Deadline: January 31, 2021.

ICTP is now accepting applications from young physicists and mathematicians for the 2021-2022 class of its Postgraduate Diploma Programme. The one-year course of intense study prepares talented students for PhD studies, as part of the Centre’s efforts to promote advanced scientific research in developing countries. Each successful class of Postgraduate Diploma students helps bring this dream to life.

Students have gone on to PhD programmes all over the world, launching them into successful scientific careers. Two semesters of classes are followed by a research project and dissertation. 

ELIGIBILITY

A. The Programme is open to young (generally below 28 years of age) qualified graduates.

B. Applicant with a degree equivilent to an MSc in physics, mathematics, or in a related field, and fluency in English.

BENEFITS

In each Postgraduate Diploma Programme subject area, scholarships and travel grants will be awarded to those 10 students selected from developing countries. There are no course fees.

APPLICATION

Interested students can apply to study in one of five subject areas:

• High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Earth System Physics
• Mathematics
• Quantitative Life Sciences

You can apply online.