
Master and PhD programs - The PhD programs focus on areas of particular scientific and social importance, special attention being paid to the demand for advanced research, innovation and modernization. University and International Master’s courses are aimed at furthering knowledge and expertise in innovative areas with strategic importance for the manufacturing and industrial world. All graduate courses have a strong interdisciplinary and applied approach.
Advanced Professional Training - These programs are addressed to enterprises, companies and public or private organizations.
The Research Institutes of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
There are currently six institutes, which all aim to develop graduate programs where rigorous traditional courses are combined with opportunities for research, service learning, internships, and entrepreneurship, both nationally and internationally.
The Biorobotics Institute
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The mission of the BioRobotics Institute is to pursue new frontiers in engineering, by blending science and technology.
The vision of the BioRobotics Institute is to educate the engineer of the 21st Century who, by breaking through disciplinary barriers and addressing ill-posed problems, will be able to manage the new challenges and opportunities of society and industry. The institute covers the following research areas: Humanoid robotics, Neuro-robotics, Biomedical Signal Processing, Surgical robotics, Soft robotics, Neural engineering, Creative design, Future and emerging biorobotics.
The Institute of Life Sciences
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The scientific mission of the Institute of Life Sciences regards the following two macro-areas:
- Biomedical Sciences
Key health problems, ranging from physiology/perinatal medicine to adult cardiovascular pathology, without disregarding technological development.
- Agrobiosciences
Various aspects of plant biology, energy - and food-related crops, agrobiodiversity, and agroecosystems.
The Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (TeCIP)
Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies
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The TeCIP Institute is a research facility of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and it is focused on the following research interests:
Informatics: Embedded Real-Time Systems
Communication: Photonic Networks and Technologies
Perceptual Robotics: Presence, Virtual Presence, Simultaneous Presence
The DIRPOLIS Institute
Institute of Law, Politics and Development
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The DIRPOLIS Institute is an Italian national research center devoted to interdisciplinary studies in the fields of law, economics and political sciences. Its core mission is to conduct state-of-the-art research by adopting a multidisciplinary approach aimed at providing a comprehensive and multi-faceted representation of legal, social, economic and political phenomena. The final goal is to offer scientifically sound and action-oriented bases to effective decision-making processes.
The Institute of Economics
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The aim of the Institute of Economics is to foster research and related teaching/training activities in the field of economics, broadly defined.
The focal areas of research of the institute are: economic theory and empirics; organization theory and empirics; management and corporate strategies; public choice and other aspects of public policy; cognitive and artificial sciences and applied statistics.
The Institute of Management
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The Institute of Management is dedicated to the field of management in private and public organizations.
The institute is organized into three sections:
• Sustainability Management
• Health Management
• Management of Innovation
Research Exploitation
Knowledge Transfer (KT) activities are at the core of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna’s mission.
The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna has significant experience in KT activities and can rely on numerous important collaborations with companies and public research institutions.
Various spin-off companies, employing a total of more than 180 people, have stemmed from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna’s laboratories and research centers. Some of these companies are commercializing patents owned by the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in the fields of robotics, mechanics, micro-engineering, biomedicine and business methods.
The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna contributed to the foundation of the Network for the Exploitation of Research ( and the Association of Incubators ( It is also a member of the European Network of Knowledge Transfer Offices “Proton” ( and founded the “Club of Spin-off Companies”.
For further information about KT activities carried out by the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, please contact:
Knowledge Transfer Office
Via Santa Cecilia, 3
56127 Pisa – Italy
Dr. Monia Gentile
Tel. +39 050 88.35.35
Mobile +39 345 25.70.279
e- mail:
or
Dr.ssa Alessandra Patrono
Tel. +39 050 88.35.84
e- mail: