Invest Your Talent: Eligibility, Deadline & How to Apply

Invest Your Talent in Italy supports talented international students wishing to enrol in English-taught Master's degree programmes in the fields of Engineering and Information Technologies, Management and Economics at top-ranked Italian universities, including the University of Padua. The programme offers full scholarship packages including subsistence allowance, fee-waiver and dedicated student support services. A short internship at leading Italian companies is also foreseen as part of the programme. It is supported by the Italian Government and the Italian Trade Agency.

Available degree courses: student applying for “Invest your Talent in Italy” can choose among the following Master's degree programmes completely taught in English offered by the University of Padua:

Engineering and High Technologies

• Aerospace Engineering
• Astrophysics and Cosmology
• Biotechnologies for Food Science
• Chemical and Process Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Complex and data driven chemistry  
• Computer Engineering
• Computational Finance
• Computer Science
• Control Systems Engineering
• Data Science
• Earth Dynamics
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Energy Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Sustainability and Education
• Evolutionary biology
• Food Industry Engineering
• Geophysics for Natural Risks and Resources
• ICT for Internet and Multimedia
• Materials Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mathematical Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Innovation for Product Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Marine Biology
• Management Engineering
• Medical Biotechnologies
• Molecular Biology
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies
• Physics
• Physics of Data
• Quantitative and Computational Biosciences
• Sustainable Chemistry and Technologies for Circular Economy
• Water and Geological Risk Engineering

Economics and Management

• Accounting, Finance and Business Consulting
• Applied Economics
• Food and Health
• Forest Science - Curriculum “Forest and Nature for the Future”
• Human rights and multi-level governance
• Italian Food and Wine
• Local Development
• Management for Sustainable Firms
• Sustainable Agriculture

The IYT scholarships are worth € 9,000 (€ 1,000.00 per 9 months) and include exemption from tuition fees.

They Do Not Cover: Tassa Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio (Regional Tax), stamp duty; any expense regarding accident insurance and/or civil liability; the health insurance policy. Grantees must subscribe a Health insurance policy to bear any expenses due to illness or accident.

• To be a citizen of one of the 18 Countries listed in the Call (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam)
• To have been born ON or AFTER January 1st, 1999, except for those applying for a scholarship renewal.
• o hold a Bachelor’s Degree to enroll in the chosen Master’s degree Program (Laurea Magistrale or Master Universitario)
• To have at least a B2-level of English. An English language certificate within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (highly recommended IELTS, TOEIC & TOEFL) is required. A candidate who has obtained an English-taught Bachelor’s Degree can submit a certificate issued by his/her university, stating that English is the medium of instruction in that university/course/faculty.
• Proof of proficiency in Italian is not mandatory, but will be taken into consideration in the selection process.
  • Duolingo certificate not accepted.

Apply online following the instructions provided on the official programme website. Please note: in addition to the IYT application, you will also need to apply to the chosen degree course on Unipd website following standard Unipd application procedures.

All files must be in PDF-FORMAT (only the video must be in mp4); the size of each document must be less than 1 MB.

The following documents must be submitted in order to complete your application:

• Academic Transcript with all exams and grades
• Certificate of your first academic degree (Bachelor’s Degree); (Documents issued in Italian, English, French and Spanish are accepted)
• A video no more than one minute long about motivations
  • You must use only the MP4 FORMAT; your video must be less than 10 MB in size.

 The programme is open to talented students who completed at least a Bachelor's degree.

• Application
• Academic Transcript
• Certificate of Your First Academic Degree
• Motivation Video
• CV/Resume
• Valid Passport
• Italian Language Certificate (optional)
• English Language Proficiency