International scholarships
14/07/2025
The Excellence Scholarships general ranking list for the open-access master degree programmes a.y. 2025/2026 has been published. Scrolls will be made periodically in the single rankings for each programme following any withdrawals; therefore keep your personal email constantly monitored for any communications regarding the allocation of the scholarship.
Scholarship allocations for programmes with limited-access will take place between September and October
In line with its internationalization strategies for increasing incoming mobility and attractiveness to foreign students, the University of Milan gives its international students the possibility to be offered scholarships and exemptions from tuition fees.
For academic year 2025/2026, 160 incentives are available to the best international students admitted to a Master's degree programme, of which:
- 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
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.
If you are a student holding international protection, you can participate in the Call for 100 scholarships offerd by The Ministry of University and Research, in agreement with the Conference of Italian Universities Rectors (CRUI).
The annual scholarship are reserved for holders of international protection obtained in Italy, pertaining to the types of refugee status, subsidiary protection, temporary protection for Ukrainian citizens, who fall into the following categories:
- university students who were beneficiaries of the scholarship in question in the academic year 2024/2025, enrolled since 2024/25 in a bachelor’s degree course, master’s degree course and single cycle master’s degree course, who in the academic year 2025/2026 are enrolled in the same course and who are entitled to reconfirmation of the scholarship, as indicated in art.4 of the call for applications;
- university students who enroll for the first time in the academic year 2025/26 in a bachelor’s degree course, master’s degree course and single cycle master’s degree course offered by an Italian university associated with CRUI, who have not previously enrolled in courses of the aforementioned types offered by Italian universities. Students enrolled in the academic year 2024/25 in single courses or foundation years at an Italian university fall into this category.