The OVERSEAS Programme is Sapienza University of Rome’s exchange scheme for study outside the EU, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and run by its non-EU Mobility Unit.
Sapienza students spend a semester or a year at one of more than 200 partner universities with a bilateral agreement, taking exams or doing thesis research. Each faculty publishes its own calls for its own partners.
Benefits & funding
- €700 a month for the first 5 months, €500 a month from the 6th; minimum 90 days abroad, €2,100 (3 months) to €7,000 (12 months).
- No tuition at the host; you keep paying Sapienza fees, and some hosts charge a registration fee.
- Paid 70% within 60 days of the contract, the rest on return, by the certified stay.
- No grant for stays of 7–9 months.
Eligibility
- Enrolled at Sapienza as a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD student and not holding a scholarship.
- Your faculty must have an agreement with the host; each faculty call sets its own requirements, including language level.
- One award per study cycle; not combinable with other grants.
- No nationality bar is stated.
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“Thanks to funding provided by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Sapienza provides Bachelors, Masters and PhD Students (who are not on scholarships) with the opportunity to enjoy a period of studies abroad, either to take exams or work on their theses, in one of over 200 non-EU universities that have bilateral agreements with Sapienza University.” Eligibility
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Master Enrolled · PhD Enrolled
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Application process
- 1Find your faculty’s call on the programme page or in Sapienza’s Amministrazione Trasparente.
- 2Check its partner list and language requirements.
- 3Apply as the call sets out by its deadline (open calls close 29 September–15 October 2026).
- 4If selected, agree a Learning Agreement with your faculty coordinator and sign the grant contract.
Program timeline
Psychology call deadline
Sep 29, 2026
Arts and Humanities (Brazil) call deadline
Sep 30, 2026
Medicine; Arts and Humanities (Taiwan, Hong Kong) call deadlines
Oct 15, 2026
Mobility
Second semester 2026/27
October 2026–February 2027
2027/28 calls expected