Dear Colleague,

SISSA is looking for highly motivated students to join PhD courses and Research in Astrophysics.
We are now in the process of recruiting the class of students who will commence their studies in the fall of 2012.

SISSA conducts top level Research on an international context, see 
www.sissa.it  and www.sissa.it/ap .
PhD students are trained from students to junior scientists with Lectures
(first 6 months of the PhD course) followed by research work,
participation to international collaborations, conferences, observational projects.
The students are selected yearly by means of an entrance examination held in Trieste;
non-EU students can also be admitted through a pre-selection based on academic qualifications only.
At the end of a three- or four-year course of study and research, students are admitted to the
final examination to obtain the Ph.D. degree, equivalent to the Italian "Dottore di ricerca".

Here are the relevant infos for the present call in 2012:

- Non-EU candidates apply to the Spring Pre-Selection:
http://www.sissa.it/main/?p=COURSES_PHD_C2&id=1100

- Eu citizen apply to http://www.sissa.it/main/?p=COURSES_PHD_C2&id=1104

DEADLINE: March 30th, 2012.

We hope you will share this information by forwarding this email to interested students and groups.

Thank you and best wishes,

Prof. Alessandro Bressan and Carlo Baccigalupi for the Astrophysics Staff at SISSA