Financial Matters

Available from October 3^rd 2025.

Tuition fees for students without fellowship and without tuition waiver amount to € 15,000 for year 1 and € 5,000 for year 2 and 3 for the PhD in Legal Studies.

They are to be paid as follows:

 

First year
 

Second and third year 

Bocconi University will not refund the tuition fees paid by students who enrolled and then withdrew; tuition fees will be refunded only to enrolled students who replace a withdrawn student who had been awarded a fellowship or a merit-based tuition waiver. 
 

2)  With reference to financial aid: 
 

PhD students can supplement their income with part time remunerated work for the university; in particular:

• research assistantship from the second year (as an exception, during the first year, subject to Dean’s approval); 
   
• teaching assistantship /teaching from the second year.

These activities must be previously authorized by the PhD Director, as students are above all committed to their PhD research and activities.

Moreover:

• for all the PhD programs except Legal Studies: all PhD students (with and without fellowship) are granted a research contract (min 7,000 € and maximum, based on merit, 17,000 €; gross amount) to cover the “PhD candidate period” (from the end of year 4 to thesis dissertation);
  for the PhD in Legal Studies: all PhD students (with and without fellowship) are granted a research contract (max 7,000 €; gross amount) to cover the “PhD candidate period” (from the end of year 3 to thesis dissertation);
  in compliance with Italian law, each PhD student (with and without fellowship) is provided with an annual budget (1,650 € per year) for study and research activities (the use of the budget is always subject to the Program Director approval): the 1st year budget is earmarked to the acquisition of a laptop that will be given to the student as of the start of the 2nd year (no return at PhD conferral).
  the budget of the following years (2nd, 3rd and 4th year) is meant to allow the purchase of services and goods to support study and research activities;

   

• all PhD students (with and without fellowship) are offered by the PhD School a financial support for placement (i.e. travel expenses to relevant events and workshops). The PhD School offers training and procedural support to be successfully placed on the job market (Academia) (PhD students are given the opportunity to attend conferences to present their papers, meet scholars of other universities and participate in job markets events);

   

• PhD students also benefit from a Health Insurance Policy subscribed by Bocconi which covers accidents when involved in work-related activity at Bocconi and when travelling (the travel must be previously authorized by the Program Director).