The Italian government offers scholarships to foreign students and Italian citizens living abroad. The objective of this program is to strengthen international cooperation in the scientific, technological, cultural and artistic fields and to promote the Italian language and culture. Italian government scholarships are offered at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels. Scholarships may also be awarded for research or linguistic stays in a public or legally recognized Italian institution. In fact, there are more than 65 public universities in Italy, 27 of them are in top 500 best universities in the world. Over one million students were enrolled in a bachelor program in Italy. Master students were roughly 335 thousand. According to statista.com, in the academic year 2019/2020, there were 96 thousand foreign students in Italy.