Baza natječaja

The initiative, promoted by the Politecnico di Torino and supported by SiTI, will offer scholarships for the following Bachelor of Science degree courses:

Engineering courses held in English:

• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Architectural engineering

The 1st year is in common for all Engineering curricula and is entirely held in English. The following 2 years will be held in Italian and will be focused on the specific Engineering course chosen.

Architecture courses held in English:

• Architecture Sciences
• Architecture and Design

The 1st year is in common for these two Architecture curricula and is entirely held in English. The following 2 years will be held in Italian and will be focused on the specific Architecture courses chosen.

Architecture courses held in Italian:

• Architettura per il progetto
• Disegno industriale
• Pianificazione territoriale, urbanistica e ambientale
• Progetto grafico e virtuale
• Scienze dell'Architettura
• Storia e conservazione dei beni architettonici e ambientali

All these Architecture courses will be entirely held in Italian. For more information on the Architecture curricola, please visit the course catalog web page.

General information on the Bachelor of Science courses

• Location: Torino
• Length: 3 years
• The activities will begin in September 2007.

Requirements

• Having not Italian citizenship or being an Italian citizen who has obtained a secondary school diploma abroad
• Being at least 18 years old (by 31/12/2007)
• Having obtained, in a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts 12 years, at least a secondary school diploma
• Having completed, in a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts for 11 or 10 years, at least 1 or 2 years at a university and to have passed all the exams included within their program of study, OR to have obtained a diploma from a post-secondary institution
• In the countries where it is required, having successfully passed the state-level university admission exam (e.g. Gao Kao in China)
• Knowledge of the English language, preferably demonstrated by an international certification (students who do not provide such certification may be asked to conduct a telephone interview to test their knowledge of English)
• Not having enrolled in a Bachelor of Science course of the Politecnico di Torino before the 2007/2008 academic year
• Not being the recipient of other scholarships, Italian or foreign.
• Obtaining a degree at the Politecnico di Torino
• To graduate at the Politecnico di Torino, students must attain a total of 180 credits, including exams and the final dissertation. The time required to graduate is approximately 6 semesters. However, the effective duration is also dependent upon each student’s capacity. Note also that the time required for the compulsory Italian course, which will begin at the beginning of September, before classes start, is not considered in the estimated duration of the program.

Scholarships

Applicants will be accepted based on their previous academic career and on their Curriculum Vitae.

Amount of the scholarship

•  The gross amount of the SiTI scholarship for the Bachelor of Science course is 10.000 Euro per year for the complete period. The exact net sum is dependent upon the individual tax conditions of each student, which can be verified only upon the arrival of the student.
• The amount of the scholarship will not be increased in case the student will need more time to graduate than indicated.
• The allocation of the scholarship is dependent upon the submission, within 10 days from the arrival in Torino of the student, of the original documentation, which must correspond with the documentation attached to the online form (see the “Selection outcomes” section below).
• Payment of the scholarship occurs periodically. The first instalment is dependent upon the possession of the relevant documentation (residence permit, Italian fiscal code, and bank account in the name of the scholarship recipient), all obtainable upon arrival in Italy; for this reason, the first instalment is not paid at the moment of arrival at the Politecnico di Torino, but in the course of the following month.

Requirements to maintain the scholarship

• Given that it is not possible to combine the benefits received from more than one scholarship, students who are assigned another study grant while receiving the SiTI scholarship must promptly notify the Politecnico di Torino.
• Payment of the scholarship will be suspended if the academic performance of the recipient does not meet a satisfactory level.

How to apply

To apply, students must, under the penalty of being excluded from the selection process:

 !! complete the online application form !!

Deadline: 2 p.m. (Italian time) on May 31st 2007

Method: fill in the online application form by first registering and providing your biographical information, logging in and choosing your degree course and level, and subsequently submitting the application.

Students who meet the eligibility requirements for the SiTI project will receive an official e-mail from the Politecnico di Torino in which they will be asked to state their request for a scholarship by logging in to the application, filling out the appropriate “Scholarships and Financial Aid” section and attaching the necessary documentation in pdf format. After having completed these steps, the application for a scholarship will be considered complete.

N.B. The scholarship or project for which the applicant is eligible is not specified in the application form, since the Politecnico will automatically assess your eligibility for the SiTI project based on the information you provide. At the end of the selection process (foreseen for the month of July), the Politecnico di Torino will inform you if you have been selected for a SiTI scholarship (see the “Selection outcomes” section below).

If you satisfy the requirements to participate in the project you will be asked to attach the following documentation in pdf format:

• Secondary School Diploma*
• For students from the countries where it is required, a certificate showing that the state-level university admission exam (e.g. Gao Kao in China) has been passed**
• For students from a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts for less than 12 years: a transcript that demonstrates that all the exams in the student’s program of study have been passed (1 or 2 years, depending on whether the national school system lasts for 11 or 10 years, respectively) OR, for students who have enrolled in a post-secondary institution, a certificate that demonstrates the attainment of a post-diploma degree
• Curriculum Vitae, dated and signed (in English if possible) - maximum 3 pages
• Letters of reference (2 maximum)
• A personal introduction letter (written by the applicant)
• Optional English language certificate

* Applicants who have not yet obtained a diploma by the May 31st 2007 deadline must in any case submit their application within the said deadline; after this date, they will be allowed to re-enter the application form only to attach the document and fill in the fields relating to the diploma up until July 5th.

** Applicants who have not yet obtained such a certificate by the May 31st 2007 deadline must in any case submit their application within the said deadline; after this date, they will be allowed to re-enter the application form only to attach this document and fill in the fields relating to the national state-level university admission exam up until July 5th.

The above documents must be rendered in English.

We emphasise that the data shown in the documents must coincide with those inserted in the online application form. Moreover, failure to attach even one of the above documents will result in exclusion from the selection process

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Contact

international.relations@polito.it