Italy · PhD Scholarships
PhD-level awards open to Sri Lankan applicants studying in Italy. Each scholarship shows eligibility and deadline — book a free visit to any of our three offices to talk your options through with a counsellor.
19 active awards for Sri Lankan applicants.
EDISU Piemonte (Regione Piemonte)
Eligibility
Enrolled/admitted international students at Turin-area universities (UniTo, PoliTo and others); means-tested on family income and assets, with merit progression requirements.
University of Turin (UniTo)
Eligibility
International applicants with a foreign qualification admitted to a Bachelor's or Master's at the University of Turin; merit and/or income-based.
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Eligibility
International applicants to unibz's trilingual degree programmes; merit study grants on academic record plus South Tyrol provincial need-based right-to-study grants.
University of Camerino (UNICAM)
Eligibility
International applicants to UNICAM's English-taught programmes; merit fee-waiver scholarships and grants awarded on academic record. Regional ERDIS need-based grants also available.
LazioDiSCo (Ente Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio e alla Conoscenza, serving Lazio universities including Roma Tre and Tor Vergata)
Eligibility
Non-resident international students document their family's foreign income and assets through an ISEEUP, certified by Italian diplomatic authorities, to access the same right-to-study grant as Italian students.
University of Calabria (Università della Calabria)
Eligibility
International students access the right-to-study grant on equal terms with Italian students, provided they document their family's foreign income through an ISEE Parificato issued by an authorised CAF.
ERSU Messina (Ente Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario, serving the University of Messina)
Eligibility
International students holding only a home-country identity document and not resident in Italy have a dedicated onboarding path to apply, provided they document family income through an ISEEU/ISPEU parificato.
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