Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 36 months
- Start date: Starting March 2027 – apply before Dec 2026
- Language: English
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Turin, Italy
- Disciplines: Urban Planning
Overview
This Ph.D. programme from Urban and Regional Development from Politecnico di Torino is meant to promote individual talents by providing training and research opportunities in a wide variety of scientific fields that are grouped in three main areas: Social, economic and political sciences; Planning, evaluation and management; Techniques for the territory and the environment.
Career opportunities
The programme is focused on training high-profile scholars and professionals in the field of urban and regional development, which could aspire to an academic career or management positions in public or private structures, related to planning and management of transformation processes that affect the cities, the territory and the environment (detection, monitoring, analysis, evaluation, planning and management of the urban systems, territorial and environmental, infrastructure and transport systems, the transformation works of the soil and subsoil). The programme is based on the acknowledgement of the young people ambition to look beyond national borders, both while completing their educational and academic training, and while searching for a job.
Therefore, career opportunities offered by doctoral training can be summarized as follows: public and private scientific research carried out at national, European and international level; university education at national, European and international level; public management in Community, state, regional and local administrations oriented toward management of the territory, urban management and organisation of transports and environmental protection; leadership in the private sector (construction companies, real estate market, local development agencies, urban development companies, engineering companies and architecture consulting and professional offices alike).
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Urban Studies: key concepts, approaches and trajectories
- Modernity and spatiality
- The camp: researching violence, exclusion and temporariness
- Multicriteria analysis and strategic assessment
- Problem structuring methods for facing urban uncertainty
- Planning for urban and regional accessibility
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 72
IELTS: 5.5
General requirements
- Applicants are required to submit their application for admission online on the Apply@polito platform.
- All applicants must pay a non-refundable application fee (€ 30,00) for each application submitted (one application per each PhD programme).
- After submitting the application, no changes are allowed. It will not be possible to upload any other document.
- Master’s degree (Laurea Magistrale) or Laurea specialistica or academic degree belonging to the university system pre-dating M.D. no. 509 of 3rd November 1999, as amended by M.D. no. 270 of 22nd October 2004 – with minimum final grade: 95/110.
- English language certificate – level B2
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 261 AUD / year (≈ 161 EUR / year)
- EU/EEA: 261 AUD / year (≈ 161 EUR / year)
Living costs
Torino, Italy: 1,068-1,586 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
PhD scholarships can be with own research topic or with predefined research topic.
The gross annual amount of the scholarship is usually € 15,343.28, but the Politecnico di Torino has chosen to further enhance and promote the value of PhD programmes, increasing the amount of the scholarships to € 18.854,52.
All candidates compete for scholarships with own research topic, unless they explicitly waive their right to receive them.
The scholarships with predefined research topic are associated to particular research topics for which specific skills are required. Those applicants interested in one or more scholarships shall carefully verify which are the field of research and the competences required, as specified in the scholarship descriptive sheet and contact the relevant scientific referee.
Scholarships Information
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Urban and Regional Development.
Available Scholarships
You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program – Independent provider, Grant: Various benefits, Deadline: 07 Oct 2026
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility – Independent provider, Grant: Various benefits, Deadline: Not specified (Merit-based)
- ServiceScape Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
- ACES Scholarships – Independent provider, Grant: 3500 USD, Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 (Merit-based)
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 01 Mar 2027
- Dream Chaser Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 13 Jan 2027 (Merit-based)
- Scholarship for students with disabilities – Independent provider, Grant: 3000 USD, Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 (Need-based)
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant: 1500 USD, Deadline: Not specified
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme – Independent provider, Grant: 12000 USD, Deadline: 11 Jan 2027