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Invest Your Talent in Italy supports talented international students wishing to enrol in English-taught Master's degree programmes in the fields of Engineering and Information Technologies, Management and Economics at top-ranked Italian universities, including the University of Padua. The programme offers full scholarship packages including subsistence allowance, fee-waiver and dedicated student support services. A short internship at leading Italian companies is also foreseen as part of the programme. It is supported by the Italian Government and the Italian Trade Agency.

Who can apply: the programme is open to talented students who completed at least a Bachelor's degree and come from one of the following countries: 

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Kazakhstan
• Mexico
• People’s Republic of China
• Republic of Korea
• Tunisia
• Türkiye
• Vietnam

Available degree courses: student applying for “Invest your Talent in Italy” can choose among the following Master's degree programmes completely taught in English offered by the University of Padua:

Engineering and High Technologies

• Aerospace Engineering
• Astrophysics and Cosmology
• Biotechnologies for Food Science
• Chemical and Process Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Complex and data driven chemistry  
• Computer Engineering
• Computational Finance
• Computer Science
• Control Systems Engineering
• Data Science
• Earth Dynamics
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Energy Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Sustainability and Education
• Evolutionary biology
• Food Industry Engineering
• Geophysics for Natural Risks and Resources
• ICT for Internet and Multimedia
• Materials Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mathematical Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Innovation for Product Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Marine Biology
• Management Engineering
• Medical Biotechnologies
• Molecular Biology
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies
• Physics
• Physics of Data
• Quantitative and Computational Biosciences
• Sustainable Chemistry and Technologies for Circular Economy
• Water and Geological Risk Engineering

Economics and Management

• Accounting, Finance and Business Consulting
• Applied Economics
• Food and Health
• Forest Science - Curriculum “Forest and Nature for the Future”
• Human rights and multi-level governance
• Italian Food and Wine
• Local Development
• Management for Sustainable Firms
• Sustainable Agriculture

How to apply: apply online following the instructions provided on the official programme website. Please note: in addition to the IYT application, you will also need to apply to the chosen degree course on Unipd website following standard Unipd application procedures. For detailed information: how to apply

Amount and duration of scholarship: The scholarship consists of a monthly amount of 1,000 euros (net) for the duration of 9 months and it could be renewed for the second year of the Master's Degree, upon the achievement of at least 30 ECTS credits by July 20, 2026. Students are also required to complete a 3-month compulsory internship at an Italian enterprise.

When to apply: Application period goes from January 23, 2025 to February 24, 2025 until 12 pm (Italian time).

More information: Official website

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