EIT Digital Doctoral School is a collaboration between Politecnico di Milano, EIT Digital’s industrial partners and other leading European technical universities offering applied-research PhD Programmes.
Every year at Politecnico di Milano, within the selection calls for the local PhD programme in Information Technology, we open specific doctoral positions with a thematic scholarship co-funded by EIT Digital and by an industrial partner on applied-research topics that are strongly connected to the Innovation Focus Areas of EIT Digital.
The Industrial Doctorate of the EIT Digital Doctoral School (IDSL) is an innovative PhD programme that combines academic research with concrete innovation outcomes, focused on product and market-driven technology research to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in digital technologies. The goal is to develop the ICT Innovation concept where doctoral candidates are offered the opportunity to acquire a mindset for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) to transform ideas into new products and services, driving sustainable growth and competitiveness in Europe.
Our doctoral students have the opportunity from the very beginning of their PhD training to explore innovation and business opportunities in relation with their PhD research and technological domain, supported by one academic advisor from Politecnico di Milano and by one industrial supervisor from the company involved in the project.
Our mission is to educate tomorrow’s leaders and innovators in digital technologies. After their PhD, these research-innovator doctors will be commercially-savvy digital leaders who understand current and future challenges, as well as the opportunities that these bring to industry.
Learn more about the EIT Digital Doctoral School.
EIT-label Doctorate key features
International geo-mobility: 3 to 6 months abroad supported by an extra living allowance of € 1.500/month in addition to the PhD scholarship. This experience aims to significantly enrich the knowledge of our doctoral students helping in the shaping of their research activity.
Business Development Experience (BDExp): an entrepreneurial ‘research to innovation’ exploration embedded within the Industrial Doctorate with the aim to foster the development of business and innovation skills in industrial environments and to develop a vision of the impact of digital technologies on industries and society.
Advanced training in Innovation & Entrepreneurship through a cycle of seminars organised across Europe within the network of Doctoral Training Centres. The I&E seminars support the BDExp by providing students with the necessary skills and competences, including soft skills, to explore innovation and business opportunities beyond their PhD research.
Looking for a PhD with EIT Digital at Politecnico di Milano?
All the EIT Digital doctoral positions available at Polimi are indicated in this section.
Interested candidates need to participate in a local selection process, applying on the Online Services of Polimi by the deadline for the specific PhD Call in which the position is open. General admission requirements and information on the application process are available here.
Available EIT Digital Doctorate positions
New PhD positions will be published in the next selection calls, for starting the PhD in May 2021. Stay tuned!
