Italian Government Scholarships for foreign students and Italian citizens living abroad awarded by the Italian Government.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants in favor of foreign citizens and Italian citizens living abroad (IRE) for the Academic Year 2024-2025 in order to foster international cooperation in cultural, scientific and technological fields, to promote Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world (According to Law 288/55 and its subsequent changes and additions).
Italian Government Scholarships are available to attend academic courses in Italy only.
The Italian Government Scholarships Call and the list of eligible countries can be found at the following link:
https://studyinitaly.esteri.it/ListaBandi .
Online applications must be received by 2 p.m. (C.E.T.) of June 14th, 2024.
Master’s Degree (Laurea Magistrale 2° ciclo)
Grants for Master’s Degree courses are awarded for a period of study of 9 (nine) months. Admission to the first year of a Master’s Degree course in Italy requires the completion of a Bachelor’s degree; admission to the second year is granted to applicants who can prove satisfactory academic progress with their first year exams.
Please note: For some Master’s Degree (Laurea Magistrale) courses, enrollment is possible only after passing admission tests. Applicants are urged to verify this or other requirements with the University of their choice. Pre-enrollment through the portal https://www.universitaly.it/ might also
be mandatory.
Eligibility Scholarships for foreign students and Italian citizens
Applications must be sent exclusively through the Study in Italy portal. Applicants must be in possession of a valid passport or identity document. They must upload a legible photocopy of the document at the time of registration, under penalty of exclusion. Applicants must also be in possession of the following requirements by the deadline date of the call (June 14th 2024, 2.00 pm CET)
Scholarships for foreign students and Italian citizens Academic qualifications
Applications must only be submitted by foreign students and Italian citizens living abroad (IRE)*
holding an appropriate academic qualification required to enroll to the Italian University/Institute
Age requirements
Applicants for Master’s Degree/Higher Education in Arts, Music, and Dance (AFAM) Programmes/
Italian Language and Culture advanced Courses should have attained the age of majority and shall
not exceed the age of 28 years by the deadline of this call (born after June 14th 1995), with the sole
exception of renewals.
Applicants for PhD Programmes should have attained the age of majority and shall not exceed the
age of 30 years by the deadline of this call (born after June 14th 1993), with the sole exception of
renewals.
Applicants for Research Projects under academic supervision should have attained the age of
majority and shall not exceed the age of 40 years by the deadline of this call (born after June 14th
1983).
Applications must be received by June 14th 2024, 2 pm CET.
Candidates must apply only through the platform “Study in Italy”.
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