Admissions regulations - 27th cycle (2011-2012)

Admission is based on an evaluation of the skills and aptitude of the candidate to carry on research in the scientific areas of the Ph. D. Programme. The selection procedure includes two phases:

• evaluation of qualifications;
• interview.

Admission committee 

The admission Committee of the Ph. D. Programme is formed an nominated in accordance with current university regulations. This year the members of the admission Committee are:

• Prof. Bruno Ciciani
• Prof. Marco Schaerf
• Prof. Andrea Vitaletti

Evaluation of qualifications.  The evaluation Committee assigns each candidate a maximum score of 60 for the academic curriculum, qualifications, and publications. Scores are assigned in accordance with the assessment criteria defined by the Board of the Ph. D. Programme:

• academic curriculum (exams, thesis, and grades);
• publications;
• letters of recommendations supporting the candidate, if any;
• professional/work/research experience and any other qualifications;
• a research proposal prepared by the candidate.

Applicants obtaining a minimum score of 40/60 in the evaluation of qualifications are invited for an interview.

Upon completion of the evaluation of qualifications, the admission Committee compiles a list of applicants in order of merit, on the basis of assigned scores. The list is announced by September 24th at the web page: http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/phd-cse-admissions/ShortList-and-InterviewCalendar.

Notification is considered as delivered through the announcement of the list. The successful applicants will receive no personal communications of their results. The list includes the dates of the interviews the selected candidates are invited to.

Interview. The interview in English is aimed to assessing their knowledge, skills, and aptitude to carry on research in the scientific areas of Computer Science and Engineering. The interview also includes a discussion of the research proposal prepared by the candidate and of personal motivations for applying for a Ph. D. position. The duration of the interview is at most 45 minutes, including a presentation of the research proposal by the candidate no longer than 15 minutes. The calendar of the interviews will be published by Oct 1st  at the web page: http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/phd-cse-admissions/ShortList-and-InterviewCalendar. Interviews will start  October 4th 2011 .

The selection Committee assigns a score for the interview of at most 60. A score of at least 40 is required for admission

Upon motivated requests sent to the Ph. D. Coordinator, Prof. Roberto Baldoni, interviews may be done remotely using video-conferencing facilities.

After the conclusion of the interviews, the admission Committee publishes the final ranking, the list of  candidates admitted to the Ph. D. program and the assignment of the Ph. D. grants on the basis of assigned scores at the web page:http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/phd-cse-admissions/FinalRanking.