Il Citizen Diplomacy International, ufficio della città di Philadelphia negli USA offre una serie di opportunità speciali per i residenti delle "Città gemellate", tra cui il Comune di Firenze. Attraverso il programma Sister and Partnership Cities Scholarships è possibile accedere ai bandi relativi a borse di studio per le seguenti università:

ARCADIA UNIVERSITY
Arcadia University is a private institution that was founded in 1853. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,640, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 76 acres. Arcadia University's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities North, 42. Its tuition and fees are $40,920 (2016-17).
Arcadia University is located about 10 miles north of Philadelphia. Students at Arcadia can choose from more than 75 fields of study, including graduate programs in the fields of health and education. At Arcadia, the class sizes are small, and teaching assistants do not teach any courses. Arcadia encourages its students to explore the world and offers more than 100 study abroad programs.

Contact:
Kathleen Akyuz
Assistant Director of International Admissions
e: enroll@drexel.edu
P: +1.215.517.2372
https://www.arcadia.edu/admissions/financial-aid-scholarships/undergraduates/scholarships-grants

Scholarship Award:
$15,000

Requirements:
Annual academic, merit scholarships offered to new, full-time undergraduate students, first-year or transfer. Student must be resident of one of Philadelphia’s Sister or Partnership Cities to be eligible.


DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Drexel University is a private institution that was founded in 1891. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 14,138, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 96 acres. It utilizes a quarter-based academic calendar. Drexel University's ranking tuition and fees are $51,030 (2016-17).
Students at Drexel University can get a mix of in-class education and extensive on-the-job experience before graduation. Drexel operates a cooperative education program, sending students to more than 1,600 employers worldwide for six months at a time. Most co-ops are paid, and the average salary a Drexel student will take home is more than $16,000.

Contact:
Levi Schy
Assistant Director of Admission
e: alz26@drexel.edu 
P: +1. 215.895.1507
http://drexel.edu/drexelcentral/finaid/grants/undergraduate-scholarships/

Scholarship Award:
$2,666

Requirements:
Scholarship amount is awarded per academic quarter. Renewable for undergraduate career pending academic performance. Student must be resident of one of Philadelphia’s Sister or Partnership Cities to be eligible.


TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Temple University is a public institution that was founded in 1884. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 28,609, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 384 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Temple University's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 118. Its in-state tuition and fees are $15,688 (2016-17); out-of-state tuition and fees are $25,994 (2016-17).
Temple University is a large, urban college in Philadelphia. The school runs a variety of research centers and institutes, including the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute, the Center for Sustainable Communities and the Center for Asian Health.

Contact:
Jessica Sandberg
Director of International Admissions
e: tue86142@temple.edu
P: +1.215.204.4900
http://www.temple.edu/provost/international/resources/sistercityscholarship.html

Scholarship Award:
$10,000

Requirements:
Merit-based scholarships to international freshmen from Philadelphia's Sister Cities. Applicants must be a citizen of the country in which Sister City is located.

 
FOX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University offers its standard M.B.A. programs in various forms: full time, part time, online, international, and executive. Students in the part-time M.B.A. program attend evening classes and can choose between two tracks: self paced (up to four years), or accelerated (20 to 24 months). Its tuition is full-time: $30,375 per year (in-state); full-time: $42,579 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $1,125 per credit (in-state); part-time: $1,577 per credit (out-of-state); executive: $1,925 per credit (in-state); and executive: $1,925 per credit (out-of-state). At graduation, 76.9 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Contact:
Rebecca Geffner
Director, International and Executive Programs
e: Rebecca.Geffner@temple.edu
P: +1.215.204.4197
http://www.fox.temple.edu/

Scholarship Award:
$5000 for specialized Master's Programs
$10,000 for MBA Program

Requirements:
3 scholarships per year for residents from one of Philadelphia’s Sister Cities who have a GMAT score of 675 or higher, a GPA of 3.5 and above, and a minimum TOEFL sore of 100 or IELTS score of 6.5.


UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
University of the Arts is a private institution located in central Philadelphia founded in 1876. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,712, and the campus size is 18 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Its tuition and fees are $41,464 (2016-17).
At the University of the Arts, creativity overlaps and converges with numerous opportunities for collaboration among students. The University's almost 1,900 students and 450+ faculty members interact in a dynamic, innovative learning environment. UArts faculty members are working professionals who create an intense and interactive academic environment, and students benefit from their professors' extensive real-world experience. This synergy is a key to the University's success in helping aspiring artists, designers, performers and writers develop their creativity and find satisfying careers.

Contact:
Michael Light
Assistant VP of Enrollment Management
e: mlight@uarts.edu
P: +1.215.717.6177
http://www.uarts.edu/admissions/financial-aid-news

Scholarship Award:
50% of tuition for full-time undergraduate and graduate programs

Requirements:
Applicants must be residents of one of Philadelphia’s 11 Sister Cities at time of application for Fall 2017. Not available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.