Program Description:

Title: ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Program 2025/2025

Application Deadline: 15th May 2025

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The Programme is open to young qualified graduates in physics, mathematics or related fields. A limited number of scholarships (around 10 per field) are awarded to successful candidates from developing countries (with particular emphasis on students from the least developed regions of the world) to cover travel and living expenses during their stay at ICTP. The selection of the candidates is based on their university performance as well as on academic recommendations. The selection committee aims to select the best academically qualified candidates while striving for gender balance and geographical distribution. After the completion of the courses (including examinations), participants are required to work on a dissertation, to be submitted and defended.

 ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Program 2025/2025 Eligibility:

• Age Requirement – Generally below 28 years of age.
• Open to All Nationalities – Applicants must be from countries that are members of the United Nations (UN), UNESCO, or IAEA.
• Educational Qualification – Must have a degree equivalent to:
  • MSc in physics, mathematics, or a related field OR
  • An exceptionally good BSc in the same field.

Selection Process:

The selection of candidates will be based on their university record and on academic recommendations. Since the Postgraduate Diploma Programme is in English, fluency in speaking and writing is an essential qualification.

The applicant is expected to have adequate knowledge of the following topics in the specific field for which he/she is applying:

• For Condensed Matter Physics: solid state physics; quantum mechanics; statistical mechanics; classical mechanics; electrodynamics; and mathematical physics.
• For High Energy, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics: classical mechanics; electrodynamics; special theory of relativity; quantum mechanics; and statistical mechanics.
• For Earth System Physics: a theoretical background in physics, mathematics, or engineering; mathematical methods applied in geophysics and geosciences.
• For Mathematics: basic abstract algebra; elements of real and complex analysis; topology.
• For Quantitative Life Sciences: classical mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, mathematical methods for physics, basic programming skills

 ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Program 2025/2025 Benefits:

• Tuition-Free Education – No course fees for selected students.
• 10 Yearly Scholarships – Awarded to applicants from developing countries.
• Full-Year Scholarship – Covers the entire year of study.
• Travel Grant – Provided for the 10 selected students from developing countries.
• Self-Funded Option – A limited number of candidates may attend at their own cost.
• Financial Proof Requirement – Self-funded students must provide evidence of sufficient funds.

How to apply

Required documents:

• Copies of transcripts of university academic records and university degrees in English (The selected candidates will be required to provide originals or certified copies of these documents as well as of their official English translation before he/she can be admitted to the Programme);
• Any certificates or documents that give proof of the student’s ability to follow advanced-level courses, study and write scientific literature in the English language;
• Two letters of recommendation, from senior scientists familiar with the applicant’s studies and work.

For more information and application:

Visit the official website of the ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship Program 2025/2025

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