Apply For University of Pavia (UNIPV) Scholarship for Developing Countries, Italy 2013-2014

University of Pavia is funding six Scholarships for master’s student during the academic year 2013-2014 in Italy. The scholarship covers 8.000 Euros for six selected students for one academic year. The scholarship covers the airfare, accommodation, meals, Health insurance, libraries, computer facilities, etc. The students of Developing countries can apply for this scholarship and those students born on/after the 1st January 1978 can participate in the scholarship program. University of Pavia also offers Italian courses to international Students. The tuition fees are waived during the whole duration of the programme. Send your application electronically by 10 May 2013.

Study Subject(s): Applicants may select only a course degree taught in English, selected among the following ones offered by the University of Pavia: World Politics and International Relations, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics, International Business and Economics, Cooperation and Development at University of Pavia.

Course Level: This scholarship is for pursuing master’s degree level at University of Pavia.

Scholarship Provider: The Fund is financed thanks to the contribution both of the students (2 Euros each) and of the University itself.

Scholarship can be taken at: Italy

Eligibility:
Candidates who are citizens of one of the Developing Countries reported in the World Bank list and classified as a low-income economy or as a lower-middle-income economy by the World Bank. -You can apply also if you’re living in a country other than your Country of origin: for example, if you’re living in Italy. -In fact, you have to be citizen of one of the above mentioned Developing Countries.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries:
The students of Developing countries can apply for this scholarship: Afghanistan, Gambia, Mozambique, Bangladesh, The Guinea, Myanmar, Benin, Guinea-Bisau, Nepal, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Niger, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Cambodia, Korea, Dem Rep., Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Kyrgyz Republic, Somalia, Liberia, Tajikistan, Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Togo, Congo, Dem. Rep, Eritrea, Mali, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Albania, Indonesia, Samoa, Armenia, India, São Tomé and Principe, Belize, Iraq, Senegal, Bhutan, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Bolivia, Kosovo, South Sudan, Cameroon, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Cape Verde, Lesotho, Sudan, Congo, Rep., Marshall Islands, Swaziland, Côte d’Ivoire, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Syrian Arab Republic, Djibouti, Moldova, Timor-Leste, Egypt, Arab Rep., Mongolia, Tonga, El Salvador, Morocco, Ukraine, Fiji, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Nigeria, Vanuatu, Ghana, Pakistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, West Bank and Gaza, Guyana, Paraguay, Yemen, Rep., Honduras, Philippines, Zambia, Angola, Ecuador, Palau, Algeria, Gabon, Panama, American Samoa, Grenada, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, Iran, Islamic Rep., Romania, Argentina, Jamaica, Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Serbia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, South Africa, Botswana, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Brazil, Libya, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Suriname, Chile, Macedonia, FYR, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Tunisia, Colombia, Maldives, Turkey, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Mexico, Tuvalu, Dominica, Montenegro, Uruguay.

Number of awards:
Six Scholarships are offered at University of Pavia.

Duration of award(s):
Scholarships will finance one year. You might have to pay the expenses for the following years with your own resources. However, if you complete successfully the first year of your Master Degree you can apply again for a scholarship offered through the Found and there are very good chances to get it.

What does it cover? Tuition fees will be waived. The scholarship provides selected students with 8.000 Euros. Students may use this money to pay their board and lodging.The scholarship is intended to cover one Academic year and will be paid as monthly installments of 1.000 Euros each. Selected students will receive 8.000 Euros, paid as monthly installments of 1.000 Euros each. They will decide how to spend them, mainly for living. Each scholarship will cover also the expenses for the Visa and for the travel to Italy and back (economy class).

Selection Criteria:
1. Successful candidates will have to confirm their acceptance of the scholarship and of its conditions within the time limit set in the letter communicating the awarding of the scholarship. If a candidate fails to confirm his/her acceptance, the scholarship will be awarded to the following candidate in rank.
2. Selected candidates will have to pre-enrol to the course they wish to attend at the University of Pavia through the competent Italian diplomatic authority in their country; in order to proceed with the enrolment to the University of Pavia, selected students will have to submit a dichiarazione di valore in loco of their academic transcripts.

Notification: June 2013: selection of the winning students.

How to Apply:
Applications must arrive only by e-mail (just one PDF file: maximum size 5MB ; the name of the PDF file must report exactly the surname, then a dot, then the name of the applicant, e.g: surname.name.pdf ) and must be sent to the following email address: fund.cooperation-at-unipv.it. Interested candidates must submit an application which has to include:
1. 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;
2. a motivation letter written in English;
3. a transcript of records in English or translated into Italian by a competent Italian authority;
4. a recent letter of reference (written in English after the 27th March 2013) hand signed by a university professor and dated;
5. a curriculum vitae in English (European format: available on this Web page);
6. a recent health certificate (issued after the 27th March 2013 in English or translated into Italian by a competent Italian authority) attesting that the applicant is in good health conditions and is not suffering from physical or mental illnesses;
7. a photocopy of a valid passport (or of a valid identification document, ID) of the applicant.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
The deadline for University of Pavia scholarships for developing countries is 10 May 2013.

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