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Waksaw x Ca' Foscari

The annual Call for applications for the 42nd cycle of PhD programs (2026/2027 academic year) is now online.

Waksaw fellowship

Asian and African Studies: 8 Scholarships 

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  • 1 funded by external grants from the Waksaw Archeological Alliance on themes related to the cultural, religious and artistic developments of Gandhara during the early centuries of the Common Era, particularly in the ancient region of Uḍḍiyāna (Swat Valley).

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Placed reserved to scholarship holders of foreign states: 3

Application deadline

  • Applications open on Thursday March, 26 2026 from 11 AM (Italian Time)
     

  • Applications close on Wednesday May, 6 2026 at 1 PM (Italian Time)

The PhD Degree is open to a limited number of students. The requirement is to pass a public selection process entailing the evaluation of academic qualifications, as well as of oral and/or written exams.

Requirements

Candidates in possession of the following requirements, regardless of age or nationality, may apply to participate in the competition:
 

  • "Laurea specialistica" or "laurea magistrale" (second cycle degree); 

  • or degree awarded under the system ("ordinamento") in place prior to the one introduced by Ministerial Decree (D.M.) no. 509 of 03 November 1999, amended by Ministerial Decree (D.M.) no. 270 of 22 October 2004; or second-level academic qualification ("titoli accademici di secondo livello") awarded by institutions belonging to the AFAM ("Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale") sector; 

  • or a Master's degree awarded abroad, recognised as such in advance solely for the purpose of admission to the competition. The foreign academic qualification must allows enrollment in a PhD programme in the country of achievement.

  • all PhD students are required to have certified English proficiency at least B2 level at the time of enrolment, except for the possibility of acquiring it subsequently, but and not later than the date indicated in the Call, otherwise they will be excluded from the PhD programme.

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Applications from students already enrolled in PhD Programmes of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice or, in case of Inter-University PhD programme, in the Universities affiliated will not be considered valid.

​Required qualifications

 The following qualifications are mandatory for admission to all the PhD Programmes listed in this call:

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  • Curriculum vitae et studiorum (preferably in the Europass European format)

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  • PhD research proposal: information on how to draft a proposal is available for some PhD programmes on thededicated University webpage. Candidates can submit only one research proposal. The research proposal presented for the selection will not necessarily be the one developed by the PhD student during the PhD programme. The "Do NoSignificant Harm" (DNSH) principle, as per art. 17 - EU Regulation 2020/852, should be considered when drafting theproposal

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  • A certificate listing exams and grades from your Master’s degree (related to Laurea specialistica or Laureamagistrale / Laurea vecchio ordinamento / AFAM second-level academic qualification, academic qualification obtainedabroad); Italian and European Community citizens holding a qualification obtained in Italy must submit a selfdeclaration under the Presidential Decree No. 445 dated 28 December 2000, No. 445 as amended by Art. 15paragraph 1 of Italian Law No. 183 dated 12 November 20111.

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  • A maximum of two letters of reference from university professors, researchers or other experts in the field are optional qualifications for all PhD Programmes. 

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  • Qualifications must be uploaded through the online application only.
     

Research proposal

The proposal should be written in Italian or English language, of about 2000 words (excluding the bibliography), addressing:

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  • English abstract of the proposal (max. 1000 characters, spaces included)

  • topic and state-of-the-art

  • main research question

  • theoretical and methodological basis

  • planned work steps

  • expected results and relevance

​How to Apply

The submission of the application is in two steps, both mandatory to the proper participation in this tender (see also Article 6 paragraph 2 of the Call):

First Step

Registration on the university website; you will find all information about Registration and password recovery if you already have registrated at  Registration and password recovery page.
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WARNING: Do registration does not mean you have applied; To apply read Second Step (below).

TAX CODE:  tax code is an alphanumeric code that needs for italian fiscal purpose. It is not a problem if you have not an italian tax code: when you insert your personal data, the computer system will automatically calculate the tax code. Remind that code because you have to use the same on the second step of on line application.
Second Step

Access to the links for the PhD programme you want to partecipate. In order to proceed with the application, a participation fee (€ 30, 00) will be requested in advance via PagoPA. If you need to apply for more PhDs, you need to do more separate applications accessing different links indicated in the notice and filling in all the fields whenever.

WARNING: Candidates who wish to apply for the PhDs programme divided into curriculum, may apply for only one curriculum in the PhD.

Selections


The schedule of selections and the composition of the Examination Boards will be published on this page on Wednesday, May 13rd 2026.

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