Note: to start the online application procedure, you need first to register onto the Rose School website through the portal on the upper left corner.
MSc and PhD Degrees
Interested applicants in both the MSc and PhD degree are asked to first compile and submit the online Application Form. In this form, you should include your basic personal data (name, nationality, etc.), as well as your email address. A message will then be sent to the latter address, providing you with a username and password to access the online application section of the site.
In the online application section, applicants should compile the Personal Details forms, making sure that at least the compulsory 'Higher Education', 'Languages', 'Referees' and 'Attached Documents' modules are duly filled-in. You do not need to compile it all at once, since, as long as you 'Save' any new information introduced, the latter will remain stored in our database and thus be fully accessible for the next time you log in, when you will be able to delete, edit or modify any previously entered data.
In addition, applicants to the MSc degree are also asked to define a desired Plan of Studies; type of MSc course (EE, ES or EEES), and taught modules courses to be followed. The online tool will automatically check if all the conditions are effectively met (i.e. minimum number of credits, etc.) and you will not be allowed to 'Save' the chosen 'Plan of Studies' until such rules are fully observed. You will also be given the chance to simulate and store different plans of studies before submitting the final application, thus having the chance to analyse and choose which amongst several possible study paths suit your needs best.
MSc Degree
When you will have finished providing all the requested data, you will be able to proceed into the 'Submit Application' section, and in this way confirm officially your interest in applying to a post in the ROSE School Masters programme for the next academic year, which begins in September. The applications for the academic year 2012/2013 which will start on September 2012 will open on February 1, 2012 and close on Friday March 30, 2012 at midday Italian time.
Within four weeks of the end of the submission deadline, all applications will be reviewed and assessed by the ROSE School Assessment Board, and the respective applicants will be informed of the assessment outcome.
PhD Degree
When filling in the application form, applicants will be asked to decide whether they are applying for the PhD specialising in Earthquake Engineering or in Engineering Seismology.
When you will have finished providing all the requested data, you will be able to proceed into the 'Submit Application' section, and in this way confirm officially your interest in applying to a post in the ROSE School PhD programme for the next academic year which begins in September. The applications for the academic year 2012/2013 which will start on September 2012 will open in February 2012 and close on Friday March 30, 2012 at midday Italian time.
Application for admission to a PhD Degree is based on an oral examination, following prior selection on the basis of the academic qualifications and experience submitted in the application form. The candidates selected for the oral examination will be contacted by the Admission Board to schedule the examination that will take place on April 17, 2012. Upon request by the candidate, the oral examination may take place via remote interview (e.g. using skype).
Up to ten applicants will be admitted to the school (provided that all demonstrate a level of knowledge compliant with the minimum standards set by the Admission Board at the ROSE School).
It is noted that PhD in Engineering Seismology requires at least 60 out 90 credits, as well as the doctoral dissertation, to be on engineering seismology aspects, and the PhD degree in Earthquake Engineering requires at least 60 out of the 90 credits, as well as the doctoral dissertation, to be on earthquake engineering topics.
MEEES Programme
The MEEES programme is an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course, that aims to provide higher-level education in the field of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology. Graduate students involved in this Erasmus Mundus Masters course have the possibility of following a 18-month MSc programmes on either Earthquake Engineering or Engineering Seismology or Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology.
Students must follow courses and/or carry out dissertation research projects in at least two of the following institutions: ROSE School (Pavia, Italy), University of Patras, University of Grenoble Joseph Fourier and Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.
Different taught modules will correspond to equally varying credits, defined according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), depending on the number of work/study hours (each credit is equivalent to 25 hours of work). Masters dissertations, required for the attainment of the degree, correspond to 30 credits that can be acquired either through original research work or through a professional internship.
MEEES Web site: www.meees.org