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UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Application Deadline: 31 May 2025

LOCATION: Italy

Excellence scholarships are reserved to international students holding a foreign title and enrolled in a master degree programme or in the International Medical School single-cycle master programme who meet specific merit requirements based on the academic career, on the curriculum vitae uploaded during the admission application to the first year and on the academic coursework completed in the master degree programme.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be admitted to open-access master degree programmes and have completed the application for admission by May 31st of each year or be admitted to a master degree programme with limited access;

Be admitted to the single-cycle master degree programme in International Medical School.

The grants contribute to the constitution of total income and are subject to Irpef taxation since they are assimilated to employee income (Article 50, paragraph 1, letter c) of the TUIR).

“Excellence Scholarships” are awarded by an ad-hoc Commission among all those who applied for admission to a Master’s degree programme by 31 May 2025. 

You don’t have to apply. In July, the beneficiaries will receive a formal email confirming the grant.

For academic year 2025/2026, 160 incentives are available to the best international students admitted to a Master’s degree programme

BENEFIT:

60 scholarships worth € 8,000 each, with the right to exemption from the all-inclusive tuition fee

100 total exemptions from the all-inclusive tuition fee

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ICTP POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

Application Deadline: 15 March 2025

LOCATION:  Italy

An intense pre-PhD programme for talented students. Supporting its mission to promote advanced scientific research in developing countries, ICTP offers a Postgraduate Diploma Programme that prepares talented students for PhD studies.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Postgraduate Diploma Programme is open to young (generally below 28 years of age), qualified graduates from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA. The minimum qualification for applicants is a degree equivalent to an MSc (or an exceptionally good BSc) in physics, mathematics or in a field related to the topics listed below.

The selection of candidates will be based on their university record and on academic recommendations. Since the Postgraduate Diploma Programme is in English, fluency in speaking and writing is an essential qualification.

The applicant is expected to have adequate knowledge of the following topics in the specific field for which he/she is applying:

For Condensed Matter Physics: solid state physics; quantum mechanics; statistical mechanics; classical mechanics; electrodynamics; mathematical physics.

For High Energy, Cosmology and Astropartical Physics: classical mechanics; electrodynamics; special theory of relativity; quantum mechanics; statistical mechanics.

For Earth System Physics: a theoretical background in physics, mathematics or engineering; mathematical methods applied in geophysics and geosciences.

For Mathematics: basic abstract algebra; elements of real and complex analysis; topology.

For Quantitative Life Sciences: classical mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, mathematical methods for physics, basic programming skills

An online Q&A Session for the Diploma Programme applications for Academic Year 2025-26 will be held on

Thursday February 27th 2025 14:00 Rome (CET)

Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/SfmNTAxwR72cDCVAkhNMNA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting

BENEFIT:

Tuition-free; 10 yearly scholarships plus travel grant for applicants from developing countries.

In each Postgraduate Diploma Programme, scholarships and travel grants will be awarded to those 10 students selected from developing countries. There are no course fees. Students will receive a scholarship for the entire year of study. A limited number of qualified candidates who meet the same selection criteria as others may attend the courses at their own cost. They must supply written evidence from a funding agency or a banking institution that funds are available for their entire year’s stay, and are equal to those offered by the Centre.

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