Scholarships for Special Projects addressed to foreign students
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation offers numerous scholarships for foreign students as part of Special Projects promoted in collaboration with international educational institutions.
Interested students will find all the necessary information on how to apply and the relevant deadlines in each call for applications.
Please note that scholarships offered by the Italian government cannot be combined, so students who are successful in two or more applications will only be able to choose one.
For the academic year 2025-2026, the special projects aimed at foreign students are as follows:
| Special project and partner Organization | Number of awarded scholarships | Countries involved |
| Invest Your Talent (IYT) in Italy | 139 grants, including 63 renewals | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam |
| ITALYOU – L’Italia nel tuo futuro | 133 grants, including 63 renewals | Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa and Tunisia |
| Advanced Course in Opera Singing e Master PAM |
Up to 10 grants for Opera singing
Up to 7 Master grants |
Any country |
| L’Italia corre verso il futuro | 20 new grants | Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda |
| PhD and Master programs | 18 PhD grants
2 Master grants |
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russian Federation, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America (USA) |