Applications for the 2025 cohort
Applications are currently closed. The 2025 selection list is here.
The 2026 call for applications is due to open in November 2025.
All the information below refers to the previous (2025) call for applications
Our Joint MSc programme begins every September. If you are interested in joining the forthcoming edition, please read the information below and submit your application via our online tool (note that applications submitted via email or post won't be taken into account).
Your application has to be accompanied by some required documents, which are listed below for your convenience.
Funding opportunities and reductions on administrative/tuition fees are also available, as you can read in the dedicated sections that follow.
Please make sure you've read all the pages below as well as the FAQs before filling in the application form.
Click here to get the official selection announcement (link)
Please also view the Privacy notice on personal data processing by the University of L’Aquila for admission to our programme.
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
Application is open to students from all around the world.
Academic Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or other similar field with a very strong mathematical background (BS, BSc, SB, etc. or a degree at the same level as an academic Bachelor's Degree, e.g. its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of high standing, or 180 ECTS credits in the European system).
Students in the final year of their undergraduate study can be admitted on condition that their Bachelor's degree is awarded before the enrolment in the MathMods MSc, namely before 15 August.
English Language Requirements
All applicants are required to prove an advanced level of English (CEFR B2/C1 level), certified by any of the following tests:
- IELTS Academic: overall band score of 6.0 or above;
- TOEFL iBT: overall score of 80 or above;
- PTE Academic: 56 or above overall;
- C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Advanced English): overall score of 169 or above;
- or equivalent to the above.
Certificates cannot be dated back to more than 4 years.
Applicants who have conducted their university or secondary-school studies in an English-speaking institution may just provide evidence that English is the medium of instruction in such institutions (there's a dedicated section for that in the application form).
Checklist of mandatory documents to be submitted with application
All applicants will have to submit the following mandatory documents through the online application form before the deadline:
- Passport (or ID card for European applicants). No valid passport yet? You are allowed to temporarily submit an equivalent ID document (valid in your country to prove your identity) as long as you submit a valid ID/passport before August 15.
- CV (use the Europass template available here: https://europa.eu/europass/en);
- Transcript with records for each single attended course and with the list of courses still to be attended to gain your bachelor's degree;
- Course description. Only use this template.;
- English certificate (click here for more info).
- Two academic reference letters to be submitted by two different referees via our online Reference system (the link and the instructions can be found in the application form).
- For all the above documents, if they are not written in English, please upload an official English translation, or a translation provided and signed by the Institution awarding the Bachelor's Degree and (if possible) by a native English speaker academic full Professor or by an academic full Professor in the English language (with full contacts included);
- Letter of intent (also known as motivation letter), describing your interest in the subjects related to the proposed fields of study. The letter can be addressed to the MathMods Evaluation Committee. There is no particular template to follow, but you must not exceed one page - extra pages will not be evaluated.
Additional documents might be submitted only if closely related to the proposed field of study.
All applicants are required to prove an advanced level of English (CEFRB2/C1 level), certified by any of the following tests:
- IELTS Academic: overall band score of 6.0 or above;
- TOEFL iBT: overall score of 80 or above;
- PTE Academic: 56 or above overall;
- C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Advanced English): overall score of 169 or above;
- or equivalent to the above.
Certificates cannot be older than 4 years.
Applicants who have conducted their undergraduate degree or secondary school studies in an English-speaking institution may just provide evidence that English is the medium of instrucion in such institutions (even via a self-declaration form).
Scholarships
Scholarships
Pre-Master Bonus
Pre-Master Bonus
We're proud to confirm that since the 2022 edition, all our students who attended our PreMaster Program have been awarded a special bonus worth 100 EUR for each ECTS credit gained (credits are awarded after successfully passing a course examination). That means that in the past editions, they obtained up to 1,200 EUR for the first part of the PreMaster Program (consisting of 12 ECTS credits).
Please note that all terms, conditions and amounts (which are usually paid before the Christmas break and might be subject to taxes) are yet to be defined for the 2025 edition.
Travel & Installation
Contribution to travel and installation costs provided by the University of L'Aquila
Sponsor. University of L'Aquila. Office in charge: International Relations Office
Details. By submitting your application before March 5, 2025 (1 pm Italy time), you will automatically be considered for a contribution to travel and installation costs provided by the University of L'Aquila worth around EUR 3,000.
Number of scholarships. The number of scholarships allocated to our programme has not been defined yet. However, consider that in 2024, our network has been assigned 32 scholarships in total for our 3 programmes.
How to apply? No additional application is required on your side. The University's overall ranking (which will involve all the other UAQ international students) will be based on our ranking. If selected, you will receive an award notification via email from the office in charge (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) typically in June-July. Contributions are expected to be paid by the end of December.
Erasmus+ Mobility
Erasmus+ Grant support for Students Mobility for Study (KA131)
Not to be confused with Erasmus Mundus (EMJM) scholarships!
In the paragraph below with the word "mobility" we refer to a student enrolled at the University of L'Aquila who studies at a partner university abroad for some time. As you'll be enrolled at the University of L'Aquila too for the whole duration of our programme, you're eligible to apply for extra funding when you study abroad ("abroad" from the viewpoint of a L'Aquila student, then).
Sponsor. University of L'Aquila (Erasmus+ funding). Responsible Office: International Relations Office
Details. All our international students can benefit from Erasmus+ grants KA131 (Mobility for Study), provided by the EU via the University of L'Aquila, to finance up to 12 months spent on mobility abroad. This means that such a grant will help you cover:
- Your Semester 2 expenses in Hamburg, financed by the University of L'Aquila
- Your Semester 3 expenses in Hamburg, Hannover, Granada or Nice, financed by the University of L'Aquila
- Your Semester 3 expenses in L'Aquila, financed by the University of Hamburg (estimated amount based on previous years: ~ 500 EUR/month).
All in all such grants, i.e. Erasmus+ for Mobility (~300 EUR/month) and Disadvantage Fund (~250 EUR/month depending on your family income in Italy) are expected to award our students up to EUR 550 per month for 12 months at most.
How to apply? Applications for Semester2 mobility usually open in December, while those for Year2-mobility typically open in February. There will be a selection mostly based on your previous and current academic achievements. Anyway, note that so far the allocated funding has always been enough to cover all our students going on mobility no matter the final ranking.
A.D.S.U.
Other funding opportunities - Regional Grants
2025-intake students may also obtain other funding opportunities and benefits even from our partner universities (some of our partner universities, for instance, have offered accommodation at reduced fares to our students in Year2). Detailed information about how to apply and what such funding may cover, will be emailed to applicants later on.
To give an idea, you may find below details about the funding opportunities available to students of the 2023 cohort. In their Year1 & Year2 they have all been receiving from the Abruzzo Region Agency for Education (A.D.S.U.) - Abruzzo is the region where L'Aquila is located:
- Up to 3,000 EUR per year as allowance
- Up to 1,700 EUR per year as rent reimbursement
- Up to 600 EUR max. per 10 months on mobility abroad (not awarded if you have already received for your mobility an amount that is greater or equal from the University).
- Free meals at UAQ canteens as of January 2025.
Note, such a grant is usually paid in 2 instalments: 1) a very small part (less than 1,000 EUR) at the end of December; 2) at some point in the following summer.
How to apply? The application usually opens in August. Scholarships are addressed to students from low-income families. A few more details will be provided via email by us. For more direct support, you may refer to our Alumni Association starting in August.
M.A.E.C.I.
Grants by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants to foreign citizens and Italian citizens living abroad to foster international cooperation in cultural, scientific and technological fields, to promote the Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world (According to Law 288/55 and its subsequent changes and additions).
Note that we don't offer any kind of support with this specific grant, but you may retrieve all the information required from the Ministry's official website.
Also, note that such type of grant might be incompatible with other grants you might be awarded for the same academic year (like the ones listed above by ADSU, Regional Agency). That doesn't mean that you cannot apply for the MAECI grant or for any of the others mentioned on this page. You're free to apply for any of them, but if you're selected, before accepting a specific grant, you'll have to check the related terms & conditions and ensure that they are not incompatible with any other grant you might have accepted in the meantime. If they are incompatible, you'll then have to forgo either before accepting.
Find out more about the MAECI grant
Fees
Fees
Participation costs
EUR 2,250 per semester (i.e. 4 installments for a total of EUR 9,000), which includes the tuition fees, and any other mandatory academic activities related to student participation in the programme (exams and such). Participation costs do not include insurance, accommodation costs, living costs, travelling costs, the cost of equipment or books or the sports centres and other related expenses.
Partial fee waiver
The MathMods Consortium will grant the 2025 cohort students a partial waiver of the participation costs. Based on that, the student will only have to pay the MathMods Consortium:
- a total of 2,000 EUR, to be paid in four instalments (500 EUR/semester) at the beginning of each term.
With regard to the first semester, a 344-EUR non-refundable deposit will be required within 30 days after notification of selection, whereas the remainder (156 EUR) is to be cleared before Semester 1 begins.
Important Dates
Important dates
Online application form opens on 13 November 2024
Deadline for applications is 5 March 2025 by 1 pm Italy time
Deadline for referees 19 March 2025 by 1 pm Italy time
Candidates receive notification of results on 30 April 2025
Selection
Selection
Please note that you won't be charged any fee to take part in the whole application and selection process.
In March the Evaluation Committee will evaluate all the applications successfully submitted by 1 pm 5 March 2025, and will draw up an Absolute Ranking List. Please note that this is the only ranking list that will be used for the awarding of scholarships provided by the University of L'Aquila.
Eligible students will receive notification and will be provided information via email about how to confirm their position and start the pre-enrolment phase.
The Evaluation Committee will then meet again in mid-August to finalize the pre-enrollments and to remove from the list the students who will not have certified the accomplishment of their bachelor's degree (or equivalent).
Selection criteria
a) Academic records and quality/recognition of home institution having awarded the bachelor or equivalent degree: 60%
b) CV and professional experience: 20%
c) English proficiency: 5%
d) Motivation letter: 10%
e) Recommendation letters: 5%
In case of an equal score reached by two candidates, the Committee agrees to try and maintain gender balance firstly, and geographical balance secondly.
The selection list will be available on this page (see the deadlines above).
Application form
Application form
Click on the button below to access our online application form.
Before filing the form, make sure you have read all the pages in the apply section and the FAQs, as well.
Note that the application and the submission of all the required documents can be made exclusively on-line. No hard copies are required for the evaluation procedures.
Use the links below to submit your application.
MathMods Application Form
- Step 1: Registration
Register at https://pica.cineca.it/en/register to get your username and password - Step 2: Fill in your application
Go to https://pica.cineca.it/en/univaq/2025-network-intermaths/ and log in using the username and password previously created. Then fill in your application form and upload the required documents. - Step 3: Review your data
When you're 100% sure you've completed your application, review your data by clicking on the Verify button. - Step 4: Sign and Submit
Click on the Sign and Submit button to get a receipt of your submitted data. Note, you won't be enabled to make any more changes at this stage! Once signed, you'll have to upload the document back via the online tool to finally SUBMIT your application to us. - Step 5: Get 2 reference letters
Appoint 2 referees and send them an invitation link from our application tool:
Reference system. - Step 6: What happens next
Our selection is a comparative one. So, we need to wait until the deadline has passed to start the selection process of all the submitted applications. After around a month you'll find the selection list on this page
Make sure you complete the Sign and Submit process before the set deadline. Your application won't be taken into account unless you generate a PDF receipt, sign it and upload it back using the "Sign and Submit" function. This also applies to the reference system.
Legal notice
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