Bocconi Scholarship for International Students - Graduate
for the AY 2013-2014
For International students enrolling in the first year of a Master of Science program at Bocconi
Bocconi University offers up to 40 need-based scholarships to international students enrolling in a Master of Science Program at Bocconi. The awarding of the scholarship also takes into consideration academic performances of the students.
THE SCHOLARSHIP
The Scholarship consists of full tuition waiver worth approximately € 11,500.00 per year for a maximum of 2 academic years. The renewal of the scholarship is subject to meeting merit criteria.
Scholarship applications must be submitted by the same deadline as that of applicant’s Bocconi online admission’s application; see table below.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Only applicants for the first year of a Bocconi Master program who meet all the following conditions will be taken into consideration for the awarding of the scholarship:
- non-Italian citizenship;
- non-Italian residence;
- a non-Italian Undergraduate degree earned abroad or in Italy;
Students who meet any of the following conditions will NOT be taken into consideration:
- previously enrolled in a graduate program in Italy or abroad;
- recipient of a scholarship awarded for the AY 2013-14 by private or public institutions.
APPLICATION PROCESS AND AWARDING
Applicants must complete and submit the online Bocconi Scholarship online application form, available at www.unibocconi.eu/finaidapplications, by the same deadline as that of their Bocconi online admission’s application. Please refer to the deadlines indicated in the table below; online applications submitted after the proper deadline will be not considered.
The online application will require detailed information regarding the student’s family economic condition. Regardless of the applicant’s economic status, the economic information of the applicant’s parents and nuclear family members will also be taken into consideration.
Application Time Frames and communication of results
Admission round
Bocconi online admission’s application
Application for the Bocconi Merit Award
Communication of awarding
1st round- International students
Deadline: 11/01/2013
Deadline:
11/01/2013 1500 hrs
13/02/2013
2nd round - International students
Deadline: 11/02/2013
Deadline:
11/02/2013 1500 hrs
13/03/2013
3rd round - International students-
Deadline: 11/03/2013
Deadline:
11/03/2013 1500 hrs
16/04/2013
4th round -
International students
Deadline: 04/04/2013 Deadline:
04/04/2013 1500 hrs
16/05/2013
5th round -
International students
Deadline: 11/05/2013 Deadline:
11/05/2013 1500 hrs
14/06/2013
Please note that the application must be finalized by 1500 hrs Italian time (GMT+1), on the date of
the applicant’s relevant deadline.
Applicants will be informed about whether or not they have been awarded the scholarship once the
admission’s selection results have been released: approximately 2 weeks after their publication and
before the deadline for enrollment in Bocconi.
SPECIAL CASES: Students who submit their application for admission and for scholarship in a given
admission round, but are placed on “stand by” by the Admission Office, will be evaluated both for
admissions and for the scholarship awarding in one of the following rounds. The Student Services
Office will notify the student of which session his/her scholarship application will be considered.
Scholarships will be awarded by a Commission whose decision is unquestionable and final: no appeals
will be considered.
Procedures for awarded students
Candidates awarded a scholarship must complete the following steps (failure to do so will result in the
revocation of the scholarship: no exceptions will be made):
1) enroll in Bocconi according to the timeline and methods as laid out by the admissions office, and
make payment of the advance on the 1st installment of 2013/2014 tuition and fees of € 2,043.00 (the
sum will be reimbursed approximately by the end of January 2014 by Università Bocconi);
2) send the following documents within 60 days of the notification of the awarding of the scholarship:
• the “summarizing form” attached to the confirmation e-mail that applicants receive when they
submit the online Bocconi Scholarship for International Students application form;
• a copy of the student’s valid passport;
• For non-Italian income and assets the following documents must be submitted in original
language together with an official translated version in Italian or English and both the original and
the translated version must be legalized and stamped by the relevant local Italian authority (for
Italian translations) or legalized with an Apostille stamp, Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 (for
Italian and/or English translations) in countries where possible:
a document indicating the composition of the student’s family household must be
provided. This document should indicate all family members (nuclear and extended)
registered with the same permanent address as the applicant. Please note that the
applicant’s family economic condition will be evaluated considering the applicant’s
family of origin, including parents, as well as all those listed in the official document of
the composition of the student’s family household, including nuclear and extended
family members with the same permanent address;
a copy of tax returns for the calendar year 2011 for all of the applicant’s family and/or
household members must be provided. (If tax returns are not produced in the student’s
country statements, from each family and/or household members’ employer indicating
the gross person’s gross income for 2011 will be considered together with a declaration
from the relevant tax agency indicating that the person has no liability/obligations
toward the agency/authority for the 2011 year);
a declaration of gross annual income for the 2011 calendar year for each of the
applicant’s family and/or household members who were employed in the 2011 year
must be provided. This certification should be issued by the employer. For unemployed
members a declaration of unemployment, retirement/pension, or enrollment in
school/university must be provided;
if one or more of the student’s family household members (nuclear or extended
family) owned a company or shares: a Balance sheet up to 31/12/2011, profit and loss
account and additional note and a document attesting the number of shares for each family and/or household member. If a Balance sheet, as indicated, is not produced in the student’s country the following documents must be provided: A) the final cash balance as of 31 December 2011 B) the overall cost of all assets which can be liquidated with net value of all those paid off as of 31 December 2011 and C) all other assets and properties, as of 31 December 2011;
if one or more of the student’s family household members (nuclear or extended family) owned developed property as of 31/12/2011: a document indicating the relevant area in square meters of the developed property and, if any, documents certifying any mortgages on this property and theamount which has not been repaid as of 31 December 2011 must be provided;
if the applicant’s family lives in a rented home/flat, a copy of the rental contract which indicates the rent must be provided;
if the applicant’s family lives in a home/flat for free and the home/flat is not owned by any of the current habitants a copy of the title dead showing the full name of the owner must be provided;
documentation attesting movable assets as of 31 December 2011 (bank accounts both checking and savings, stocks, dividends, shareholdings, portions of assets net of any companies owned, etc) for each family and/or household member.
• For household income and assets in Italy (if any): a 2012 ISEE/ISEEU declaration and the D.S.U. (Dichiarazione sostitutiva unica) which refer to the 2011 calendar year.
All information and documents provided by students will be verified. If there are any discrepancies between the data provided by the students when filling out the Bocconi Scholarship online application and the documentation sent by mail, the student will be informed and the scholarship will be revoked. Withholding information could result in disciplinary sanctions.
As ONLY applicants awarded the Bocconi Scholarship for International Students will be required to submit all of the above documentation by registered mail, further details regarding where to send and the deadline by which send the documents will be sent by email to awardees.
RENEWAL CRITERIA
The award will be renewed for a maximum of 1 academic year for Master of Science programs, according to the guidelines set by the official Bocconi Scholarship Application Requirements and Regulations each year, to the students who meet the below criteria:
- are enrolled in the relevant year of the Degree program and have made the payment of the advance on the 1st installment of tuition and fees by 18 September 2014;
- and for the Second year (2014-15) earn at least 49 credits by August 10, 2014 with a grade point average of at least 26/30 The grade point average is calculated as the weighted credit average of all grades for exams and modules passed and registered in the recipient’s academic record.
The renewal of the Bocconi Scholarship for International Students for the second year is not subject to the submission of economic documents each year.
EXCLUSION AND REVOCATION OF THE BOCCONI SCHOLARSHIP
Students will automatically lose the scholarship if they:
- do not accept the award according to the guidelines set forth in the awarding email;
- provide incorrect economic information;
- receive disciplinary sanctions imposed by Bocconi University: disciplinary sanctions imposed by Bocconi University will result in a revocation of all benefits, including those granted for the Academic Year when the sanctioned behaviour took place.
Students whose award is revoked must settle all tuition and fees payments with the TCA office.
For further information please contact:
Student Services Office - Piazza Sraffa, 13 – 20136 Milano - Italia
e-mail: financial.aid@unibocconi.it tel. (+39) 02.5836.2152
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