Italy Scholarships for Master of Science program in Petroleum Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

Overview

The Eni Project offers international students the possibility to receive a scholarship and other benefits to graduate from the Politecnico di Torino attending a Master of Science program in Petroleum Engineering.

The project, promoted by the Politecnico di Torino and financed by Eni – Exploration & Production Division and Eni Corporate University, will offer for the 2010/2011 academic year scholarships to international students, mainly from Angola, Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan.

The length of the course is 2 years full time and corresponds to 120 ECTS credits. All the courses are entirely held in English.

The activities will begin in September 2010.

Academic requirements

In order to be admitted into the Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering program, applicants must possess a university degree equivalent to a Bachelor of Science degree, which is approximately equivalent to three or four years after secondary school, depending on the number of secondary school years.

Application is open to students who:

• are not Italian citizens
• are not older than 32 years (by 31/12/2010)
• have an adequate knowledge of the English language, preferably demonstrated by an international certification
• are not already enrolled at the Politecnico di Torino before the 2010/2011 academic year
• are not recipients of other scholarships, Italian or foreign

Selection criteria

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

Amount of the scholarship

• The gross amount of the Eni Project scholarship is 10.000 Euro per year (20.000 Euro 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 Italy 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.

How to apply

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

COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

Deadline:9 p.m. (Italian time) on April 30th, 2010.
Method: fill in the online application form by first registering and providing your biographical information, logging in and choosing your level and degree course, and subsequently submitting the application. Students must also provide information on their previous educational career, language abilities and work experience, and they must attach 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 Eni Project scholarship based on the information you provide. At the end of the selection process, the Politecnico di Torino will inform you if you have been selected for a Eni Project scholarship (see the “Selection outcomes” section below).

The following documentation must be attached in pdf format to the online application form:

• an official transcript (original or authenticated copy) issued by the registrar of your university of origin containing ALL of the following information:

o Planned duration of the program of study (no. of semesters)
o Total number of exams sustained in the program of study
o Total number of credits obtained in the program of study (if available)
o Year of enrolment
o A list of the exams already taken with the score of each exam and, where applicable, the number of credits earned with each exam.
o The overall average score of the exams taken (at the moment of application)
o A list of the exams still to be passed to complete the degree course
o The grading system used with explanations (e.g. quantitative system from 0 to 10, with 5 corresponding to satisfactory; or qualitative system ABCD, with A as top grade and C corresponding to passing)
o The semester of enrolment at the moment of the presentation of the application (e.g. “on xxx [day] the student is enrolled in the second semester of the fourth year of the degree course in xxx”)

If the transcript provided by the students’ registrar does not contain ALL of the above information, an additional document will have to be sent that provides it. This additional document must be signed by an authority of the university of origin (Tutor of the degree course, Dean, etc).

• 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
• The above documents must be rendered in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian.

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.

Specific contacts for Master of Science

For Scholarship International Relations Office
international.relations@polito.it

For Admission Incoming Students Office
international.admission@polito.it