IAAC Scholarship Competition

The IAAC Scholarship Competition offers a limited number of scholarships for individuals whose project proposals address global challenges in architecture, design, urbanism, and technology. Future IAAC students are invited to submit project proposals to the Institute’s Scholarship Competition, which seeks to provide solutions to pressing global challenges.

Coverage

Partial tuition fee waivers ranging between 20, 30 & 50% discount on the total ammount of the tuition fees.

Eligibility Criteria:

Open to applicants of IAAC’s on-campus & online programmes, excluding Fab Academy.
Applicants must meet the minimum admission criteria established by IAAC
Applicants must have submitted a programme application to be considered the scholarship.

Application Period

Competition opens: 20th of January, 2026
Submission deadline: 2st of March, 2026

Application Process

Interested applicants must follow these steps:

1) First Step:

Complete an application to an eligible programme via the
IAAC Application Portal. The application must include the documentation outlined below and an application fee of 50€.

Application Documentation Required:

Letter of intent in English
Portfolio of work
Curriculum Vitae or Resume
Two (2) letters of recommendation in English
Copy of bachelor’s diploma or certificate of imminent graduation
Valid passport or EU ID

2) Second Step:

Submit a proposal, design strategy, solution, or system based on a project brief assigned by the academic committee of each eligible program
Submit a 30- 45-second video introducing/pitching the proposal, design strategy, or project brief. Applicants must include their name and the programme they are applying for.

Selection Criteria & Evaluation Process

Tuition waivers will be awarded by the IAAC Academic Committee based on the quality of the proposal in addition to an assessment of the applicant’s academic and professional merit evaluated by the information and documentation provided in their application.

Evaluation Process:

The IAAC Academic Committee will evaluate the proposal of the candidate, as well as other supporting documents.
Candidates with the highest evaluations will proceed to the second stage, consisting of an interview via videoconference with the academic committee.

Successful applicants will be notified of their selection for a scholarship and the amount of the scholarship in their acceptance letter.