1. What
are the basic requirements needed to apply for a graduate studies
program?
2. What are the basic
requirements needed for a foreign student to enter the graduate
studies program?
3. When does the next graduate studies program start?
4. How long does the graduate studies program last?
5. What kind of scholarships are available for graduate students
and how do you obtain them?
6. What are the costs of the graduate studies program?
7. How do I apply for a specific graduate studies program?
8. How can a foreign student apply for the graduate studies
program at La Sapienza?
9. When is the deadline for this years application?
1. What are the basic requirements needed to apply for a graduate
studies program?
For entering a graduate studies program at the Sapienza University
of Rome, you need to have obtained a "Laurea Specialistica"
and/or "Laurea Magistrale" or an equivalent title by the
31st of October of that same year you want to subscribe to the graduate
studies. In case the candidate is not yet in possession of such
a title at the time of the admission examination, he/she will be
conditionally admitted to participate in it.
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2. What are the basic requirements needed for a foreign student
to enter the graduate studies program?
For entering our program you need the equivalent of a "Laurea
Specialistica". In other words, you basically need five (or
four under some conditions) years of study at college/university,
during which you elaborated a Thesis of an advanced research level
(it does not necessarily need to be original research, but it should
be of an advanced level (a 100 page Thesis). This is basically a
master level in the USA or in France. Upon application for the graduate
studies, an internal board will judge whether the university studies
completed at a non-Italian university can considered to be equivalent
to the Italian “Laurea Specialistica”.
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3. When does the next graduate studies program start?
The graduate studies programs always start on November 1st of each
year.
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4. How long does the graduate studies program last?
The graduate studies last for three years and may be extended to
a fourth year (during which an eventual University scholarship is
not extended), subject to approval by the graduate school authorities.
At the end of the first and second year of attendance, students
are evaluated by the relevant Teaching Board before they are admitted
to the next year.
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5. What kind of scholarships are available for graduate students
and how do you obtain them?
In general, the scholarships available for a specific graduate studies
program are assigned to the most successful candidates participating
in the corresponding admission examination.
Additionally, it is possible that a research group directly assigns you
a scholarship if they wish to do so.
Finally, foreigners who performed their undergraduate studies
abroad may participate in the general "Call for Applications
to fellowships and admission of Foreign Nationals Educated Abroad"
which forsees scholarships that are better than the general ones
that can be obtained by participating in the general admission examination.
More information about this scholarship and how and when to apply
for it, can be found at the following site:
http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/laureati/dottorati/default.php
Note that in general there are few openings each year for these
scholarships.
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6. What are the costs of the graduate studies program?
The total costs of the graduate studies include an entrance fee
for each one of the three academic years, and a fee for the final
exam. For more information, please refer to the following site:
http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/infostud/
Note that the general university scholarships covers all these expenses.
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7. How do I apply for a specific graduate studies program?
The call for application for any graduate studies program at the
Sapienza University of Rome is published and available at the web
site:
http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/laureati/dottorati/
You can download the call for application by clicking on the link “bando”.
The link “Allegato A” includes the instruction on how
to apply on line.
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8. How can a foreign student apply for the graduate studies
program at La Sapienza?
If you are not Italian you have three ways to enter the graduate
studies program.
1.By passing the general admission examination. The Call for application
is usually during the month of July. In case you pass it and you
do well enough to be listed among the best 12 participants winners,
you will receive a fellowship.
2. Foreigners that are not interested in a fellowship, or are supported
financially by either a research group of La Sapienza, or a third
source (the fellowship would need to cover your salary and university
taxes), can enter the program on the basis of their resume
only, if an internal research group at La Spaienza wants to work
with them.
3. The Sapienza University organizes an open call only for foreigners,
with a better scholarship than the one foreseen for Italians. The
requirements needed to apply for this scholarship are more stringent.
More information about this scholarship and how and when to apply
for it, can be found at the following site:
http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/laureati/dottorati/default.php
Note that in general there are few openings each year for these
scholarships.
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9. When is the deadline for this years application?
The call for application, which includes the deadline for applications,
for any graduate studies program at the Sapienza University of Rome
is published and available at the web site
http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/laureati/dottorati/
It can be dowloaded by clicking on the link“bando”.
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