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IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca—recently ranked one of Italy’s top universities for computer science in the last national research evaluation exercise—invites applications for up to nine fully-funded Ph.D. positions in Computer Science within the Software Quality track of IMT’s Ph.D. program in Systems Science


Successful applicants will receive the following benefits:


The program is fully funded for three years, with the possibility of a scholarship extension of up to one year. 


Working closely with IMT's SySMA group, we welcome outstanding applicants interested in several areas of computer science, including formal methods, machine learning, modeling and simulation, program verification, cybersecurity, and software engineering.  


IMT Lucca fosters an international environment. The working language is English.


The application deadline is 21 June 2024. Applications must be submitted through the online form available here. Further information about the Ph.D. program in Software Quality is available here


Interested candidates are welcome to direct informal inquiries to sysma@imtlucca.it.