University of Italian Studies for Foreigners of Perugia

What you'll study

Research and training topics are drawn from the department's defined areas and include:

• Historical, theoretical, descriptive and applied linguistics (for example acquisitional and corpus linguistics)
• Glottodidactics: theories, classroom practices and educational policies for language teaching
• Italian linguistics: Italian and its varieties, dialects and minority languages, sociolinguistics, language contact, and processes of formation and evolution of Italian
• Use of digital technologies in linguistic study and research
• Study of Italian linguistic, textual and literary tradition from origins to present, including classical traditions, literary criticism and theory
• Philology across Italian, Medieval Latin and Romance traditions, including investigations of paraliterary, documentary and editorial forms
• Paleography, integrated into the philological‑linguistic domain
• Analysis of artistic and audiovisual expressions relating to Italian language and culture

Entry requirements

The public course description does not list specific admission requirements on the page provided. Prospective applicants should consult the university's PhD admissions notice (bando) or contact the PhD Office for details about eligibility, required qualifications and application procedures.

Career prospects

Graduates are prepared for research and academic careers centred on advanced study of language, literature and arts. Typical pathways include university research and teaching, roles in cultural institutions, language policy and planning, corpus and digital humanities projects, and positions involving promotion of Italian language and culture nationally and internationally.

Scholarships & funding angle (general)

The page references an official PhD call (bando) for the relevant cycle; funding details are not provided in the excerpt. Applicants should review the official bando and contact the PhD Service for information about scholarships, research grants, and individual research budgets administered by the university.