The PhD in Economics at Milan and Pavia is an inter-university research-based training programme dedicated to preparing excellent economists.
We provide advanced training in fundamental skills in theoretical, applied and empirical economics, and we supervise doctoral students who want to develop research projects that add new knowledge in economics, and who want to acquire the competences needed for a career in policy making at the national and international level.
Studying with us
Our PhD is a four-year, fully-funded programme. With us, you will have the opportunity to study in one of the oldest universities in the world, and to live in two exciting and lively cities.
With us, you will join two of the leading Departments of Economics in Italy (both awarded the Department of Excellence recognition from the Ministry), and top 5% in Europe. Milan and Pavia have pulled together their strengths to organise an excellent PhD programme.
Objective and learning outcomes
The programme aims at preparing outstanding scholars for professional careers in Universities, Government, or research departments of private and public institutions.
The successful candidate, after four years of advanced study and research closely supervised by Faculty members, will be able to:
Ask relevant research questions
Design a research strategy
Use up-to-date modelling and empirical approaches
Present the results in articles publishable in international scientific journals
Propose economic policies to address practical economic situations, relevant real-world economic issues and evaluate their effectiveness
