Details

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants in favor of foreign citizens not residing in Italy and Italian citizens living abroad for the academic year 2019-2020 in order to foster international cultural, scientific and technological cooperation and to promote Italian language and culture.

The grants are only available to attend academic courses in Italy.

Grants opportunities

Grants are awarded for:

• master`s degree programs;
• courses of Higher Education in Arts, Music, and Dance;
• Ph.D. programs;
• research under academic supervision.

Eligibility

Applicants need to meet the following requirements:

• academic qualifications – applicants need to hold an appropriate academic qualification required to enroll in the Italian University/Institute (more information here).
• Age requirements – applicants for Master degrees should not be over 28 years old. Ph.D. applicants should not be over 30 years old. Applicants for Research Projects should not be over 40 years.
• Language proficiency – in order to be enrolled in an Italian-taught course, applicants must provide a certificate of their proficiency in the Italian language. The minimum level required is B2 with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In the case applicants are enrolled in the English tought courses, they need to provide a language certificate of their proficiency in English language (minimum B2).

Grants

Grantees will receive a 900 Euros monthly allowance on a quarterly basis, which will be paid on their Italian bank account.

Application process

Applicants must complete and submit the online application form available upon registration at the following link:

https://studyinitaly.esteri.it

Applications must be submitted by 2 pm C.E.T. May 30th, 2019.

An official website can be found here.