Best Universities for PHD Programs in Italy 2025

Auream Phoenix University for Women (APUW) is the first private, international, Distance Learning, purpose-built university exclusively dedicated to the education of women. APUW allows every woman engaged in work and family to study and complete her academic goals while remaining in the comfortable environment of her own home. Our university addresses women leaders having a winning mindset, women with vibrant, dynamic personalities, independent thinkers and women who are conscious of being points of reference in their community. Our primary focus is on testing skills and competencies for academic certification. Aurea Phoenix University for Women's degree programs are designed on the A.P.E.L (Accreditation Prior Experiential Learning) method to provide active working women, having 5 years of professional experience at least, the chance to earn a degree without neglecting their families.

Selinus University is a Graduate School legally registered in the USA, in the state of Delaware as an LLC. In the Republic of Panama as an SA. It operates from Italy (Ragusa) and the UK (London) globally. Its programmes are managed and distributed under licence by the Italian institutions Uniselinus Educational Group for the European area and by Uniselinus Europe Networking University for the rest of the world. Selinus is an international Open University dealing exclusively with Postgraduate Professional Distance Learning. It is accredited worldwide by the WCI (World Certification Institute), a leading certification body that accredits courses and study programmes delivered by universities, colleges, and schools. The WCI granted Full Accreditation to Selinus University after carefully examining, validating, and authenticating its study programmes. The Selinus University of Science and Literature is also accredited by QAHE (International Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), an expert body in recognising higher education institutions for research achievements, student services, and teaching quality, to value the public trust and support the development of quality assurance systems worldwide. Selinus University has also obtained ELQN (E-Learning Quality Network) accreditation, which brings together a wide range of organisations committed to ensuring and improving the quality of e-learning, and several global certifications. It is also a member of the BQF (British Quality Foundation), London, UK. It holds the following certifications: ISO 9001 - ISO 29990:2010 LSMS - ISO 21001:2018 EOMS.

The GSSI – Gran Sasso Science Institute is an international Ph.D. school and a center for research and higher education in the areas of Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Social Sciences. It was founded in 2012 in L’Aquila (Italy) as a Center for Advanced Studies of the INFN – National Institute for Nuclear Physics and then established in March 2016 as a School of Advanced Studies providing post-graduate education. Through day-to-day collaboration and interaction, researchers and students have the opportunity to build a sound knowledge of the research methods and to experiment with contamination of interests, innovative approaches, and multicultural exchanges in all the GSSI activities.

Nestled in the picturesque region of Tuscany, the IMT School stands out as a premier post-graduate institution in Europe. Interdisciplinary research, cutting-edge technologies, and internationalization form the cornerstone of the IMT School's identity. In addition to doctoral training, the IMT School also offers executive courses and master's degrees conducted in collaboration with prestigious universities and research institutes.

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Luiss – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli – is an independent university. It was created out of a pre-existing Roman institution, Pro Deo, between 1974 and 1978.

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The ICT International Doctoral School was founded in 2001 and the official language is English. The doctoral program delivers the skills necessary to conduct advanced research at universities, public bodies, or private organizations for the purpose of advancing scientific and technological progress and creating a managerial class with a high-level professional culture and a corresponding international openness.

UNICAM has instituted an International School of Advanced Studies with the objective of increasing the internationalisation of Doctoral education.

All the scientific work carried out by SISSA researchers is published regularly in leading international journals with a high impact factor, and frequently in the most prestigious scientific journals such as Nature and Science. The School has also drawn up over 150 collaboration agreements with the world's leading schools and research institutes.