Call for Applications

Erasmus+ Partner Countries – KA171 Scholarships for PhD students for Traineeship mobility at the University of Torino, Italy

ART. 1: Objectives and features of students’ mobility from partner countries to the University of Torino (UNITO)

The new EU Erasmus+ Programme (Erasmus Plus) 2021-2027 has introduced significant changes to higher education mobility programmes for students, namely the repeatability of the mobility for study and traineeships and the opening of the programme to third non-European countries (Partner Countries).

Erasmus+ Programme allows university students to spend a study period abroad, in one of the universities involved in the Erasmus+ projects selected and funded at a European level. The University of Torino (Italy) and Makerere University (Uganda) have signed an inter-institutional agreement that includes students’ mobility in the frame of Erasmus+ Programme. Participants will receive a monthly financial support by the Italian National Erasmus+ Agency to cover part of the expenses related to their study period abroad. Moreover, a contribution for travel is also provided. 

The present Call refers to the joint-project between the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA) at the University of Torino (UniTo) in Italy and the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology, and Biotechnology, Makerere University in Uganda. 

The PhD. students to take part in this traineeship mobility program at UniTO will be selected by committee composed of academic staff from both Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA) at the University of Torino (UniTo) in Italy and the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology, and Biotechnology, Makerere University in Uganda.

Candidates shall have a proper knowledge of the main language of instruction like English or Italian required by the University of Torino, as specified in the Inter-Institutional Agreement signed with the Partner Institution.