If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU and live outside of Italy, you can apply for scholarships awarded by UniTrento based on merit and programme of study.
If you reside permanently in Italy, regardless of your citizenship, consider the scholarships awarded by Opera Universitaria through an annual call.
UniTrento scholarships
The yearly amount of the scholarship is 8500 Euros for female students enrolled in STEM programmes, and 7200 Euros for all others programme. There is a limited number of scholarships available. If you are a scholarship holder, for that year you are also exempted from paying tuition fees.
Scholarships are paid in two instalments:
- the first, by December of the first year of enrolment;
- the second, by May of the first year of enrolment, provided that you have earned at least 50% of the credits required by your course of study in the January and February exam sessions.
If you do not meet this requirement, you have the possibility of obtaining the second instalment in October provided that you obtain 42 credits (36 for courses in Italian) by 10 August.
In September, the University checks the number of credits you have earned by 10 August and confirms or not the scholarship for the following academic year.
If fail to satisfy this requirement, you will have to return part of the scholarship and pay the tuition fees for the following academic year according to the amounts in the table below.
The maximum duration of the scholarship for a master's programme is 2 years and for an undergraduate programme it is 3 years.
Credits and tuition fees
The amount of your tuition fees depends on the credits you have earned
Courses taught in English
| Credits earned by 10 August* | With tuition fees up to 6,000 € | With tuition fees up to 10,000 € |
|---|---|---|
| >42 | Exemption and scholarship confirmation | Exemption and scholarship confirmation |
| 36-42 | € 1,000 | € 1,000 |
| 24-36 | € 2,000 | € 3,000 |
| 6-24 | € 4,500 | € 6,500 |
| <6 | € 6,000 | € 10,000 |
Courses taught in Italian
| Credits earned by 10 August* | With tuition fees up to 6,000 € | With tuition fees up to 10,000 € |
|---|---|---|
| >36 | Exemption and scholarship confirmation | Exemption and scholarship confirmation |
| 24-36 | € 1,000 | € 1,000 |
| 18-24 | € 2,000 | € 3,000 |
| <18 | € 3,000 | € 6,000 |
*not counting internationally recognised credits that you achieved before enrolment.
Other scholarship opportunities
MAECI scholarships - Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
If you are not eligible for the UniTrento scholarship, please check if you meet the requirements of the annual call for scholarships funded by the Italian government:
- the 6-month scholarship entitles you to a 50% reduction of tuition fees at UniTrento;
- the 9-month scholarship entitles you to full exemption from tuition fees at UniTrento.
Scholarships for descendants of Trentino migrants
You can apply for this scholarship if you are a descendant of Trentino emigrants. To participate, you must:
- prove your ancestry;
- have passed the admission phase to a UniTrento course.
International scholarships
educations.com offers a scholarship of 5,000 euros for students who want to attend a Master's degree course at a European university.