National Ph.D. program in Cybersecurity (Ph.D.-CySec)

The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca has put a call for applications for the national PhD programme in Cybersecurity (Ph.d.-CySec) starting during the 2024/2025 academic year. 

Course description

The PhD-CySec programme aims to form a new generation of scholars and future decision-makers who can support and increase the resilience of citizens, public institutions and businesses to cyber-attacks by developing more secure and reliable digital infrastructures and processes. Funded by NextGenerationEU, the PhD prones a strong inter-disciplinary approach and offers four key Specialisation Tracks:

1. Foundational Aspects in Cybersecurity
2. Software, System and Infrastructure Security
3. Data Governance and Protection
4. Human, Economic and Legal Aspects in Cybersecurity 

Within a multi-disciplinary team of experts in the field, Ph.D. candidates will learn to approach cybersecurity issues from different perspectives and tackle real-world case studies. 

Programme overview

• Duration: 3 years 
• Starting date: December 2nd, 2024
• Application deadline: August 26th, 2024, 1.00 pm (CEST)
• Language: English 
• Scholarships: 33 (to be distributed among available research projects 

Deadline for application is August 26th, 2024, at 1pm CEST. The application form must be filled out in English, and all documents must be uploaded in PDF. 

For more details on candidate requirements and available research projects, click here.