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Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students
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Scholarships for study, training and/or research at public or legally recognised private Italian institutions in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Do I qualify 17 requirements for everyone + route options
Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- Onsite attendance in Italy
- Valid passport or identity document
- Not open to: Employee of the Italian Public Administration, First-degree descendant of an employee of the Italian Public A…
- Not open to: enrolment Enrolled beyond legal programme duration, Part-time student
- Unless applying for renewal, simultaneously satisfy education restrictions a, b and c; retain source and/or wording
- degree Master's first-year applicants: completed first-cycle programme equivalent to an Italian bachelor's degree; q…
- degree AFAM applicants: academic qualifications required by chosen institution; qualification may be pending at appl…
- admission PhD applicants: academic qualifications required by institution AND passed admission test; admission letter m…
+9 more requirements
- Research applicants: supervisor invitation letter AND research project
- age Master's, AFAM, language and Costruiamo il futuro applicants: of age AND no older than 28 at deadline, except…
- age PhD applicants: of age AND no older than 30 at deadline, except renewals
- age Research applicants: of age AND no older than 40 at deadline
- language Italian-taught Master's or AFAM: Italian CEFR B2 evidence; course-issued certification allowed under article …
- language English-taught Master's or AFAM: English CEFR B2 evidence; English-taught bachelor's documentation or officia…
- language Italian language-course applicants: Italian CEFR A2 certificate or document
- Renewal applicants: 2025–2026 MAECI beneficiary AND continuing or completing same multi-year full-time progra…
- Not open to: Research scholarship renewals, Italian language-course scholarship renewals
These depend on how you qualify. The provider describes 2 ways, and you will not need all of them. The official page shows which applies to you.
- citizenship Citizenship of an eligible foreign beneficiary country; eligible-country list is not supplied
- Not open to: residence Italy
- citizenship Italian citizenship only
- residence Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Per…
Preferences and flexible criteria (1)
- Renewal applicants duly enrolled with evidence of at least 15 CFU at application
Not open to: foreign citizens not residing in Italy; Employees of the Italian Public Administration and their first-degree descendants; students enrolled beyond the legal duration of their degree programme; part-time students; paragraphs 1.4 and 1.5
- Level of study
- Language training, Master's, PhD, Undergraduate
- Fields of study
- Arts and humanities
What's covered Regional fees are due in any case; Regional fees are due in a…
- Funding details
- Regional fees are due in any case; Regional fees are due in any case, have to be paid by the student; pre -existing physical or pathological conditions as well as dental care is excluded; receive a total amount of 10,800 (ten thousand eight hundred) euros; Some universities exempt scholarship recipients from the payment of enrolment and tuition fees; exempt scholarship recipients from the payment of enrolment and tuition fees; covered by a collective health insurance, contracted by MAECI; support students during their arrival and settling-in phase in Italy
- Host country
- Italy
- Host institution
- Public or legally recognised private Italian institutions; research projects may also be hosted by public Italian research institutions, recognised museums and archives.
What I need Not listed here
- In-person requirements
- Required in-person study/placement/event
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How to apply
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- For Master's, AFAM and PhD programmes, check with the chosen institution and/or Universitaly whether admission tests or pre-enrolment procedures are required. For joint/double Master's degrees, verify that enrolment at the Italian institution and a valid 2026–2027 enrolment certificate will be possible. Optional
- Register on the Study in Italy portal and upload a legible copy of a valid passport or identity document. Use an email address checked regularly. Required
- Complete the application for one country only. Dual Italian/foreign citizens must indicate their foreign citizenship and also declare and upload proof of Italian citizenship; holders of multiple foreign citizenships must select one eligible citizenship. Required
- Submit the application exclusively through Study in Italy by 14:00 Italian time on March 26, 2026. Renewals use the same portal procedure and must concern the same programme at the same institution. Required
- If successful in the comparative evaluation, attend the interview. Required
- After the merit ranking, upload supplementary academic qualification, PhD admission or Master's/AFAM language documents only if expressly requested. This is available only to ranked applicants who indicated the need in their application, and must be completed by 14:00 Italian time on July 1, 2026. Required
- If awarded a scholarship, accept or decline it; then acknowledge and accept the scholarship awarding letter. Required
- Scholarship recipients must complete necessary pre-enrolment and/or enrolment at the chosen institution. Where required, apply to the relevant Italian diplomatic representation for a tax identification number and study visa before the scholarship starts, allowing sufficient time for issuance. Required
- Deadline
- 26 March 2026
- Deadline timezone
- Italian time
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
Details to confirm
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- Some eligibility wording is ambiguous in the source — read the exact wording on the official page.
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