REALMATHS DOUBLE MSC • INTERMATHS NETWORK

Any activity (lectures, seminars, exams, laboratories, thesis) of the InterMaths Double Degree programmes (for both first and second year) will be conducted in English. To this purpose all enrolled students 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.

If you are an international student, every semester (except for the fourth one) you'll be required to attend (and earn the related ECTS credits of) a course of the language and culture spoken in the country where you'll be spending such a study period. Upon successfully completing each language course, students will be awarded 3 ECTS credits, which will be recorded as extra credits in the student's curriculum. That is to say that all international students will have to attend:

• a beginner's (A1) course of Italian language during the first semester
• an elementary (A2) course of Italian language during the second semester.

When moving to one of our partners for their second year, you'll also have to achieve a beginner's (A1) level in the local language spoken there by the end of the third semester. So, for instance, if you're going to spend your second year in Katowice, you'll have to attend: a beginner's (A1) course of Polish language during the third semester.

The InterMaths students are required to earn 120 ETCS credits (30 per semester, i.e. 60 per year) to graduate.

Student's performance is documented through the national grading system in force at each partner institution. The transfer and recognition of grades from one institution to another follows the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and is based on the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area.

Below you can view a chart showing the different grading scales in use at each partner institution and the corresponding grades (A, B, C...) and GPA.

Scholarships by the University of L'Aquila

By submitting your appication before March 2, 2022 (1 pm Italy time), you will automatically be considered for scholarships provided by the University of L'Aquila worth EUR 8,500 to finance your Year 1 on "RealMaths Double MSc Degree". 

The number of scholarships allocated to our programme has not been defined yet. However, you may consider that for the 2021 intake 3 scholarships have been provided to our Double MSc Degree students.

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Erasmus+ scholarships

All "RealMaths Double MSc Degree" students can benefit from Erasmus+ scholarships (augmented by a special fund by the Italian Ministry of Education known as Fondo Giovani) managed by the University of L'Aquila, to finance up to 12 months spent on a mobility abroad. This means that such a scholarship will fully cover your Year 2 in our partner universities.

Detailed information about how to apply and what such funding may cover, will be provided during the first year of studies.

All in all such scholarships (Erasmus+ and Fondo Giovani) are expected to award our students up to EUR 800 per month for 12 months at most.

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Other funding opportunities and benefits

For the 2022 intake students may also benefit from several funding opportunies and benefits. Detailed information about how to apply and what such funding may cover, will be emailed to applicants when the selection is completed.

To give an idea, you may find below details about the funding opportunities available to students of the 2020 cohort.

In their Year1 & Year2 they have all been receiving by the Abruzzo Region:

• An average of 2,000 EUR per year as allowance
• Up to 1,500 EUR per year as rent reimbursement
• Free meals at UAQ canteens.

Additionally, some of our partner universities have offered accommodation at reduced fares to our students.

Participation costs

EUR 2,250 per semester (i.e. 4 installments for a total of EUR 9,000), which include the tuition fees, and any other mandatory costs related to student participation in the programme. Participation costs do not include insurance, accommodation costs, living costs, travelling costs, the cost of equipment or books or the sports centres.

Partial fee waiver

For the 2022 intake the InterMaths Consortium will grant the students partial waiver of the participations costs. Based on that, the student will only have to pay the InterMaths Consortium:

- a total of 1,400 EUR, to be paid in four installments (350 EUR/semester) at the beginning of each term.

With regard to the first semester, a 200-EUR non-refundable deposit will be required within 30 days after notification of selection, whereas the remainder is to be cleared before Semester 1 begins.