The 25 winners of the Foundation for the Lugano faculties of USI scholarships

The awarding ceremony of the best students of each Master's programme with the CHF 4,000 scholarships made available by the Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI for the academic year 2022/23 was held on Monday, 12 December 2022 at 6:30 pm in the Multipurpose Room of the East Campus Lugano. 

Scholarships are allocated based on academic merit by an Awarding Committee composed of Albino Zgraggen, Secretary of the Foundation for the Lugano faculties of USI, and Lorenzo Cantoni, Deputy Rector and Pro-rector for Education and Student's experience at USI, according to the following criteria:

- have started the attendance of a USI Master's programme in the autumn semester of 2021/22;

- have gained by the end of the autumn 2022 exam session at least 60 ECTS expected in the first year of study. The maximum number of credits possible is considered if less than 60 credits are required in the first-year curriculum. The credits must be acquired entirely in a USI Master's programme and include credits from all required courses;

- have obtained the best average grade in their class, corresponding to at least 9/10. To calculate the average grade, the Committee will consider the best 60 ECTS earned during the USI Master's programme.

- attend the award ceremony. Absence is allowed only for justified reasons.

For the academic year 2022/23, the Foundation has awarded 25 scholarships for a total value of 80'000 CHF.

Below are the names of the students to whom the award went, broken down by course of study:

Master in Finance          

• ex aequo
  • Jenson Kakkanattu
  • Denis Bandzak

Master in Management

• Domenico Paolillo

Master in International Tourism              

• Alessandra Pozzan

Master in Media Management 

• Tatiana Chervyakova

Master in Corporate Communication    

• Sebastiano Archetti

Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy         

• Lorenzo Settin

Master in Communication, Management & Health         

• Grace Ronan

Master in Digital Fashion Communication           

• Margherita Garbin

Master in European Studies in Investor Relations and Financial Communication

• ex aequo
  • Elena Baldassi
  • Chiara Roncallo

Master's degree in Italian language, literature and civilisation   

• ex aequo
  • Isabella Cornaggia
  • Francesca Rossetti

Master in Philosophy   

• ex aequo
  • Alberto Carrascon
  • Charlotte Erika Zito

Master in Artificial Intelligence

• Aurora Spagnol

Master in Computational Science           

• Pratyai Mazumder

Master in Management and Informatics              

• Catalina Aliste

Master in Software and Data Engineering

• Joseph Romeo

Master of Medicine       

• Dominik Escher

Master in Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication          

• Michela Pelosin

Master in Architecture

• Best GPA
  • Alessia Barbera
• Second best GPA - ex aequo
  • Annalisa Massari
  • Alice Brocato

Master in History and Theory of Art and Architecture

• Elisa Malnati

No student meets the requirements regarding the other Master's degrees.