International Post-degree Scholarship — Course / Training

The International Post-degree Scholarship is an annual Sapienza University of Rome competition for graduates pursuing third-cycle study or postgraduate advanced training at a university-level institution outside Italy. It distributes 400 funded months across CUN disciplinary areas, and each applicant chooses one area matching their degree.

Awardees arrange their own host and proposed course or activity; there is no fixed list of institutions or countries. Selection combines academic qualifications with an interview, and the placement must fit the applicant’s academic background and selected CUN area.

Benefits & funding

€1,290 per month for a committee-approved period of 6–12 months.
Payment is split into two instalments: two-thirds at the start and one-third after completion.
The scholarship is exempt from Italian personal income tax under the cited national law.

Eligibility

Hold a Sapienza master’s, single-cycle master’s, or equivalent degree obtained by the final session of the 2024–25 academic year.
Be 28 or younger on June 15, 2026, the call’s publication date.
Know English and hold formal acceptance, an invitation, or a statement of willingness to admit from the proposed foreign university or supervisor.
Choose one CUN disciplinary area matching the degree; the proposed programme must also fit the applicant’s academic background.
Undertake the activity outside Italy; a non-Italian applicant must also choose a country other than their country of origin.
Before departure, resolve incompatible enrolment or scholarships and keep gross personal income for the scholarship year at or below €7,750.

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Master · PhD Enrolled
Age requirement
≤ 28 yrs

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Application process

1
Identify an overseas university-level host and a course or advanced training activity aligned with the appropriate CUN area.
2
Obtain a signed institutional letter stating acceptance or willingness to accept and describing the course name, duration and study plan, or the proposed activity programme.
3
Complete the official application form and qualifications-and-publications declaration, choosing only one CUN area.
4
Translate required host and qualification documents into Italian when they were issued in a language other than English.
5
Send the PDF application and all required attachments from the applicant’s own accredited PEC account to protocollosapienza@cert.uniroma1.it by 23:59 on September 16, 2026.
6
If shortlisted, attend the interview and present valid identification.

Program timeline

Call published.
June 15, 2026
Application deadline.
September 16, 2026 at 23:59
Within three months after the deadline
Provisional rankings are due, subject to academic-calendar suspensions.
Within 30 days of the award notice
Selected candidates must accept through the same PEC address.
The overseas activity must begin.
By the end of 2027