The University of Milan is offering 160 Excellence Scholarships for international students starting their Master’s Degree programs in Italy for the 2025-26 academic year. These scholarships are awarded to outstanding students who enroll in the first year of a Master’s program at the university.

The scholarships aim to support top-performing students by covering tuition fees and providing financial aid.

Key Details

• Host University: University of Milan
• Host Country: Italy
• Study Level: Master’s Degree
• Application Deadline: 31 May 2025
• Eligible Nationalities: All nationalities

Scholarship Benefits

The University of Milan Excellence Scholarships include:

• 60 Scholarships: Full tuition fee exemption + €8,000 grant each
• 100 Scholarships: Full tuition fee exemption (without an additional stipend)

In total, 160 scholarships are available for the best international students admitted to a Master’s program at the university.

List of Available Courses (in English)

Law

• Law and Sustainable Development

Medicine

• Biomedical Omics (BO)
• Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine

Agricultural and Food Sciences

• Biotechnology for the Bioeconomy
• Environmental and Food Economics
• Crops and Plant Sciences (Italian and English)
• Global Environment and Development
• Sustainable Natural Resource Management
• Valorization and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas

Pharmacy

• Cosmetic Industrial Science
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (1 curriculum in English)
• Safety Assessment of Xenobiotics and Biotechnological Products

Science and Technology

• Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology
• Bioinformatics for Computational Genomics
• Chemistry (Italian and English)
• Computer Science (Italian and English)
• Environmental Change and Global Sustainability (ECGS)
• Geophysics
• Industrial Chemistry
• Molecular Biology of the Cell
• Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
• Plant Science
• Quantitative Biology

Political, Economic, and Social Sciences

• Data Science for Economics (DSE)
• Economics and Political Science (EPS)
• Finance and Economics (MEF)
• Global Politics and Society (GPS)
• International Relations (REL) – 3 curricula in English
• Management of Human Resources (MHR)
• Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIE)
• Migration Studies and New Societies
• Public and Corporate Communication (COM) – 3 curricula in English
• Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (PPPA)

Humanities

• Cultural, Intellectual, and Visual History
• Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
• Philosophical Sciences (1 curriculum in English)

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for the University of Milan Excellence Scholarship, applicants must:

• Be international students from any country.
• Apply for a Master’s Degree program at the University of Milan.
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification.
• Have a high academic standing.
• Provide proof of English language proficiency (usually B1 or B2 level, according to CEFR).

💡 Important:

• There is no separate application for the Excellence Scholarship.
• All eligible applicants who submit their admission applications by 31 May 2025 will automatically be considered.
• Non-EU applicants residing outside Europe must submit their Master’s program applications by 30 April 2025 to be eligible.

How to Apply?

1. Register on the University of Milan’s official website.
2. Apply for a Master’s program of your choice.
3. No separate scholarship application is needed — the university will automatically review your admission application for scholarship eligibility.

Apply Now

• After completing the registration procedure, applicants will get an e-mail with instructions for activating their account at the address they gave during the registration process. If the applicant does not activate credentials within 24 hours, they should re-register.

• Applicants can verify their identity here.
• Select the course of interest and complete the online form with personal information.
• Applicants will receive a receipt via the e-mail address used for the application after the online registration process.
• Applicants requiring visa should also apply for pre-enrollment by July 31, 2025

To learn more about the University of Milan Excellence Scholarship, visit the University of Milan’s webpage.