--- title: "Padua International Excellence Scholarship Programme" description: "Up to 76 scholarships for international students taking an English-taught bachelor's, single-cycle or master's degree at Padua: a €8,000 gross cash grant plus a full tuition-fee exemption each year, awarded automatically through the degree application itself." url: "https://worldwide-scholarships.com/scholarships/padua-international-excellence-scholarship-programme/" type: "website" --- [All scholarships](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/scholarships/) University of Padua (Università di Padova) # Padua International Excellence Scholarship Programme Up to 76 scholarships for international students taking an English-taught bachelor's, single-cycle or master's degree at Padua: a €8,000 gross cash grant plus a full tuition-fee exemption each year, awarded automatically through the degree application itself. Checked 19 Sept 2026 [See the official page](https://www.unipd.it/en/padua-international-excellence-scholarship-programme) - **Deadline:** Deadline not announced - **Study in:** Italy - **Level:** Undergraduate, Master's - **Covers:** Tuition fees, Living costs **Why there is no date here.** The University of Padua's own page states: 'More information about Padua International Excellence Scholarships will be available in the Calls for Application that will be published in November 2026.' No closing date for the 2027/2028 round is published yet. Applications for the 2026/2027 round have already run their course, so do not treat any 2026/2027-cycle date as current. There is no separate scholarship deadline as such: eligibility is decided through whichever degree programme's own admission deadline you apply under, once the next call is published. What you get €8,000.00 gross plus exemption from student fees for each academic year, paid in two instalments of €4,000.00 gross per year. Beneficiaries still pay the regional fee and revenue stamp. Maximum duration is 2 years for a master's degree or 3 years for a bachelor's/single-cycle degree, after which ordinary tuition applies until graduation. The scholarship can be revoked, with repayment of instalments already received, if the recipient earns fewer than 20 CFU (ECTS credits) by 30 November of the following academic year, transfers to another university, or withdraws. Covers - Tuition fees - Living costs ## Who can apply - Must not hold Italian citizenship, unless it is dual citizenship - Must hold a non-Italian secondary school diploma (bachelor's/single-cycle applicants) or a foreign degree (master's applicants) - Must not be resident in Italy at the time of application - Must apply to an English-taught degree at the University of Padua by that degree's own deadline - Must not hold another scholarship, and must complete enrolment, to actually receive the money ### There is no separate scholarship application The whole mechanism runs through the degree application itself. Padua’s own page is explicit: “The application for the degree course of your interest automatically makes you eligible to compete for the award of the scholarship provided you meet the requirements listed above. Therefore, there is no need to submit a separate application or any additional documentation.” Each degree course’s own Teaching Committee then selects who gets a scholarship, based on academic excellence and prior academic record, and results are published according to the timetable in that programme’s own Admission Notice. ### A cash grant on top of a fee exemption, not just one or the other The award itself is a genuinely dual benefit: €8,000 gross a year in cash, paid in two instalments of €4,000, plus a full exemption from student fees for that year. Recipients are not entirely fee-free, though: they still owe the regional fee and the revenue stamp each year, both of which sit outside the exemption. The cash and the exemption run for up to two years on a master’s or three years on a bachelor’s or single-cycle degree; anyone still enrolled after that pays ordinary tuition for the rest of their degree. ### Keeping it depends on credits, not just enrolment Padua ties renewal to a concrete academic bar: recipients must earn at least 20 CFU (the Italian ECTS-equivalent credit unit) by 30 November of the following academic year. Falling short, transferring to another university, or withdrawing from studies all trigger revocation, and revocation comes with a real financial consequence: repayment of whatever instalments have already been paid out. Anyone accepting this award should treat the credit threshold as a hard deadline to plan a first-year course load around, not a formality. ### Check back in November, not now The one firm date on the page points forward, not backward: the next Call for Applications, covering whichever academic year it funds, is due in November 2026. Nothing about amounts, eligibility specifics, or deadlines for that round is guaranteed to match the current text until that call is actually published, so treat this entry as a description of how the programme works rather than a live deadline to apply against today. Where this comes from Every fact above was read on **unipd.it**, the awarding body's own website, and last confirmed on **19 September 2026**. Nothing here is taken from another directory. Funding bodies change deadlines and eligibility rules without notice, and we are not affiliated with University of Padua (Università di Padova). Always confirm on the official site before you apply. 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