Padua International Excellence Scholarship Programme

The University of Padua offers scholarships to highly talented prospective students wishing to pursue a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completely held in English in Padua.

University of Padua, Italy

English-taught Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees offered at the University.

69 Padua International Excellence Scholarships and 30 scholarships given by Departments of the University of Padua

Highly talented prospective international students from all over the world

The scholarship includes a subsistence allowance of €8,000 and a tuition fee waiver per academic year. The only amount to be paid by beneficiary students for each year consists of an admission fee, corresponding to the regional tax and marca da bollo. The scholarship has a maximum duration of 2 continuous years for Master’s degree candidates or 3 continuous years for Bachelor’s and Single Cycle degree candidates.

Partial scholarships are also offered by the Departments of the University of Padua; departmental scholarships do not include tuition fee-waivers. Each scholarship’s amounts, duration, and requirements to maintain scholarship eligibility and for scholarship renewal, where applicable, are given in the sections listed on the call of applications (link found below).

To be eligible, you must meet the following requirements:

• • do not possess an Italian citizenship (except for dual citizenship including Italian);
• • hold a non-Italian foreign secondary school certificate (for Bachelor’s or Single cycle degrees applicants) or a non-Italian Bachelor’s degree (for Master’s degrees applicants) allowing admission to the Italian University system;
• • do not reside in Italy;
• • apply for one or more English-taught degree programmes of the University of Padua according to the procedures and within the deadlines set. You can apply for up to 3 degree programmes.

Applications are currently closed.

You will be automatically considered for the selection procedure if you meet the eligibility requirements above. There is no separate application to be filled out or additional specific documents to be submitted besides those required to apply for the selected degree programme. The next deadlines are 10 April 2026 in the case of limited access degree programmes for which no scholarships were awarded in the first application period and 2 May 2026 in the case of unlimited access degree programmes for which no scholarships were awarded in the first application period last 2 February 2026 and 7 March 2026).

It is important to read the Call for Applications 2026/27 and visit the official website (link found below) to access the online application system and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.