Unibo for Refugees Study Awards — Bachelor's Scholarship

The University of Bologna publishes a yearly study-prize call under its Unibo for Refugees programme. Ten prizes of €2,500 gross each go to students holding international or temporary protection, or taking part in the UNICORE university-corridor project.

The prize sits on top of an existing scholarship. Applicants must already hold an ER.GO, UNICORE or CRUI scholarship for the same academic year and be enrolled in a Bachelor’s, single-cycle Master’s or Master’s degree at Bologna.

Selection is purely academic. The university ranks applicants on the credits they have recorded and the grades behind them, then publishes the ranking on its Studenti Online portal.

Benefits & funding

Ten prizes in the 2025/26 call, each €2,500 before tax and charges.
Paid in addition to the ER.GO, UNICORE or CRUI scholarship the student already holds.
The prize is taxed under Italian law.
It cannot be combined with the University of Bologna prizes for high-achieving students (premi di studio per studenti meritevoli).

Eligibility

Hold a residence permit for international protection (political asylum, subsidiary protection, humanitarian grounds) or temporary protection for Ukrainian citizens, or take part in the UNICORE project.
Be regularly enrolled at the University of Bologna for the academic year of the call, in a Bachelor’s, single-cycle Master’s or Master’s degree programme.
Hold an ER.GO, UNICORE or CRUI scholarship for that same academic year.
Meet the merit requirements that release the final instalment of that scholarship.

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Residence required
Italy
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Master Enrolled

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Application process

1
Sign in to Studenti Online at studenti.unibo.it with your University of Bologna credentials.
2
Open the Bandi section and select the Unibo for Refugees study-prize call.
3
Check that your personal contact details in the portal are current.
4
Declare in the form the scholarship you hold and your protection status.
5
Upload a copy of your valid residence permit, or of the expired permit together with the receipt for its renewal.
6
Submit before the deadline; the ranking is approved by a management decision and published on Studenti Online.

Program timeline

30 June 2026
The 2025/26 call opened at 12:00 CEST.
Applications closed at 12:00 CEST.
6 August 2026
Results published on Studenti Online.
October 2026