The call is published upon official approval with Rector's Decree 2418 (Prot. n.205772) dated 8th October 2019.

THE UNIVERSITY OF PARMA SELECTS CANDIDATES FOR AWARDING 3 (three) Incoming Scholarships of the duration of 6 months each, for the attendance of the University of Parma during the Spring Semester of the Academic Year 2019/2020 (February-July 2020).

GENERAL OVERVIEW
The scholarship beneficiaries will be involved in the relaunch process of the University Botanical Garden through the performance of different kinds of activities.

For HANU students:

3. communication and dissemination of the scientific, cultural and educational activities of the Botanical Garden of the University of Parma in their native languages, especially as regards the production of promotional material and transposition of the collections of the Garden for an international audience.

The group of international students will work in team with Professors and Staff members of the University and the Museum Area. The location of the Botanical garden is in the historical city centre of Parma, five-minute walk from the historical University main building (Sede Centrale), public services and shops.
During the traineeship period at the University of Parma, selected students also have the opportunity to attend academic courses in one or more of the University Departments described below. During their first month in Parma, students may also attend one or more of the available tuition-free Italian language courses.

TRAINEESHIP ACTIVITY AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN
For HANOI UNIVERSIRY, opportunities of 3 scholarships for the translation of informative/touristic materials for the promotion of the University Botanical Garden.

- Language requirements: certified knowledge of English (at least B2 level of the CEFR) or Italian language (at least B1 level of the CEFR), besides one’s own native language.

- Technical and computer skills: autonomous use of the main computer programmes (Office), e-mail and internet browsers.

- Disciplinary area: Promotion of Cultural Heritage, Humanities including Museology, Communication and Media Science, Journalism, Foreign Languages, Trade Marketing

- Course level: Master’s Degree Course (any year of course); Bachelor’s Degree Course (last year of course only).

DURATION
The activities will start from the Spring Semester of the 2019/2020 academic year.
The official starting date is 1st February 2020. However, the date can be subject to changes depending on “force majeure” mainly connected to obtaining VISA for study from the competent Italian Embassies or Consulates.

SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT/ FUNDING
The total amount of each scholarship is 6,800.00 Euros. Each beneficiary will receive a monthly scholarship of 1000.00 Euros (gross) for a period of 6 months (6,000.00 Euros total) by bank transfer payments. An additional reimbursement of 800.00 is paid for the coverage of travel costs.
The attendance of academic courses at one of the University Departments above is fee-waived.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Candidate students must be registered at one of the international universities partner to the University of Parma.
Candidate students are requested to provide the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae in European format;
• Application form duly signed and dated;
• A certificate of enrolment at the home University with the list of passed exams and grades;
• A recommendation letter signed by one faculty from the candidate’s home university;
• A copy of the valid Passport.

The application package, including all relevant and compulsory annexes, MUST BE SENT BY 11.30 a.m. (Vietnamese time) of 15TH NOVEMBER 2019 to itacentro@hanu.edu.vn. In the REF field, the candidate is invited to quote “Internazionalizzazione - Bando Orto Botanico 2019”.

SELECTION PROCEDURES AND RESULTS

University Evaluation Committee appointed by the University Rector will evaluated the received applications and will draw a list of pre-selected candidates who will be called for a Skype interview to acquire details about competence, motivation and language proficiency.

The Skype interviews are planned in Week 47 (18th to 22nd November 2019).

The final evaluation results will be published by 29 th November 2019 on the Institutional web site.

NOTE in Vietnamese for HANU students:

Sinh viên trúng tuyển cần hoàn thiện các nhiệm vụ được trường Đại học Parma giao trong thời gian thực tập.

Sinh viên cần hoàn thành học phí chính quy kỳ 2 năm học 2019-2020 và các lệ phí quản lý hành chính và thủ tục hồ sơ theo quy định của Nhà trường. Ngoài ra, với sinh viên chưa có chứng chỉ tiếng Italia trình độ A2 (CEFR), sinh viên sẽ cần theo học ít nhất 200 tiết tiếng Italia và thi qua bài kiểm tra cuối khóa do Trung tâm Ngôn ngữ văn hóa Italia và Phát triển hợp tác tổ chức.