TRAINING EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERS The training of early stage researchers (ESRs) has been a defining feature of the EUI, first through its doctoral programmes in the Departments of Economics, History and Civilisation, Law, and Political and Social Sciences, and, since 2006, the multidisciplinary Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies. Departments offer structured, closely-supervised doctoral and postdoctoral programmes that nurture excellence in research and prepare young scholars professionally for careers in academia and elsewhere.
THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMME In 2020, 1254 PhD and LLM candidates applied to the Institute, and in September, 131 researchers registered for the doctoral and LLM programmes. This represents an admission rate of about 10 per cent, consistent with the historical average over the last decade. Figure 1: Application and admission by department, 2020-21 recruitment procedure
In 2020 the EUI expanded its contributions in this area to our partner universities in the CIVICA alliance. The bedrock of our doctoral programmes is our faculty, and in 2020 the EUI attracted top scholars with proven records in teaching and research. These new faculty members strengthen our existing offer, while also bringing innovative methods and diverse perspectives on research. The EUI had 43 full-time faculty members in the four academic departments in December 2020: 11 in Economics, 9 in History and Civilisation, 12 in the Department of Law and 11 in Political and Social Sciences. Around 37 per cent of these faculty members are female.
In 2020, 564 researchers were registered for our doctoral and LLM programmes. Of them, 54 per cent were male, 83.5 per cent were from EUI Contracting States and the UK, 3 per cent from Norway and Switzerland, 13 per cent from non-EU countries and 0.5 per cent from EU Member States not adhering to the EUI. Figure 2: Total number of registered doctoral and LLM researchers in 2020/21, by department
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