Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students

Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students


Requirements:
To be eligible to apply for one of these scholarships, you must:

  1. Be an international or a European Union (non-UK) fee paying student
  2. Postgraduate only – have achieved a minimum 2.1 or equivalent in your honours degree and must meet the English and academic entry requirements for your course. Please attach your transcripts to your scholarship application
  3. Undergraduate only – have achieved or exceeded the English and academic entry requirements for the course
  4. Have an offer for a full-time taught undergraduate or postgraduate course at Sheffield Hallam University.
  5. Be self-funding your studies
  6. Be able to pay any additional fees your course may require, for example field trips
  7. Knowledge of Italian Language:  candidates must possess a certificate of intermediate level in Italian (e.g. CILS B2, CELI 3, PLIDA B2 orIT Roma Tre) or equivalent linguistic proficiency issued by a local organization or language school (e.g. Italian Cultural Institute, Dante Alighieri Society branch etc.). Applicants for enrolment in Advanced Courses on Italian language and culture must have at least an A2 level proficiency in Italian.
  8. Italian language knowledge is not requiredfor applicants who enroll for university courses held entirely in English.
  9. Age limits:  candidates who are younger than 18 y. o. (born not after 15 April 1998) or older than 35 y. o. (born not before 15 April 1981) on the day of the deadline for the submission of the applications, are not eligible. Candidates for Courses for teachers of Italian as second language (see above, section III, letter I) are eligible until they are 45 y. o. (born not before 15 April 1971) on the day of the deadline for the submission of the applications.
  10. Restrictions: Students enrolled in a year exceeding the legal duration of the course of study (the so-called “fuori corso”) are not eligible for scholarships.

 
Deadline: April 2017 (annual)
Contact Email: ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it