UCSC Charity Work Program 2025

To submit their application for UCSC Charity Work Program, applicants must:

1. register online, with I-Catt credentials, and pay the application fee (25 Euros non-refundable); you can register here;
    
2. send an email to charityworkprogram.CeSI@unicatt.it with the following documents attached:
   
   a.  receipt of the executive credit transfer, only if the fee’s payment was made by bank transfer (in case of payment by credit card, no receipts need to be attached);
   b.  application form filled out in all its parts; in the form it is compulsory to specify:

• the date on which you intend to take the language test (for the dates and information on the language tests and for the further ways to demonstrate linguistic competence, see the section "Language and Language certifications” below);
• from one to four destinations, in order of preference (according to your Faculty);
  
  c.  Bachelor's Degree certification with grade (only for students enrolled in a Master's Degree course who have obtained a Bachelor's Degree in a University other than Università Cattolica)
  OR
  Degree certification with grade (only for students enrolled in a Master, PhD or Specialization School of Università Cattolica who have obtained a degree in another University).

3. Provide a self-certification, in the dedicated section of the registration form, of the presence of any pathologies or undergoing therapies (this information is required due to the contexts in which the programme takes place).

Please note that students and graduates selected for previous editions of the Charity Work Program, regardless of their departure, will not be able to reapply for the 2025 edition of the volunteer program.

To participate in the UCSC Charity Work Program, you must demonstrate knowledge of the language required according to the selected destinations. You can find the linguistic prerequisite in the project sheets. To register for the language tests, it is necessary to complete the registration procedure and indicate the date of the test in the application form.

Language tests will be held online in the following dates:

- Friday 24 January 2025 (registration by 12:00 noon on Wednesday 22 January 2025);

- Wednesday 12 February 2025 (registration by Monday 10 February 2025).

In order to take the test, you will have to access a link, which will be sent by e-mail from CeSI the day before the selected date together with all the instructions for taking the test. The link will be active from 8 A.M. to 12 P.M. on the indicated dates. Within the 8 a.m. - midnight time slot, you can take the test when you prefer.

The Test is divided into 4 sections (Listening, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary) and has a maximum duration of 50 minutes; it evaluates grammar and lexical knowledge, written and oral comprehension.

It is not necessary to take the test if you have a language certification that meets the criteria listed in the table below; if this is the case, please indicate in the application form that you are in possession of a certification and attach the certification with the score obtained.

Language certificates exempt from the Placement Test if obtained no earlier than January 1st, 2023.

Table of valid certificates.

Please Note: for some destinations, preference will be given to those candidates with Portuguese knowledge (when specified in the project sheet). To demonstrate Portuguese knowledge candidates can send a Portuguese certification with all the other documents required.

The scholarships will be assigned after the selection procedure, divided in two steps:

STEP 1: ACADEMIC MERIT AND LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE – the first selection step considers academic merit (weighted mark average, graduation grade) and language knowledge. Based on these criteria, a score will be assigned to each candidate, to determine their position in the ranking. The most deserving candidates will enter the second selection step.

Please Note: In the case of applicants who graduated within one year before the opening of the call for applications or students of a University Master's degree, PhD or Postgraduate School of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, only the degree mark and language knowledge will be taken into consideration for the ranking.

STEP 2: MOTIVATIONAL AND COGNITIVE INTERVIEW – the second step of the selection procedure consist of a motivational and cognitive interview with CeSI staff and considers the motivations, the attitude and previous experiences of the candidates. At the end of the interview, a score will be assigned to each candidate. This score, added to the score of the first selection step, determines the definitive ranking and the consequent assignment of the scholarships. The interviews will be held in person at the campus of Milan and Rome, or remotely via Microsoft Teams.

At the end of each phase of the procedure, all applicants will receive by e-mail information on the results.

The selected candidates must confirm their will to take part into the program within 3 days from the communication received by email.

Please note: Candidates who renounce the motivational and cognitive interview will not be able to reapply for future editions of the volunteering programme, except in cases that are adequately motivated and communicated to CeSI with sufficient notice.

Please note: Applicants who voluntarily renounce their departure following the purchase of the travel ticket will be required to reimburse the expense.

Info session is a useful meeting to get all the information and discover the details and the destinations of the program. CeSI suggests to all interested students to attend the Info session.

The Info session will be held in presence at the Milan campus on Wednesday 29 January 2025, with the possibility of remote participation for students at the other university sites.

• To participate in presence in Milan: h.17:00, Classroom G.016 Maria Immacolata.
• For remote participation:
  CLICK HERE

The info session dedicated to the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery will be held online on Wednesday, 5 February 2025, at 5 p.m. To participate remotely: 
         CLICK HERE

ANY DOUBTS? CONSULT FAQ or CONTACT US!

CONTACTS:
Centro di Ateneo per la Solidarietà Internazionale
@: charityworkprogram.CeSI@unicatt.it
tel. 02 72345218
Largo Gemelli, 1 (Palazzo Lanzone 18, quarto piano - sopra l’aula G052).

3 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of all Faculties. 

BANGLADESH

N.B. 2 places will be allocated with priority to candidates selected for the 2024 edition of the Charity Work Programme who, for contingent reasons, did not participate in the programme.

3 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculties of Medicine and Surgery (limited to degree courses in neuro and psychomotricity therapy of the age of development, logopaedics and occupational therapy), Psychology and Education Sciences.

BOLIVIA

3 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculty of Medicine.

CAMERUN, Ngaoundal 

2 places available

Destination open to female students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures or the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences.

INDIA, Bangalore 

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, with priority given to students and graduates of the Physical Education course. 

IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculties of Political and Social Sciences, Education Sciences, Psychology, Linguistics and Foreign Literature.

CREMONA

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculties of Political and Social Sciences, Education Sciences, Psychology.

ROMA

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculties of Education, Literature and Philosophy, Psychology, Political and Social Sciences.

KENYA

N.B. 2 places will be allocated with priority to candidates selected for the 2024 edition of the Charity Work Programme who, for contingent reasons, did not participate in the programme.

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Language Sciences and Foreign Literature. Priority will be given to female students for logistical reasons. Hospitality is guaranteed by the women's college.

NEPAL POKHARA

2 places available

Open to students of the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences.

UGANDA, ALITO

2 places available

Open to students and graduates of the Faculties of Education, Economics, Economics and Law, Political and Social Sciences and Banking, Finance and Insurance.

UGANDA, MOROTO

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of all Faculties.

BRASILE ILHEUS

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of all Faculties.

BRASILE, PETRÓPOLIS

3 places available

Open to students and graduates of the Faculties of Political and Social Sciences, Economics, Economics and Law, and Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences.

India, Warangal

2 places available

Destination open to female students and graduates of all Faculties.

MADAGASCAR

2 places available

Destination open to female students and graduates of all Faculties.

Messico

2 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculty of Education.

UGANDA, BCK

3 places available

Destination open to students and graduates of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.

UGANDA, BMC