Scholarships for student financial aid

Ranking lists of the the regional scholarships a.y. 2023/2024

In the Financial aid and tuition fees section of your Personal Area the ranking list for students enrolled in the first year of master's degree eligible to the call for the regional scholarship a.y. 2023/2024 and who have been awarded the scholarship has been published on 13 February 2024.

Further allocation of regional scholarships for a.y. 2023/2024

With reference to what has been approved by the Board of Directors of the University during the meeting of 2 February 2024, we inform all students that on March 2024 we will allocate more scholarships for a.y. 2023/2024 to students who have been listed as eligible but not winners; the due amount will be paid by 5 April 2024.

The lists of students who will be awarded the scholarships will be released in the personal area, section "Financial Aid and tuition fees", after identifying all students who will be affected by this measure. 

Scholarships for Student Financial Aid a.y. 2023/2024

The University, on behalf of the Veneto Region, manages the assignment of the scholarship every year. Pursuant to the National Plan of Recovery and Resilience (NRRP), additional funds have been allocated for the academic year 2023/2024.
Regional scholarships consist of a certain amount of money and some services (accommodation and canteen services managed by ESU Venezia) aiming to help students with their living costs.

Please check your income requirements  (economic condition - ISEE. lower than EUR 26.306,25 and an asset situation - ISPE lower than EUR 40.031,27) and merit requirements before applying for the regional scholarship.

The scholarship amount varies depending on the student’s status: 

Contacts and Reservations

You are a non-resident/off-site student if you live in a municipality over 80 km from the campus, or if it takes you over 80 minutes to reach the campus. If you are non-resident student you may be granted a scholarship whose amount is defined according to the provisions of art. 6 of the regional call, and to a free daily meal in the university refectories.

How to confirm your off-site student status?
You must fill in the online form in your reserved area, section: "Right to study and fees"> "Upload rental contract for off-site" from 28 August 2023 to 30 October 2023. If you are enrolling in the first year, you will be able to fill in the online form only after you complete the enrolment procedure and after receiving your matriculation number.
For a.y. 2023/2024 the duration of the legally compliant paid rental contract in a public or a private accommodation, valid for the confirmation of the off-site student status, must be at least 10 months (between September 2023 and September 2024).

The student who does not use the residential facilities of the ESU of Venice or uses them for only one part of the year, must:

  • fill in the online form "Upload rental contract for off-site", in the period from 28 August 2023 as of 30 October 2023
  • attach the .pdf file of the legally compliant paid rental contract with a duration of at least 10 months or valid for the months remaining to the completion of the required 10 months, included in the period between September 2023 and September 2024 and the receipt of the registration of the rental contract to the National revenue Agency.

Students who have accommodation at one of the ESU residential facilities must indicate the name of the accommodation structure in the online form.

Exclusively for students enrolled for the first time for the academic year 2023/2024 in a Bachelor’s degree programme with non-EU citizenship and students enrolled for the first time in a Master’s Degree programme at the University, the deadline for filling in the aforementioned online form is set for 30 November 2023.

Only if students participate for the academic year 2023/2024 in a study programme abroad promoted by the University and lodge during the academic year in two different residences, accumulating the periods for the purpose of achieving the 10 months, they must:

  • fill out the online form "Upload rental contract for off-site" in the period from 28 August 2022 to 30 October 2023 (or 30 November for those enrolled in a Master's Degree programme) and attach the .pdf file of the first of the two contracts for consideration, abroad if he/she participates in a study program abroad in the first semester, or of the municipality classified on-site
  • send by email to dirittoallostudio@unive.it the .pdf file of the second of the two contracts for consideration, abroad in case he/she participates in the study programme abroad in the second semester, or of the municipality classified on-site, by 30 April 2024

The two contracts presented must have immediate continuity between them. 

The online form “Upload contratto di locazione per fuori sede” cannot be submitted more than once.

Students who participate in an internship in Italy must submit a rental contract sited in a municipality defined as on site with relation to their campus and not to the location of their internship. 

Students requesting the benefit must necessarily be signers or co-signer of the rental contract and they must have the payment receipts in their name.

Failure to comply with the indications given in this paragraph will lead to the downgrading of the status from off-site to commuter. 

If you benefit from a place in ESU accommodation, we remind you that €1,700.00 will be deducted from the amount of the scholarship or grant, corresponding to the standard rate due for the accommodation service. 

If you are a non-EU student you will automatically be considered as a non-resident student, regardless of the distance from your home to the campus, unless your family is resident in Italy; in any case, in order to acquire non-resident status you will need to be living in paid accommodation in the campus municipality or in one of the municipalities classified as “on site municipalities”, for a period of at least 10 months during the academic year 2023/2024.

You are a commuter student if you live in a municipality located between 40 and 80 km from the campus, or if it takes you between 40 and 80 minutes to reach the campus or if you are student living over 80 km from campus or taking over 80 minutes to reach it but you are not living in accommodation located in the municipality where you study with a legally compliant paid rental contract. 

You may be considered a commuter student even if you reside in the municipality where the course you are attending is held, depending on the particular distances or travel times of public transport. 

If you are a commuting student you may be granted a scholarship whose amount is defined according to the provisions of art. 6 of the regional call, and to a free daily meal in the university refectories.

You are an on site student if you reside in the municipality where you study. If you are a resident student, you may be granted a scholarship whose amount is defined according to the provisions of art. 6 of the regional call.

You are a financially independent student if you have been residing outside of your family home for at least two years before the issuance of the Single Substitute Declaration (DSU) in a house that does not belong to a member of your household. Moreover, you must have declared fiscal income as employees or similar incomes not lower than EUR 9,000.00, for at least two years before the issuance of the DSU. These students are considered "non residents" regardless of the distance of their residence in Italy with relation to the administrative headquarters of their course of study.

To identify your status you can consult the list of municipalities divided by distance and travel time to the Ca’ Foscari campuses in Venice, Mestre and Treviso.

Criteria for the Definition of Routes, Distances and Travel Times

The arrival points are the Ca’ Foscari main campuses and outlying campuses.
For the sake of simplicity, the departure points correspond more or less to the town halls  in the various municipalities, followed by the centre of the various hamlets, neighborhoods (in the case of cities) and the place of domicile of students.

Calculations are based on the assumption that public transportation is used and that the train is the fastest and cheapest method of travel: in the case of places without a train station a combination of bus (average travel times) and rail was used to calculate distances and travel times (bus to the nearest train station followed by train).
If you are a student in Venice, travel times are calculated on the basis of public water-bus lines.

Distances from University Campuses

Distance from University Campus

The distance is calculated along the road axis / rail axis to establish which towns of residence are between 40 and 80 km in relation to:

  • Piazzale Roma/ Venice Santa Lucia station as for the university campuses inside Venice;
  • the closest bus stop/railway station as for the university campuses outside Venice (Mestre - via Torino, Roncade, Treviso).

Road and rail axes are combined in calculating distances to towns that do not have a train station.

This calculation does not take into account the distance covered between the above mentioned road or railway arrival point and the various university campuses.

Travel Times

Rail travel times are calculated on the basis of rail timetables, using the morning and evening times of interregional and regional trains (not Intercity or EuroStar trains); in the case of connections between different rail routes, calculations were based on the average waiting time for the next train (the waiting times are minimal during the time slots considered).

Urban road travel times are based on an average speed of 20 km/h given that travel mainly takes place during the rush hours.

This calculation does not take into account the travel time between the above mentioned road or railway arrival point and the various university campuses.

Pay attention: Students who have been granted the scholarship and who participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme will have the entire amount of the share of the scholarship intended for the canteen service withheld from the scholarship. Students can request ESU Venice a partial reimbursement of that share at the end of their mobility programme.

Who can apply for a Scholarship

You can apply for a scholarship if you are a student:

  • enrolled for the first time in Bachelor's degree programmes;
  • enrolled for the first time in Master's degree programmes;
  • enrolled in subsequent years of a Bachelor's degree programme;
  • enrolled in subsequent years of a Master's degree programme;
  • enrolled in a PhD programme for the first time;
  • enrolled in subsequent years of a PhD programme.

Remember that scholarships are awarded for the first time that you complete each of the levels of a study programme.

If you are enrolled in inter-university study programmes you will be required to submit your scholarship request to the university that is the administrative office for your study programme and to which you pay your university fees.

If you are a part-time student you are entitled to request and obtain a scholarship using the same procedures and deadlines as other students enrolled in first- and second-cycle degree courses: the requirements for requesting scholarships and scholarships amounts are proportionally reduced.

Remember that scholarships are awarded for 7 years to part-time students enrolled in first-cycle degree programmes and for 5 years to part-time students enrolled in second-cycle degree programmes .

N.B. If you matriculated in a study programme with “full-time” status and opted for “part-time” status during the course of your university career, in calculating the number of years and merit requirements, each academic year attended with “full-time” status will count as two “part-time” years.

Income Requirements

To participate in the award of scholarships you must have an economic condition (ISEE) of less than EUR 26.306,25 and an asset situation (ISPE) of less than EUR 40.031,27. These conditions are defined on the basis of your ISEE (Equivalent Economic Status Indicator).

Merit Requirements

If you matriculated for the first time in the first year of your first- or second-cycle degree programme, your scholarship will be assigned to you on the basis of income only.  However, in order to comply with scholarship requirements, you will need to obtain 20 credits during the first year of your study programme. If you have not obtained at least 20 credits by 10 August 2024 you will not receive the second installment of your scholarship; if you have not obtained those 20 credits even by the 30 November 2024, you will be required to pay back the first instalment of your scholarship and pay the university fees from which you were originally exempted and you will be required to settle the bills owed to ESU Venezia, where applicable.

If you are enrolled in subsequent years of a first- or second-cycle degree programme, you will be assessed on the basis of a merit indicator calculated according to your mean grade and the number of credits you have obtained by 10 August 2023. The mean benchmark grade is the mean grade obtained by a hypothetical student taking the same exams as you during the same academic years.
If you fail to obtain the necessary credits to be eligible for a scholarship, you can opt to use your bonus only if you meet the condition to apply for it; the bonus changes its value – in terms of credits – depending on the year in which you use it and can be used on a once-only basis. Only the credits necessary to meet merit requirements are used, and the remaining credits can be used in subsequent years. For example, if you ask for a bonus to meet scholarship requirements for your second academic year and you only use 3 ECTS out of a total of 5 ECTS available for the second academic year, you will only be able to use the remaining 2 ECTS in subsequent years.
Please note that, starting from students enrolled for the first time in a master's degree in a.y. 2023/2024, master's degree students can apply for the bonus only if they have obtained a bachelor's degree in Italy.

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Pay attention: The calculation of merit requirements of students enrolled in first- or second-cycle degree programmes, the following ECTS are not taken into account:

  • recognised from previous university careers ending in graduation or following withdrawal/forfeiture or other activities carried out prior to enrolment for which a credit exemption was obtained;
  • deriving from single courses followed prior to enrollment to the Bachelor's/Master/s degree programme;
  • deriving from partial exams.

Enrolment in another study programme following withdrawal from your studies is considered a first enrolment and previous years of enrolment will not be taken into consideration (from the date of your matriculation), provided you did not receive a scholarship during your previous enrolment.

How to request a Scholarship

In order to be eligible for the scholarship, all students, regardless of whether they are already registered at the University or who wish to enrol in bachelor’s degree programmes, master's degree programmes and PhD programmes, must:

  • submit the scholarship application - indicating the status with which they intend to participate - by completing and submitting, the "Benefit Request" online available in the reserved area of the University’s website. In the section ‘Right to education and fees’> ‘Application for financial aid’, or at the dedicated link esse3.unive.it/auth/Autocertificazioni/Autocertificazione.do for those who have not yet enrolled. By submitting the Application for Financial Aid, they also give the University the right to receive from INPS all the information contained in your ISEE certification.
    The non-deferrable deadline for submitting the Scholarship Application is set to 02 October 2023 at 12:30 pm.
  • request I.S.E.E. 2023 certificate valid for “financial aid for the right to university education” (without omissions/non conformities)- by presenting the DSU to INPS - or I.S.E.E. 2023 Equivalent, in the name of the student applying for the benefit, which must display their tax code, by the deadline shown in the table below (the date of presentation of the DSU shall be taken as proof).
Kind of student deadline
enrolled for the first time on a degree course, with Italian or EU citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled in subsequent years of a degree courses, without distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled in subsequent years of Master's degree course, without distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled on a PhD course, without distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled for the first time on a degree course, with non-EU citizenship 30/11/2023 23:59
enrolled for the first time on Master's degree courses, without distinction of citizenship 30/11/2023 23:59
  • enroll in the academic year 2023/2024 by paying the first installment of the fees and contributions by the deadline shown in the table below:
Kind of student deadline
enrolled for the first time on a degree course, with no distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled in subsequent years of a degree course, with no distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled in subsequent years of Master's degree course, with no distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled on a PhD course, with no distinction of citizenship 02/10/2023 23:59
enrolled for the first time on Master's degree courses, without distinction of citizenship 19/12/2023 23:59

The amount of the first instalment of fees and contributions for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students is equal to:

  • EUR 500.00: the amount includes the regional tax for the right to study; if you enroll for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023  you will be also invoiced a EUR 16 stamp duty (except as provided for the Bachelor’s degree programme in "Digital Management", "Hospitality Innovation and e-Tourism" and the Master's degree programme in "Crossing the Mediterranean: towards Investment and Integration - MIM")
  • EUR 184.00, if you register for subsequent years (except for students who register for additional years in a.y. 2023/2024) and you have been listed as Eligible for the scholarship in a.y. 2022/2023, on condition that you meet all the requirements established by this call and upon submission of the benefit request form.  

Students enrolled in PhD programmes are subject to a EUR 184,00 fee: if you enroll for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023 you will be charged a EUR 16,00 stamp duty; if you register for the second or third year of PhD programmes and you have been listed as Eligible for the scholarship for a.y. 2022/2023 the due amount will be EUR 184,00, on condition that you meet all the requirements established by this call and upon submission of the benefit request form.

If you do not meet the requirements or if you do not submit the application for scholarship or if you are excluded from the scholarship rankings, you must contact the Financial Aid Office in advance to have the due amount of fees recalculated; otherwise the amount you have not paid when you registered for a.y. 2023/2024 (first and second instalment) will be added to any third installment due and you will be required to settle it in a one-time payment.

Failure to carry out even a single one of the above steps will lead to your exclusion from the call for applications for scholarships.

No additional documents or requests for amendments will be accepted after closure of the call.

You can also check the progress of the aforementioned operations by logging in to your Reserved Area in the section ‘Right to education and fees’> ‘Summary financial aid application’.

Successful and eligible applicants

Scholarships will be awarded in order of ranking and depending on the financial resources available for the academic year 2023/2024. Shortlisted students who do not receive a scholarship are defined as eligible and are entitled to:

  • Total exemption from payment of tuition fees (with the exception of successful and eligible applicants enrolled for an additional semester with respect to the normal duration of study programmes, who will obtain total exemption from the regional tax and a fifty per cent reduction of tuition fees)
  • Daily meal in the university refectories according to the rules established by ESU Venezia (ex. students enrolled in the first year of a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme are entitled to a discount on the refectory service).

Payments

Scholarships will be paid in two semi-annual instalments on the CartaConto Card.

Please note: the amounts will be necessarily credited to your CartaConto: you must activate it as soon as possible, following the instructions on the webpage or at one of the University’s partner banks.
If you do not activate the card you will not receive the due amounts by the date indicated on the scholarship call and you will have to wait for the next payment issuance.

Disbursement of the first instalment will be made to all the students listed as Winners by 31 December 2023 (or by 28 February 2024 for students enrolled in the first year of Master's degree programmes).
Disbursement of the second instalment will take place by 30 June 2024 (or by 30 September 2024 for students enrolled in the first year of a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme, provided they have obtained 20 credits by 10 August 2024).

Revocation

The revocation of your scholarship means that you are required to give back the amount of your scholarship and the amount corresponding to the value of refectory and/or accommodation services provided by the Venice ESU used during the year. Students whose scholarship or eligibility status has been revoked must also pay the share of tuition fees established by the administrative provisions of the University. 

Scholarship and eligibility will be revoked in the following cases:

  • If you enrolled for the first time in a first- or second-cycle degree programme and failed to obtain the minimum number of 20 CFU by 30 November 2024
  • If you transfer to another University during academic year 2023/2024
  • If you withdraw from your study programme during a.y. 2023/2024
  • If you graduate in the extraordinary session of a.y. 2022/2023. In this case you will have to give back the scholarship received for a.y. 2023/2024 before you can obtain the title.

Students who want information on the revocation of scholarship related to the above-mentioned reasons and on their eligibility to a scholarship should contact the Financial Aid Office, which will assess their fiscal status and provide the exact amounts and/or taxes to be returned. Said amounts can be returned through the PagoPA system within 30 days from the revocation communication. 

Please note: The academic career will be suspended until all said amounts are returned. More specifically, students who want to withdraw from their studies, or intend to move to another University should contact the Financial Aid Unit at least 20 days before submitting the documents related to the Student Administration Unit.

We also remind you that if you do not pay one or more invoices related to a.y. 2022/2023 tuition fees (instalments and/or penalty fees) by 30 September 2023, you will not be able to: 

  • enroll in your next academic year;
  • carry out any career steps (ex. change your course of study, transfer to another University, etc.);
  • take exams and have all your academic activities recognized, internships included;
  • participate in mobility programs and other educational activities organized by the University;
  • use Moodle;
  • use the University Library Services

Scholarships for financial aid in 10 steps: ten answers to ten questions.

Refer to articles 7 and 8 of the call for applications.

There are two requirements and you must be in possession of both:

  • Income: The ISEE 2023 (Indicatore Situazione Economica Equivalente; Equivalent Economic Status Indicator) in order to access financial aid, the total income of the household must be lower than EUR 26.306,25 and the ISPE (Indicatore Situazione Patrimoniale Equivalente; Equivalent Assets Status Indicator) of the household must be lower than EUR 40.031,27.
  • Merit: for those enrolled in subsequent years, the requisite in terms of credits obtained varies according to the year of enrollment and the level of the course studied (first or second-cycle degree). For those enrolled for the first time in 2023/2024, the requirement for application is based on the income value but, in order to maintain the scholarship, students must get a minimum number of credits.

Refer to article 3, section 1 in the call for applications.

You can apply for the regional scholarship if you meet the following condition for a.y. 2023/2024:

  • enrolled for the first time in a Bachelor's degree programme;
  • enrolled for subsequent years in a Bachelor's degree programme;
  • enrolled for the first time in a Master's degree programme;
  • enrolled for subsequent years in a Master's degree programme;
  • enrolled for the first time in a PhD programme;
  • enrolled for subsequent years in a PhD programme.

Please Note! If you have previously attended another University (and you have transfer,d withdrawn, or changed faculty) you must read art. 3 very carefully in order to understand the year of your first enrollment and how your previously acquired credits and academic years are counted for the purposes of the scholarship application.

Refer to article 4, section 2 in the call for applications.
You must have completed the following steps:

  • 2 October 2023 (non-deferrable deadline):

    • submit the Benefit Application form - indicating the status you want to apply for the scholarship (ex. non resident) -  after filling in the "Benefit Application" online form available in the reserved area of the University’s website. 
    • request an I.S.E.E. 2023 which applies for the benefits for the right to education for the applicant in question. Foreign or Italian students residing abroad will have to receive an equalized I.S.E.E.
    • enroll in the 2023/2024 academic year by paying the first installment of fees.

    Only the students enrolled in the first year of master's degree programmes and students transferred from other universities can enroll by 19 December 2023 at 11:59 pm.

Notice: students enrolled for the first time in Bachelor's degree programmes, with non-EU citizenship, student enrolled  for  the  first  time  in  Master's  degree programmes, with no distinction of citizenship have to request ISEE 2023 certificate or ISEE equivalent by 30 November 2023.


Please refer to article 5, section 1 in the call for applications and the tables released on the website in the section Requirements.

You can apply for the scholarship with one of the following status:

  • on-site student (in sede): if you reside in the municipality or surrounding area of the campus where you attend your study programme;
  • Commuter student (pendolare): if you take accommodation in a municipality sited between 40-80 km from your campus;
  • non resident student (fuori sede): if you take accommodation in a municipality sited over 80 km from your campus. In this case, regardless of the type of accommodation, you must fill in the online form in your reserved area in the "Right to study and fees"> "Upload rental contract for off-site" from 28 August 2023 to 30 October 2023. If you do not use the residential facilities of the ESU of Venice or uses them for only one part of the year, when you fill out the online form "Upload rental contract for off-site", in the period from 28 August 2023 to 30 October 2023, you must attach the .pdf copy of the legally compliant paid rental contract with the duration of at least 10 months or the remaining months to complete the required 10 months in case the contract is the first of two rental contracts whose overall duration is 10 months (included in the period between September 2023 and September 2024).

Exclusively for students registered for the first time for the a.y. 2023/2024 in a master’s degree programme at the University, the deadline for completing the aforementioned online form and attaching the existing rental contract is set for 30 November 2023.

Please refer to article 6 of the call for applications.

If you are eligible for the scholarship (you must have met all the requirements and deadlines) you are entitled to:

  • a discounted daily meal at ESU canteens;
  • exemption from a.y. 2023/2024 tuition fees;

If you are a winner of the scholarship, you will also receive a monetary amount calculated according to your status.

Please refer to article 9, section 1 of the call for applications.

  • ISEE if you are enrolled for the first time, the shortlist will be based on the ISEE (economic status) in ascending order.
  • Merit for those enrolled in subsequent years, merit is assessed based on the number of credits obtained with eventual use of the bonus and the average grade of the student by 10 August 2023. If you are registered in subsequent years, merit is combined with the ISEE.

Please refer to article 9 of the call for applications.

The ranking will be released by 31 October 2023 (or by 22 of December for the students enrolled for the first time in bachelor degrees programmes with non-EU citizenship or by 19 January 2024, if you are a student registered for the first time on a Master’s degree programme in the 2023/2024 academic year) on the following page: www.unive.it/financialaid > Scholarships for student financial aid.

Attention! If you find any anomalies on the rankings released by 31 October 2023, you must fill in and send the report form to the Financial Aid Unit through the University’s website by 15 November 2023 (or by 2 February 2024 if you are a student enrolled for the first time on a Master’s degree programme in the 2023/2024 academic year.)

Please refer to article 10 of the call for applications.

The scholarship will be paid in two installments:

  • the first installment will be paid by 31 December 2023 (or by 28 February 2024 for students enrolled in the first year of master's degree programmes);
  • the second installment will be paid by 30 June 2024.
    If you are enrolled for the first time in a course, the installment will be paid by 30 September 2024 only if you have obtained at least 20 credits by 10 August 2024.

The disbursement will be made on the Ca’ Foscari CartaConto exclusively. If you do not activate the card within 30 days of receipt - and at least three weeks before the release of the ranking list - you will not receive the instalment by the due date.

Please refer to article 11 of the call for applications.

Yes, in the following cases:

  • if you are enrolled for the first time in a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme and you have not obtained at least 20 credits by 30 November 2024;
  • if you transfer to another university during the 2023/2024 academic year;
  • if you withdraw from your studies during the 2023/2024 academic year;
  • if you graduate in an extraordinary session of the 2022/2023 academic year.

Please refer to articles 12,13,14 of the call for applications.

  • If you are an Italian or International student residing abroad, for the economic requirement you must certify your economic situation and assets with the correct documentation issued by the proper authorities from the country where the income has been made and it must be translated into Italian by the competent Italian diplomatic authorities. You must necessarily contact one of licensed CAF offices which have an agreement with Ca' Foscari and book an appointment by 2 October 2023 (or by the deadlines established in the call for scholarship application), in order to receive your ISEE parificato certification. The addresses and the contact numbers will be released soon.
  • If you are a student with a disability rated as 66% or more, you can apply for and receive a scholarship following the same procedures and deadlines as other students enrolled in first or second-cycle degrees. You will be required to meet specific merit requirements.
  • If you are a part time student, you can apply for and receive a scholarship following the same procedures and deadlines as other students enrolled in first or second-cycle degrees: the merit requirements and scholarship amounts are proportionally reduced.

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Last update: 27/03/2024