The Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of Università della Svizzera italiana funds this scholarship for the 2026/27 academic year. It supports students beginning an eligible Bachelor’s programme at USI in Lugano in September 2026.
The eligible fields are communication, data science, informatics, Italian language and literature, and economics. The 2026/27 application cycle closed on 31 July 2026.
Benefits & funding
- Ten scholarships of CHF 4,000 each cover tuition charges during the first academic year.
- For students charged CHF 2,000 per semester, the award covers both terms; an enrollment deposit for fall is refunded by the end of that term.
- For students charged CHF 4,000 per semester, the student pays fall tuition and the scholarship covers spring tuition.
- The award cannot be taken as cash or combined with another USI scholarship or study contribution, except mobility funding for study or internships.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be admitted to the first year of an eligible USI Bachelor’s programme starting in September 2026.
- Eligible programmes are offered by the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Faculty of Economics, or Faculty of Informatics.
- Applicants must have had legal residence outside Switzerland when they obtained their high school diploma or equivalent university entrance qualification.
- The minimum school result is 4.8 out of 6 for Swiss school-leaving certificates or 85% of the highest possible grade for foreign certificates.
- The call states no nationality requirement; the binding geographic condition concerns past legal residence, not citizenship.
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Application process
- 1Obtain admission to an eligible first-year USI Bachelor’s programme.
- 2Use the scholarship form link supplied with the Bachelor’s admission letter.
- 3Submit a complete application by 31 July 2026.
- 4Check the result communicated by 17 August 2026.
Program timeline
January 2026
The 2026/27 call was issued.
Application deadline.
31 July 2026
Applicants are informed of decisions.
17 August 2026
Eligible Bachelor’s programmes begin.
September 2026
The scholarship is applied automatically to spring tuition.
Spring term 2027