You must meet the minimum degree requirements set by the relevant grant authority for admission to the EUI Ph.D. Programme. As a general rule, you should fulfil the minimum degree requirements by 31 August, but please note that this is not valid for candidates applying for some national funding programmes whose eligibility requirements include conditions regarding the degree and its time of award.
- Austria: Completion of university studies (Magister/Master’s degree)
- Belgium (Flanders): Master degree - Belgium (Wallonie-Bruxelles): Master degree of at least 120 credits
- Bulgaria: Master’s degree diploma with a Grade Point Average of minimum “Very good 5” or the respective equivalent from the evaluation system in the country, where the degree is obtained
- Cyprus: Bachelor’s degree (ptychio)
- Denmark: Kandidatgrad eller en grad der vurderes svarende hertil. Vurderingen foretages af Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen
- Finland: Ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen, equivalent foreign degree
- France: Grade de Master or equivalent to bac + 5
- Estonia: Master’s degree
- Germany: Completion of university studies and the qualifications required to study for a doctorate
- Greece: Higher education degree (ISCED 6), and master’s degree or equivalent (ISCED 7)
- Italy: Laurea (vecchio ordinamento); laurea specialistica / laurea magistrale (nuovo ordinamento) or equivalent
- Ireland: Honours degree (min. 2.1); preference to those with a Master's degree
- Latvia: Magistra grads vai magistra grada limenim pielidzinata izglitiba (Master's degree or education equal to a Master's degree)
-
- Luxembourg: Master degree or equivalent.
- Malta:Master’s degree equivalent to Level 7 on the Malta Qualifications Framework.
- Netherlands: Doctoraal examen or Master's degree
- Norway: Master’s degree or equivalent degree
- Poland: Master’s degree (magister or an equivalent degree)
- Portugal: Licenciatura and qualifications required to study for a doctorate in Portugal
- Romania: Candidates should have an undergraduate degree + a master degree (usually 3 + 2 years) or an equivalent qualification needed to study for a doctorate
- Slovakia: Master degree or equivalent.
- Spain: Titulación de grado o licenciado más master que supongan 300 créditos o titulación de grado o licenciado de 300 créditos
- Sweden: General entry requirements (According to the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance). A person meets the general entry requirements for third-cycle courses and study programmes if he or she: 1. has been awarded a second-cycle qualification. 2. has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or 3. has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.The higher education institution may permit an exemption from the general entry requirements for an individual applicant, if there are special grounds. Ordinance (2010:1064)
- Switzerland: Completion of university studies (Master's degree of at least 90 ECTS)
- UK: Good honours degree (min. Upper Second); preference to those with a Master's degree
- EUI Special Doctoral Fellowships: Master or equivalent degree in an academic discipline relevant to the doctoral programme of the selected EUI Department and to the research proposal
- Other countries: Diploma equivalent to the minimum qualification needed to study for a doctorate in a given country
Page last updated on 22 January 2021