DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ITALIAN AND NON ITALIAN APPLICANTS




1. Foreign applicants which possess a title which is not equivalent to the italian degree (laurea) must submit with the application the degree translated in Italian and legally certified and possibly a copy of the thesis (not translated in Italian); the council of the graduate studies shall declare the equivalence, or not, of the presented titles, to the Italian degree ("laurea"), as far as the admission exam is concerned.

2. Otherwise there is no difference between italian applicants and foreign applicants belonging to a Member State of the European Union. Italian winners and foreign winners belonging to a Member State of the European Union get a salary (about 1 million lire a month, which is not much but enough to live as a graduate student in Italy).

3. Foreign winners not belonging to a Member State of the European Union must get by themselves some scholarship. Thus I should invite to inquire at the Italian Consulates or Embassies or other institutions about scholarships for performing graduate or research studies in Italy.

4. On the other hand entering for a foreign applicant not belonging to a Member State of the European Union is easier. In fact the rule is than no more that 4 foreign people not belonging to a Member State of the European Union are accepted but in practice it is enough to pass the exam because up to now we had always less that 4 foreign applicants not belonging to a Member State of the European Union. Instead only the first 11 ( this number may change from year to year) applicants belonging to a Member State of the European Union are accepted, and financially supported as described above, among about 300 applicants.

Last revised: 22 January 1996