Selection Procedure

Selection Procedures

Candidates are admitted to the programme through a public competition. The competition is divided in two sessions:

The first session will be reserved to citizens of countries who are not resident in the EU (from now on non-EU candidates). At most 5 positions are reserved to non-EU citizens, depending on the number of candidates and the results of the selection process.
The second session is reserved to citizens of European Union and non-EU candidates resident in Italy (from now on EU candidates). 5 positions are reserved for this selection.

At most 10 students will be selected with the public competition. If less than 5 students are selected in any of the two sessions, the number of position available on the other session will include the positions left vacant. The selection aims at evaluating the candidates background and education, assessing their potential skills and attitude to attend an interdisciplinary and innovative educational program.

First Session

The first session of the selection concerns with non-EU candidates. Selection of non-EU candidates will be solely based on the submitted documents. Candidates are requested to apply on-line at http://disi.unitn.it/edu/appform/login.xml by March 15th, 2010.

Candidate must provide:

The academic transcript with the full list of courses and grades (in English, in French or Italian). This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final examination (if applicable) was taken, provided by attaching the copy of the University Transcript or completing the template provided by the application form;
A copy of the English Language Certification
A copy of the *Graduate Record Examination (GRE)* General Test (optional but recommended). Seehttp://www.ets.org/gre/ for more information.
A copy of valid passport;
A recent photo (passport size);

The Commission will evaluate the documents of all candidates, and each candidate will be assigned a numerical score between 0 and 100. The candidates scoring more than 70 points over 100 (henceforth named eligible) will be ordered by decreasing scores in a ranking list.

The first 5 candidates in the ranking list of the eligible candidates will be selected to participate to the programme. If the number of eligible candidates is lower than 5, then only the candidates in the eligible list will be selected to participate to the program. In case of candidates declining, the next candidates in the ranking list will be invited until 5 candidates have accepted, or there are no more candidates in the list.

The selected candidates will be requested to send their written assent along with the documentation required for the enrollment.

The calendar for the first session is as follows:

March 25th for publication of the ranking list

Please notice that due to the unexpected high number of submissions, the publication of the ranking list has been postponed to April 2nd

Second Session

The second session of the selection concerns with EU candidates and non-EU applicants residing in Italy (please check Law n. 189/2002 art. 26, reported in the official call), which will be based on the submitted documents, a written test and an interview.
CLEAR EVIDENCE OF ITALIAN RESIDENCE SHALL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CV AND TITLES ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATION OF EXTRA-EU CANDIDATES.

Candidates are requested to apply on-line at http://disi.unitn.it/edu/appform/login.xml by June 27th 2010.
Any other applicant will be excluded.

Candidate must provide:

a copy of their complete Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum covering their education program, cultural and professional experiences and all other information that might help in the evaluation of the candidate;
the academic transcript with the full list of courses and grades (in English, in French or Italian). This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final examination (if applicable) was taken, provided by attaching a copy of the University 1 Transcript or completing the template provided by the application form;
a copy of the English Language Certification
a copy of valid passport or identity card;
a recent photo (passport size);

Each candidate will be assigned a score based on his/her curriculum, up to 40 points. All candidates that obtain more than 24 points will be invited to the written test examination.

The written test will be consists of questions on general topics concerning informatics, computer science and engineering. The test will be evaluated assigning up to 40 points. All candidates that obtain a cumulative score of at least 48 points in the curriculum examination and in the written test will be invited to the interview.

The interview will consist of questions on general topics concerning informatics, computer science and engineering, and the candidate curriculum. After the interview each candidate will be assigned up to 20 points.

The final ranking list will be based on the cumulative scores obtained in the three steps (curriculum, written test, interview). Candidates whose cumulative score is between 70 and 100 are eligible. Eligible candidates will be ranked in a list according to their cumulative score.

The first 5 candidates in the eligible list will be selected to participate to the programme. If the number of eligible candidates is lower than 5, then only the candidates in the eligible list will be selected to participate to the programme. In case of candidates declining the invitation, the next candidates in the list will be invited. In case of vacant positions in the first session, the same number of additional positions will be made available to EU candidates.

The selected candidates will be requested to provide their written assent along with the documentation for the enrollment.

The calendar for the second session is as follows:

by July 15th: evaluation of curricula
July 22nd: written test
July 21st: written test --UPDATE--
July 23rd: interview
July 22nd: interview --UPDATE--