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OPEN ENROLLMENT AT GSSI

From today, June 3^th, applications are open to participate in the selection for admission to the doctoral school Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI). Announcements of the competitive examinations for the four curricula of study, physics, mathematics, computer science and social sciences, have been published and can be viewed at www.gssi.infn.it.

“The international PhD school GSSI - said the Director Eugenio Coccia - wants to give new life to a region that, even in difficulties for the consequences of a violent earthquake, it is historically fertile from the cultural point of view. Together with the University and the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratories, the GSSI can help to make L’Aquila an attractive city for top level research and higher education.” “The GSSI will be an institute where students and teachers will be selected internationally. Attracting young talent, we want to foster a climate culturally vibrant and bring a major contribution to the socio-economic renaissance of L’Aquila and of its territory. On the other hand research and higher education are always drivers of economic growth”, concluded the Director.

The GSSI

It is an international PhD school and a center for research and higher education. The Gran Sasso Science Institute aims to create a new center of scientific excellence, attracting high-level resources in the fields of natural and social sciences.

The PhD program will start in the academic year 2013-2014. It is organized into four PhD courses: astroparticle physics, mathematics in natural, social and life sciences, computer science and urban studies.

Learning and research at the GSSI are grounded on firm epistemological and methodological bases. Aware of the complexity of today’s world, no barriers stand between the GSSI areas. Cross-fertilization is a feature that we want to be present in our activities of study and research.

Professors, researchers and students from all scientific areas are selected internationally, following the standards of the best graduate schools worldwide.

The PhD degree will be released with prestigious educational institution: the School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste (physics and mathematics), the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa (social sciences) and the Institutions Markets Technologies (IMT) of Lucca (computer science).

The GSSI is a project supported by the Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD) and activated by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) as center for advanced studies. It is funded by the Italian Government and by the Abruzzo Region.

Study at GSSI

The Gran Sasso Science Institute is located in an airy and bright building along a tree-lined street in L’Aquila city center. The structure features offices, classrooms, an auditorium that will host events and conferences, a library and reading room, and common areas to socialize, talk and spend time together.

We want our students get the best possible experience during their time at the Gran Sasso Science Institute. That's why we provide them free housing and meals plus the standard three years PhD grant. Recreational and cultural services will be offered. So, whatever the students want from their graduate experience, we offer the perfect environment in which they can learn, develop their skills and have a great time.

For further information

www.gssi.infn.it

Antonella Varaschin, GSSI Press Office

+39 06 6868162 | + 39 349 5384481

antonella.varaschin@presid.infn.it

Eugenio Coccia, GSSI Director

+39 329 0524040

eugenio.coccia@lngs.infn.it

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 748