Fully-funded Ph.D. Positions in Software Quality

by Mirco Tribastone, May 3, 2023

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca - recently ranked one of Italy’s top universities for computer science in the last national research evaluation exercise - invites applications for 12 fully-funded Ph.D. positions in Software Quality. Successful candidates will be able to pursue research towards methods for analyzing both functional properties, i.e., program correctness, and extra-functional ones such as usability, accessibility, reliability, performance, and security.

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca - recently ranked one of Italy’s top universities for computer science in the last national research evaluation exercise - invites applications for 12 fully-funded Ph.D. positions in Software Quality, a doctoral track within IMT’s program in Systems Science. 

Successful applicants will receive the following benefits:

  • a stipend of ca. € 1,300.00 per month;

  • free full-board, serviced accommodation at the stunning IMT campus located in the heart of Lucca, Tuscany (estimated value € 800.00 per month); 

  • 50% scholarship increase for research periods abroad;

  • generous research allowance. 


The positions are fully funded for three years, with the possibility of a scholarship extension of up to one year. 

Working closely with IMT's SySMA group, successful candidates will be able to pursue research towards methods for analyzing both functional properties, i.e., program correctness, and extra-functional ones such as usability, accessibility, reliability, performance, and security.

We welcome outstanding applicants interested in software quality from several areas of computer science, including formal methods, machine learning, modeling and simulation, program verification, cybersecurity, and software engineering.  

IMT Lucca fosters an international environment. The working language is English.

The application deadline is June 19, 2023. Applications must be submitted through the online form available here. Further information about the Ph.D. program in Software Quality is available here. 

Interested candidates are welcome to direct informal inquiries to [email protected].