Student Welfare (LazioDisu)

International students, as well as Italian students, can apply for scholarships and accommodation at the student welfare service - LazioDisu. Applications are on line from July - September every year. Please check the deadline and the documents required for applications well in advance. You may apply for: scholarships, accommodation, fee reductions, study abroad periods (if already enrolled), and reductions in public transport fees. The amount of the scholarship depends on several factors including your economic situation. Please read carefully the call for candidates for Sapienza University of Rome at: www.laziodisu.it

Besides the general information concerning your graduate or postgraduate programme, you will need to provide LazioDisu with information about your residency in Rome and your tax identification code (codice fiscale). The most important information you will be required to provide is the ISEE (Indicatore di Situazione Economica Equivalente).
**(Please see more detailed information about ISEE below)**

Two months after the closing of the call for candidates, Laziodisu will publish the names of those that have been awarded scholarships. During this two-month period, you can continue to provide any documents that might be useful for your application.
For further information: www.laziodisu.it

MAE Scholarships

Every year the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offer study grants. For more specific information please check the call for applications published on the Ministry website: www.esteri.it

Student Collaboration Scholarship

Sapienza University of Rome offers student-collaboration scholarships. Selected students participate in short-term projects or in the ordinary running of different university offices and services (e.g. departmental libraries, computer laboratories etc.) Each student is required to dedicate 150 hours of work to their project and is compensated with €1090, all while gaining valuable work experience.

A call for applications is published on the university website through which students wishing to candidate themselves can make an online application. The tasks students must complete vary according to the department or office that published the call and the kind of project proposed.

General requirements for students wishing to apply:

• You must be enrolled in the second year of your degree (Bachelor or Master)
• You must have passed 2/5 of the exams scheduled for the first year of your course
• You must have paid the tuition fees and never have declared a false ISEE
• You must not have won another student-helper scholarship with Sapienza for the same academic year.

Please visit the following web site for an updated list of calls for applications and for further details: www.uniroma1.it
Foreign Student Scholarship - Don’t miss your chance

“Don’t miss your chance” offers the opportunity to win one of 10 biannual scholarships of €5.000,00 net, to EU (excluded Italians) and extra EU students with student VISAs, in possession of a degree certificate or an equivalent education qualification obtained at a foreign University with full marks and who are enrolled in a 2nd-Cycle degree Sapienza University. The winners will be exempted from payment of the 2nd instalment of the university fees, or if they are already Lazio Disu scholarship-holders they will be exempted from the entire amount.

The call for candidates and the terms and conditions of the scholarship are published as pdf attachment on Sapienza’s University website. Go to www.uniroma1.it, go to the area Didattica > Borse di Studio > Borse e opportunità per gli studenti meritevoli, and read under the “Don’t miss your chance” title.

Invest your talent in Italy

The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade offers scholarships for Turkish, Brazilian and Indian students. More information is available on the following website:
www.postgradinitaly.esteri.it