INTERMATHS DOUBLE DEGREES

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.

For the 2021 intake students may benefit from several funding opportunies available in our partner universities. Detailed information about how to apply and what such funding may cover, will be emailed to applicants when the selection is complete.

To give an idea, you may find below details about the funding opportunities available to students of the 2019 cohort.

• In their Year1 they have all been receiving:
  • an average of 2,000 EUR as yearly allowance
  • up to 1,500 EUR as rent reimbursement
  • free access to UAQ canteens (corresponding to 1,500 EUR/year)

• To support their Year2 they are applying for these funding opportunities:
  • Erasmus+ KA103
  • Special fund by the Italian Ministry of Education known as Fondo Giovani
  • Local grant by the Abruzzo Region
  which are expected to award them a contribution worth a minimum of 5,000 EUR all through Year2, as it was the case for all our 2018-cohort students.

Participation costs

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

Partial fee waiver

For the 2021 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.