Facts and Figures

• A community of scholars in the social sciences with more than 1,000 members
• Exclusively dedicated to doctoral and postdoctoral training
• High completion rate of more than 90%
• Time-to-degree (TTD) of less than 4 years
• Careers: 65% in academia, 15% in international organizations, 20% in the private sector and NGOs
• One of the largest doctoral and postdocoral programmes in the world in the social sciences
• Housed in historic buildings on the hillside between Florence and Fiesole
• International environment with more than 60 different nationalities working and studying
• Joint exchange programmes with major North American and European doctoral programmes
• Comprensive academic skills training and career development programme
• Funding: annual budget of €40,000,000 of which 50% is from external sponsors
• Unique research Library
• Hosts the Historical Archives of the European Union
• Home to the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, an interdisciplinary policy research centre working on issues of European integration and European society
• Home to the Max Weber Programme for postdoctoral research and training programme for young researchers in the social sciences and humanities