Deadline: 12 June 2017
The University of Pavia (UNIPV) is currently accepting applications for its Fund for Cooperation and Knowledge Scholarship. The Fund is intended to provide scholarships to students from Developing Countries, who wish to study one year at the University of Pavia, and to UNIPV students who would like to spend some months in a Developing Country for studying, researching and/or training.
The Fund and the selection of the students are managed by a Committee composed by students, professors and officers of the University of Pavia. The Committee will select – among the applicants – the students who will receive a scholarship for the Academic Year 2017-2018.
Available Courses
Applicants may select only a master course degree taught in English, selected among those listed below:
- Electronic Engineering
- Industrial Automation Engineering
- Economics, Finance and International Integration
- International Business and Entrepreneurship
- Molecular Biology and Genetics
- World Politics and International Relations
Eligibility Criteria
The citizens of developing country classified as a low-income economy or as a lower-middle-income economy by the World Bank are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Interested candidates must submit an application available on the website of UNIVP which has to include:
- a complete application form (completed in all its parts): it must be filled in English using the computer; then it has to be printed, signed, completed with a passport-size picture, and scanned; candidates must indicate a Skype contact;
- a motivation letter written in English;
- a transcript of records in English or translated into Italian by an accredited Italian authority;
- a recent letter of reference (written in English after the 1st May 2017) hand signed by a university professor and dated;
- a curriculum vitae in English (European format: available on this Web page);
- a recent health certificate (issued after the 1st May 2017 in English or translated into Italian by an accredited Italian authority) attesting that the applicant is in good health conditions and is not suffering from physical or mental illnesses;
- a photocopy of a valid passport (or of a valid identification document, ID) of the applicant.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Guinea, Rwanda, Benin, Guinea-Bissau Senegal, Burkina Faso, Haiti , Sierra Leone, Burundi, Korea Dem. People’s Rep., Somalia, Central African Republic, Liberia, South Sudan, Chad, Madagascar, Tanzania, Comoros, Malawi, Togo, Congo Dem. Rep, Mali, Uganda, Eritrea, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Nepal, Gambia, The Niger, Armenia, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Kyrgyz Republic, Sudan, Bolivia, Lao PDR, Swaziland, Cabo Verde, Lesotho, Syrian Arab Republic, Cambodia, Mauritania, Tajikistan, Cameroon, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Timor-Leste Congo, Rep. Moldova, Tonga, Côte d’Ivoire, Mongolia, Tunisia, Djibouti, Morocco, Ukraine, Egypt Arab Rep., Myanmar, Uzbekistan, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Vanuatu, Ghana, Nigeria, Vietnam, Guatemala, Pakistan, West Bank and Gaza, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Yemen Rep., India, Philippines, Zambia, Indonesia, Samoa, Kenya, São Tomé and Principe.
For more information, please visit Call for Applications.