The Informatics Alumni scholarship is an annual award from the Alumni Service of Università della Svizzera italiana. It supports one student entering the first year of a Faculty of Informatics Master’s programme in Lugano in September 2026.
The 2026/27 award is worth CHF 4,000 and covers that academic year’s tuition fees. It is funded from an alumni-reunion auction and goes to the first applicant who meets every eligibility condition.
Benefits & funding
- One annual scholarship of CHF 4,000 covers tuition fees for the 2026/27 academic year.
- The recipient must pay the fall-term deposit stated in the admission letter; it is refunded by the end of the fall term, while the spring-term fee is covered automatically.
- The award may be combined with specified Foundation for the Lugano Faculties scholarships; if another scholarship covers first-year enrolment fees, this award moves to 2027/28 provided the student remains enrolled.
- The award cannot be converted to cash and is not payable if the recipient does not enrol or withdraws after studies begin.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be admitted to the first year of a Faculty of Informatics Master’s programme beginning in September 2026: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Financial Technology and Computing, Informatics, Management and Informatics, or Software Engineering with AI.
- At the time they earned the qualification giving access to university study, applicants must have lived legally in Switzerland; the call accepts Swiss citizens and foreign citizens with a family-reunification B permit or a C permit and requires the entry qualification and residence certificate as proof.
- Applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s degree with a cumulative result of at least 75% of the maximum grade, or, if still enrolled, have reached that threshold in their latest exam session.
- Applicants who already hold a Master’s degree are considered only if an award remains available.
- No nationality, age, gender, or work-experience requirement is stated; foreign applicants must still satisfy the specified Swiss residence and permit conditions.
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Education required
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Application process
- 1Secure admission to the first year of an eligible USI Faculty of Informatics Master’s programme starting in September 2026.
- 2Prepare the university-entry qualification, residence certificate, and evidence of the relevant Bachelor’s results.
- 3Submit the official online scholarship form by 30 June 2026; incomplete or late applications are not considered.
- 4Receive the result by 31 July 2026 and, if selected, complete enrolment and pay the deposit required by the admission letter.
Program timeline
Call issued
May 2026
Application deadline
30 June 2026
Applicants informed of the outcome
31 July 2026
Eligible Master’s programmes start
September 2026