Siena International Excellence Scholarships 2025/2026 at University of Siena

Program: Siena International Excellence Scholarships
University: University of Siena
Academic Year: 2025/2026
Scholarship Value: €6,000 annually (gross amount)
Duration: One year, renewable for a second year
Application Deadline: May 6, 2025.

The Siena International Excellence Scholarships are grants offered by the University of Siena to distinguished international students enrolling in selected Master’s degree programs. For the 2025/2026 call, the university offered five scholarships, and the page now states that the results have been published while an update for 2026/27 will come later.

Program Overview

The University of Siena says these grants are meant to honor distinguished international students and support their enrollment in selected Master’s degree programs, or Lauree Magistrali. The scholarships are tied to selected programs taught entirely in English. For the 2025/2026 academic year, the university offered five scholarships.

What the Scholarship Includes

✓ Five scholarships are offered for the 2025/2026 academic year.
✓ Each scholarship is worth €6,000 annually, gross amount.
✓ Each award lasts one year and can be renewed for a second year.
✓ The total value can reach €12,000 over two years, gross amount.

Who Can Apply

To apply, candidates must meet the conditions stated in the call:

• Hold non-Italian citizenship and have earned their entry qualification from institutions outside Italy.
• Hold a non-Italian Bachelor’s degree that qualifies for admission to Master’s degree programs within the Italian university system.
• Not hold Italian citizenship, except for individuals with dual citizenship that includes Italian.
• Not be residents of Italy, under the definitions stated in the call.
• Apply for one of the listed Master’s degree programs through apply.unisi.it and follow the required procedures and deadlines.
• Apply for up to two programs, if desired.

The page also says that candidates awaiting evaluation and those who have already received confirmation of acceptance to one of the listed programs, in either the first or second intake, are eligible to apply. It further explains that, for this call, residents of Italy include non-EU citizens with a valid residence permit that allows enrollment without a new student visa, as well as EU and EU-equated citizens who have continuously resided in Italy for more than nine months. Citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the Republic of San Marino, and Switzerland are considered EU citizens.

Eligible Master’s Programs

The scholarships are awarded to the most talented students admitted to selected English-taught Master’s programs. One scholarship is available for each of the following three areas: Economics and Law; Political, International, Social and Cognitive Sciences; Biomedical and Medical Sciences. Two scholarships are available for two different courses in the area of Math and Experimental Sciences.

The listed programs are Economics, Finance, International Accounting and Management, Language and Mind: Linguistics and Cognitive Studies, Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Scienze Internazionali (curriculum: European Studies), Biotechnologies of Human Reproduction, Medical Biotechnologies, Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Automation Engineering, Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Quality, Chemistry, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Management, and Sustainable Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

Application Process

Applications must be submitted through the apply.unisi.it portal. The scholarship application appears in the academic year 2025/2026 listing under the “Scholarship” section. Only candidates who have already applied for admission to at least one of the listed programs will be considered. If a candidate has applied to two courses, one scholarship application is enough.

A non-refundable fee of 10 euros is required to submit the scholarship application. The page says payment instructions are sent by email, following the same procedure used for course admission applications. It also stresses that the scholarship application must be submitted through the same account used for the course admission application.

What Applicants Must Submit

• A short self-made video explaining the candidate’s motivations, with a maximum length of one minute.
• The name or names of the Master’s degree program or programs for which the candidate is applying under the call.

The page also states that the Evaluation Committee will use the documentation already uploaded for the admission application through the same portal. Incomplete applications will be rejected.

Current Page Notice

The source page notes that it will be updated soon for the academic year 2026/27. It also states that the results for the academic year 2025/2026 have already been published and refers readers to the ranking list.

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➤ Siena International Excellence Scholarships (admission.unisi.it)