Uni-Credit Study Abroad Exchange Programme

Deadline: 15 November, 2012
Open to: The Exchange program is opened for undergraduates and Master’s students coming from one of the 22 countries where UniCredit is present (check the countries HERE)
Scholarship: 22 students will be awarded a grant; Each grant is worth € 4,200 gross of taxes (€ 700 per month) for a 6 month period of exchange starting from 2013

Description

To pursue the long-standing tradition of UniCredit and reflect its European dimension, UniCredit & Universities Knight of Labor Ugo Foscolo Foundation announces 22 (twentytwo) grants aimed at all University students of UniCredit geography for study exchange programmes to/from the following countries: Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Russia and Ukraine (in the following UU7).

Eligibility

To be eligible for the competition, an applicant must:
1) be a citizen of one of the 22 countries where UniCredit is present (UniCredit geography)

The 22 European countries where the Group operates are the following: Austria,  Estonia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Croatia, Latvia, Russia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Serbia.
2) be a university student in the fields of economics, finance, banking, management, engineering, law and economics, at least in her/his 2nd year of study
3) either be enrolled at any University of UniCredit geography and be wishing to spend 6 months at any University located in the above UU7 countries
4) or be enrolled at any University located in the UU7 countries and be wishing to spend up to 6 months abroad at any University within UniCredit geography
5) indicate in the application form as host Universities only those universities, within the UniCredit perimeter, with an exchange agreement with their home university (maximum 3 universities can be indicated)
6) have good knowledge of English

The grants are aimed to exchange periods abroad for a maximum of 6 months, starting from January 2013 and closing by March 2014.

How to Apply

Candidates may only apply online using the application available on the Foundation’s website. All the documentation accompanying the application must be submitted exclusively online in PDF format and must be written in English.
In the application each candidate must indicate:

• her/his first name, surname, nationality, taxpayer\insurance code, date and place of birth;
• her/his mailing address, including post code, as well as telephone number and e-mail address;
• the host University(-ies) where she/he intends to spend the exchange period (a list of maximum 3 universities);
• the course she/he intends to attend as well as her/his plan of study abroad for the selected period;
• that she/he has never been convicted of a crime and that she/he has never been held in preventive detention or under house arrest;
• that there are no criminal proceedings pending against her/him;
• hat she/he authorizes the Foundation to process her/his personal details, pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003. Applications must be accompanied by the following documents (in PDF format and in English). Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the competition:
• one certified copy of grades and exams taken with clear indication of maximum and minimum pass grade at her/his home university; one copy of a currently valid identification document;
• at least one letter of reference written by a home-university teacher and directly sent via e-mail by the teacher to the Foundation addresses (see contacts below);
• an English certification and any other language certification as required by the Host University.

Grant information

Each grant is worth € 4,200 gross of taxes (€ 700 per month) for a 6 month period of exchange starting from 2013. In addition, an economy return flight ticket will be fully paid by the Foundation as well as all the visa costs (if any).