Padua funds this the simple way: apply to an English-taught degree by its admission deadline and you are automatically in the running, with no separate form and no extra documents. The degree application is the scholarship application.
The award pairs 8,000 euros gross a year with exemption from student fees, leaving only the regional fee and the revenue stamp to pay. It runs three years on a bachelor's or single-cycle degree and two on a master's, and fees become payable again for any year beyond that, so a student who takes longer than the normal duration should plan for the later years.
Selection sits with the Teaching Committee of each individual degree course rather than a central panel, judged on academic excellence in the field and the record of previous study. Awards go mainly to candidates from the first admission call, with second-call candidates considered only exceptionally, which makes applying in the first round materially better than applying later.
There are conditions on keeping it. Holders cannot hold another scholarship, must complete enrolment, and must earn at least 20 ECTS credits by 30 November of the following academic year. Falling short, transferring away or withdrawing revokes the award and the instalments already paid have to be returned.
One caution on eligibility. Padua's English page states that applicants "must not hold a non-Italian secondary school diploma", which read literally would require an Italian qualification and contradicts the rest of the page, including the requirements to hold no Italian citizenship and to live outside Italy. The Call for Applications is the authoritative text, and anyone whose case turns on that condition should read it there rather than rely on the summary page.
The programme page was checked on 16 September 2026.