Instructions for online application

Suggestion: When you are ready to submit your application, print off a copy of this page and keep it at hand as a guide.

N.B. The link to the Online Application Form is at the bottom of this page, but applicants are requested to read the following instructions carefully before making their application. Thank you for taking the time to read through this page thoroughly as it is important for the successful submission of your application.

All candidates are asked to fill in the online application form, and to attach to the form:

• CV (1 page)
• A research proposal in English or French (4 pages, plus 1 page bibliography); for Economics Department a research statement ( max. 100 words)
• Degree transcript: details of the last (or highest) degree obtained (or to be awarded this year), in the form of a simple certificate/transcript/grade-sheet from your university (or this may be substituted by your own statement - click here to download a sample of such a statement  showing the final (or intermediate) results obtained.

  At this stage of the selection process, we do not require you to enclose a copy of your diploma, nor do we need certificates such as language proficiency certificates, traineeships diplomas or similar.

  For further information on attaching this document to your on-line application, please see point 3 in the

  frequently-asked questions (FAQ) page 
• the names of 2 academic referees

The EUI uses a secure system in order to guarantee the full confidentiality and privacy of the documents submitted online.

ONLINE APPLICATION 

Candidate's documents

Using the link below you are requested to fill in the application form and submit the required documents as attachments. Before going to the application form please read the instructions carefully:

• The online application cannot be submitted without the CV, research proposal and declaration of exams and grades. Please have these ready to be attached before entering the link to fill in the application form.
• All attached documents need to be either in RTF-, PDF- or TXT-format. Other formats are not accepted, so please save 'Word' documents (.doc) as RTF or PDF first, and please scan your degree transcript/grade sheet into a PDF format. If you are not sure about document conversion / scanning, consult the section SPECIAL REMARKS  on this page for further details.

Grade sheets, transcripts, and diplomas

At this stage of the selection process, when submitting your application, we do not require you to enclose a copy of your diploma since a list of your exams and grades is much more relevant for the Selection Committee. This may be in the form of a scanned degree transcript from your university or a simple declaration drawn up by yourself, listing exams taken, grades, final result and award date of your degree(s) - if already completed. In the latter case, you will be asked to supply the official transcript from your university and a copy of your diploma at a later stage of the selection (when and if you are called for interview).

Regarding the application form

• Please be precise when filling in the fields as inaccuracies may affect the correct submission of your application, or, for example, the submission of your academic references may fail
• Do not fill in text fields using capital letters [= upper case] only
• Family name and first name must be entered correctly; do not invert them (the same applies to the names of your referees), adn ensure that the family name [= Surname] is entered in the correct field
• Both your contact details and your referees' contact details (particularly e-mail address and phone number) must be entered correctly. Please do not enter more than one set of data into each field, nor insert additional notes and remarks (for notes and remarks please use field 15). Check the spelling of the email address(es) before submitting the application and do not type out the e-mail address(es) in upper case/capital letters.
• All fields must be filled in. If some of the fields are not relevant for your application please mark them with N/A. Blank fields are not accepted
• Some fields are limited in length. If the text entered goes beyond the maximum length, a message will appear and you will be requested to reduce the length of the text
• Please check all documents carefully before pressing the Submit button

• After having submitted your application you will receive a confirmation of receipt by email

References

Candidates are requested to ensure that the two letters of reference to be submitted directly by their referees arrive at the EUI by the annual deadline of 31 January.

It is the responsibility of the candidate to check with, and contact, his/her referees in due course, ensuring that the referees have sufficient time for providing the references.

For further details on references, see the Information for Referees page.

For queries email applyres@eui.eu, Tel. + 39 055 4685 373

Page last updated on 20 December 2010