Qualifications

• Copy of the undergraduate and graduate degree/diploma or certification/proof of degree completion (Bachelor degree and Master’s degree).
• Proof of English language (B2). For PhD Candidate 8, who will undertake a PhD in Harokopio university, a C1 certificate is requested.

The following documents are to be uploaded:

• ID card or passport
• Candidacy form (to be found below or in the Interfolio platform)
• Copy of the undergraduate and graduate degree/diploma or certification/proof of degree completion (Bachelor degree and Master’s degree). If you have not yet completed your graduate/master's studies when formalising application, you will need to provide us with the following documents: a signed declaration of obtaining your graduate/master's degree before the commencement of the PhD programme. (“Degree_Bachelor_Lastname,Name.pdf”) & (“Degree_Master_Lastname,Name.pdf”)
• A copy of the official final grade transcript, both of bachelor’s and master’s diploma. If the diploma or the academic transcript are not written in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian, sworn translations in English should be provided. (“Grades_Master_Lastname,Name.pdf”) & (“Grades_Bachelor_Lastname,Name.pdf”)
• CV (“CV_Lastname,Name.pdf”)
• Research proposal (“Proposal_Lastname,Name.pdf”)
• Motivation letter (“Letter_Lastname,Name.pdf”)
• References for recommendation, from different universities, (in the case of both letters being from the same university, they should be more different departments)
• Proof of English language (B2). In order to be exempt from accreditation, being English your mother tongue or having studied in that language, it is necessary for you to upload a brief letter justifying the reasons why you request to be exempted from this requirement. For PhD Candidate 8, who will undertake a PhD in Harokopio university, a C1 certificate is requested. (“Language_Lastname,Name.pdf”)

Assessment criteria

• 30% Curriculum Vitae: Complete CV including details of any information supporting the submission (e.g. links to papers produced during the masters’ courses, publications, participation in seminars and research debates, etc.)
• 40% Research project proposal: Clearly indicate the position for which you are applying by ticking the appropriate box. Candidates can only apply to 1 position. - 40%
  The maximum length of the proposal is 3,000 words (excluding references).
  1.    Provisional title of the research
  2.    General literature review
  3.    Research questions, aims and main theoretical framework
  4.    Main innovations and contribution to migration Mediterranean studies
  5.    Research design, sources and methodology
  6.    Expected policy and/or societal contribution
  7.    Research schedule, including planned secondments to other partner universities and associated partners. 
  8.    List of references
• 20% Motivation letter: The maximum length of the letter is 1,000 words. Candidates are encouraged to include the following information:
  1) Vision for academic career in the medium and long term.
  2) Expectations for the training received to contribute to the advancement of Mediterranean migration studies.
  3) Brief overview of your career achievements to date.
• 10% Letters of recommendation: Two letters of recommendation are required. In order to ensure the optimal treatment and security of the recommendation letters, it is the responsibility of the candidate to request them via the online application system. In doing so, the candidate is required to indicate the email address of the person or persons whom they wish to be recommended by. The individual in question will then receive an email notification indicating that the candidate has requested a recommendation letter from them. The referee will upload the letter to the online application system. It should be noted that addresses of a non-institutional nature, such as those ending in yahoo, gmail, hotmail, and so forth, will not be accepted.

General eligibility criteria

• Candidates should only apply for one of the positions on offer. More than one will automatically be disqualified.
• In order to be admitted as EuroMedMig Marie Curie PhD candidate, candidates must provide evidence that they have obtained or will have obtained an accredited graduate/master's degree in the field of Social Sciences which enables them to access a PhD programme in the host institution, before the beginning of the PhD.
• Candidates of any nationality are invited to apply, provided that they meet MSCA-DN mobility rules. These mobility rules stipulate that applicants will be ineligible to take up a position at a university located in a country where they have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the application deadline. In determining eligibility, the following periods are not considered: a) compulsory national service; b) time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention; c) short stays such as holidays.
• Candidates cannot already be PhD holders.

The selection process will be divided in two phases:

1. The first stage is an assessment of the candidate's application 
2. Shortlisted candidates (scoring above 70%) will be invited into for a virtual interview.