Ranking lists (Academic Year 2025/2026) – COPY

BIO1                       Biology – Subject: Pathogenic mechanisms underlying neuromuscular diseases

BIO2                       Biology – Subject: Exploiting mycobacterial secretion systems for development of new antituberculosis vaccines

BIO3                       Biology – Subject: Developmental processes and mechanisms regulating the plasticity of the serotonergic system

BIO4                       Biology – Subject: Behavioural Genomics and Metagenomics in Geladas

BIO5                       Biology – Subject: AI-driven comparative network analysis of trophic and parasitic interactions in terrestrial mammals across spatial and temporal scale

BIO6                        Biology – Subject: Anthropogenic threats and conservation approaches for the protection of sea turtles

BIO7                        Biology – Subject: Adaptations, evolution and demography of African Plio-Pleistocene faunas. Integrating genetics and palaeoenvironment modelling under machine learning

BIO8                       Biology – Subject: Zebrafish as a model system for studying a rare neurodevelopmental syndrome caused by mutations in the NKTR gene

BIO9                       Biology – Subject: Mechanotransduction in neural and neuronal cells: modulation of gene expression induced by mechanical force

BIO10                     Biology – Subject: Design of new-to-nature flavin-based photoenzymes through deep learning and synthetic biology

BIO11                     Biology – Subject: Targeting inhibitory Gabaergic Neurons in combination with standard care and/or Flash Radiotherapy to fight Glioblastoma

BIO12                     Biology – Subject: Innovative methodologies for the regeneration of intestinal tissues

DIN_AI01             National PhD Programme in Artificial Intelligence

DIAN_AI01            Rectification issued by Rectoral Decree n. 1595 of October 16, 2025

DIN_AI02            National PhD Programme in Artificial intelligence reserved to employees of Selexi s.r.l.

DISCI01                  Linguistic studies, foreign literatures and Italian studies: curriculum in Modern and comparative foreign literatures (French, English, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slavonic, German)

DISCI02                  Linguistic studies, foreign literatures and Italian studies: curriculum in Italian Studies (Literary, Philological, and Linguistic)

DISCI03                  Linguistic studies, foreign literatures and Italian studies: curriculum in General, historical, applied, computational, educational and modern languages linguistics (French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Baltic and Slavic languages)

ECO01                     Business administration and management

ECO01                     Rectification issued by Rectoral Decree n. 1482 of October 1, 2025

FISICA01                Physics

FISICA02                Physics – Subject: Search for Sterile Neutrino at the Icarus Experiment at Fermilab

FISICA03                 Physics – Subject: Computational design and modeling of nanoscale electron devices based on advanced materials

FISIO01                 Clinical Phisiopathology

FISIO02                Clinical Phisiopathology – Subject: Role of Incretin Hormones in Weight Loss-Induced Remission of Type 2 Diabetes

FISIO03                 Clinical Phisiopathology – Subject: Preclinical evaluation of cabozantinib in co-cultures of anaplastic thyroid cancer cells and adipose cells

FISIO04                 Clinical Phisiopathology – Subject: Autonomic dysfunction, glaucoma risk and severity prediction in diabetic patients

FISIO05                  Clinical Phisiopathology – Subject: Immune Microenvironment Characterization and Tumor Progression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

FISIO06                  Clinical Phisiopathology – Subject: 7 Tesla MRI imaging in musculoskeletal pathology

GEO01                  Geosciences and Environment

GEO02                  Geosciences and Environment – Subject: Advancing seismic source analysis using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and fiber optic technologies

GEO03                  Geosciences and Environment – Subject: Climatic variability of the last ca. 150 thousand years in the circummediterranean area: a geochemical approach integrated with continental deposits

GEO04                  Geosciences and Environment – Subject: Geomatics – Enhancing digital infrastructure for Earth and Environmental Sciences

HPSC_01              High Performance Scientific Computing: Specific research topics with separate ranking lists (3 rankings)

INFO01                  Computer Science

INFO02                  Computer Science: Ranking list for grants with specific eligibility requirements, related to doctoral projects funded by external Institutions

INFO03                  Computer Science – Subject: Artificial intelligence and machine learning for health

INFO04                  Computer Science – Subject: Development and management of IT systems and environmental sustainability

INFO05                   Computer Science – Subject: Decentralized Learning at the Edge

INFO06                   Computer Science – Subject: Intelligent User Interfaces

INFO07                   Computer Science – Subject: Algorithms for the optimization of large-scale energy systems

INFO08                   Computer Science – Subject: Edge computing infrastructure design and smart building management tools

INFO09                   Computer Science – Subject: AI techniques for defect recognition and predictive maintenance in transportation infrastructure

INFO10                   Computer Science – Subject: Artificial intelligence for the optimization of public transportation systems

INFO11                   Computer Science – Subject: Smart Dynamic Support for Parallel and Distributed Computing in the Continuum

ING_ENE01            Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering

ING_ENE02            Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering – Subject: Design of an innovative power generation cycle for a bimodal nuclear propulsion system using NH3 as working fluid

ING_INFO01          Information Engineering

ING_INFO02          Information Engineering – Subject: Development of Innovative Biomedical Technologies for Tissue Regeneration

ING_INFO03          Information Engineering – Subject: Design and fabrication of cell culture substrates for investigating and modelling cell migration as a function of microenvironment space-time warping

ING_INFO04          Information Engineering – Project: Information Technology

ING_INFO05          Information Engineering: Specific research topics with separate ranking lists (3 rankings)

ING_INFO06          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved to employees of National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT)

ING_INFO07           Information Engineering – Subject: Methodologies for Large-Scale Management of Virtual Network Functions within the Cloud-Edge Compute Continuum

ING_INFO08           Information Engineering – Project: Physical Electronics

ING_INFO09          Information Engineering – Subject: Intelligent systems for monitoring and managing equipment to improve safety in different operating scenarios

ING_INFO10          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved to employees of LogObject AG

ING_INFO11          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Study of Innovative Techniques Based on AI and IoT for the Management of Patients with Chronic Diseases

ING_INFO12          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – High-Performance and Memory-Safe I/O

ING_INFO13        Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Autonomous Inspection of Submerged Infrastructures Using Underwater Robots Equipped with Sonar and Cameras

ING_INFO14          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Innovative Solutions for Endoscope Tracking and Volumetric Image Registration for the Implementation of Augmented Reality Surgical Guidance Systems

ING_INFO15        Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Biodegradable Multi-Analyte Sensors for Monitoring Physiological and Pathological Markers in Advanced Biological Systems

ING_INFO16          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Analysis and design of advanced security techniques in RISC-V-based dependable systems

ING_INFO17        Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Analysis and Design of Electronic Systems for Predictive Diagnostics

ING_INFO18          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved for research fellowship holders (Italian “borsa di ricerca”), in accordance with the regulations of the University of Pisa, or for research grant holders (Italian “assegno di ricerca”) – Analysis and design of security and safety features in resource-constrained, RISC-V-based dependable systems

ING_INFO19          Information Engineering – Subject: Enabling trustworthiness in AI for precision agriculture

ING_INFO20        Information Engineering – Subject: Design and Development of Electronically Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Metasurfaces for the Physical Protection of Security Systems Against Cyber Attacks

ING_INFO21        Information Engineering – Subject: Enhancing Edge-AI with Spiking Neural Networks and Federated Learning for Resource-Constrained Embedded Systems

ING_INFO22          Information Engineering – Subject: Model based development of multistatic SONAR systems

ING_INFO23          Information Engineering: Ranking reserved to employees of Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH

ING_INFO24          Information Engineering – Subject: Quantum Navigation in Maritime Environments

ING_IND01            Industrial Engineering

ING_IND02            Industrial Engineering – Subject: Characterization and modeling under low-cycle fatigue and creep conditions of materials for turbine components enabling the use of renewable energy sources

ING_IND03            Industrial Engineering: Specific research topics with separate ranking lists (4 rankings)

ING_IND04            Industrial Engineering: Specific research topics with separate ranking lists (2 rankings)

ING_IND05          Industrial Engineering – Subject: Research activity on the design and application of Higee technologies and processes for intensified separations

ING_IND06          Industrial Engineering – Subject: Platform architecture and systems engineering for a microsatellite mission

MATE_01                Mathematics

MATE_02                Mathematics – Subject: Theory of compensation in geometric and variational problems

SA_FARMA_01       Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances

SA_FARMA_02       Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances – Subject: Targeting Nuclear Receptors for Therapeutic Modulation in Neurodegeneration and Cancer

SA_FARMA_03       Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances – Subject: Translational Oncology and Precision Medicine

SC_AGR01              Agriculture, Food and Environment – Subject: Early detection of disease and sustainable crop and wild plant protection strategies

SC_AGR01              Rectification issued by Rectoral Decree of October 2, 2025

SC_AGR02              Agriculture, Food and Environment – Subject: Role of transposon exaptation in creating new genes during wheat domestication

SC_AGR03              Agriculture, Food and Environment – Subject: Innovative agronomic practices codesigned through a living-lab based approach

SC_AGR03               Rectification issued by Rectoral Decreee of October 2, 2025

SC_AGR04              Agriculture, Food and Environment – Subject: The True Cost of Food: supporting agri-food systems transition towards sustainable agribusiness models designed to generate income, create values, and incorporate the positive and negative externalities of agri-food production systems

SC_AGR05              Agriculture, Food and Environment – Subject: Calibration and validation of an expert system based on smart materials for monitoring the water consumption of tree crops

SC_CHIM_01        Chemistry and Material Science

SC_CHIM_02        Chemistry and Material Science: Specific research topics with separate ranking lists (6 rankings)

SC_CLI01                 Clinical and Translational Sciences

SC_CLI02                 Clinical and Translational Sciences – Subject: Optimization of the Use of Targeted Therapies in Hepatobiliary Tumors

SC_CLI03                 Clinical and Translational Sciences – Subject: Optimization of treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer through the use of liquid biopsy

SC_CLI04                 Clinical and Translational Sciences – Subject: Reducing infection-related cancers by developing comprehensive and effective prevention programmes for HBV, HCV, HPV, and HIV among vulnerable and socially deprived population groups

SC_CLI05                 Clinical and Translational Sciences – Subject: Artificial Intelligence techniques in ultrasound imaging for vascular health assessment

SC_CLI06                 Clinical and Translational Sciences – Subject: Development of artificial intelligence models in 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging

SC_ANT01              Classical studies and Archaeology

SC_GIU01               Legal Sciences

SC_POL1                  Political Sciences – Subject: Sociology, history, political studies, and geopolitics

SC_POL2                  Political Sciences – Subject: Logistics and port systems within historical-political, social, and geopolitical frameworks

SC_VET01                Veterinary Sciences – Subject: Nutraceutical administration of colostrum during the neonatal period: impact on calves’ health

SC_VET02                Veterinary Sciences – Subject: Impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on male fertility: the canine model

SC_VET03                Veterinary Sciences – Subject: Aquaculture: Integrated approach for the prevention of diseases in aquaculture and the promotion of animal welfare

SC_VET04                Veterinary Sciences – Subject: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of honey bee diseases to reduce drug use in beekeeping

SC_VET05                Veterinary Sciences – Subject: Study of vomeronasal type-2 receptors (V2Rs) in mammals: Evaluation of their functionality, identification of ligands

SMART01                Smart Industry

STO01                      History – Subject: Historical topics in the broadest sense, both geographically and chronologically (from the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt, through the Greco-Roman world in classical antiquity, to the present day)

STO02                      History – Subject: A sense in the disorder. Practising complexity

STO03                      History – Subject: The history of democracy and republicanism from the age of revolutions to contemporary society, with particular attention to Mazzinianism in its various forms, including within the European and international context