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Italy
Checked draft. Public fees depend on family income. The visa pre-enrolment portal and the regional scholarship are separate steps. A named reviewer has not signed this off.
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Public university fee, income-based
A student whose university fee rules, and if claimed an ISEE parificato, put them in a reduced or no-tax band.
Not free for every nationality. Not a regional scholarship.
Must still be paid or proved
- The fee on that university’s current rules
- Universitaly pre-enrolment, which the ministry describes as free
Not covered
- Living costs
- A scholarship that has not been awarded
- Pre-enrol on Universitaly if you need a visa.
- Submit the university application on the university’s system.
- Lodge the visa by the date for that academic year.
- Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment procedures · checked 2026-11-13
- Universitaly — scholarships and benefits · checked 2026-11-13
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Regional right-to-study grant
A student who meets the economic and merit rules of that region’s call. International students need the ISEE parificato.
Not automatic. Not the same amount in every region. Not a visa.
Must still be paid or proved
- The call may still leave a fee or a canteen rule. Read the call.
Not covered
- Any cost the award letter does not name
- Universitaly — scholarships and benefits · checked 2026-11-13
Guide
Education system and institution types
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Universities and AFAM institutes (fine arts, music and dance) are both in the national procedure, and their calls are not interchangeable. Italy is not free for everyone.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresUniversitaly — scholarships and benefitsBachelor’s, master’s and single-cycle degrees
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The visa deadline below covers Laurea, Laurea Magistrale, first- and second-level AFAM diplomas, and single-cycle degrees. A doctorate is a separate call and is not given a fee rule here.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresWho pays tuition
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Public universities set fees. A low family income can reduce or remove them through the No Tax Area, judged on ISEE. A foreign student needs the ISEE parificato. The amount is on the university’s fee rules for that year. This page does not publish a national tuition price.
Universitaly — scholarships and benefitsTeaching language
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Qualification recognition
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The MUR procedure for these academic years includes recognition of the qualification. A Declaration of Value or a CIMEA statement is used only when that procedure, the university, or the visa file asks for it. It is not added to every Indian file by default.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresSubject prerequisites
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Language and entrance tests
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Interviews and portfolios
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Intakes and visa windows
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For academic year 2026/2027, visa applications at the competent diplomatic mission must be lodged by 30 November 2026. For 2027/2028 the date on the same page is 31 October 2027. A university can set an earlier date. A later year’s date is not yet published until this page, or its successor, prints it.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresWhere the application is submitted
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Pre-enrolment for a visa is only through Universitaly, the free official portal of the Ministry of University and Research. The university application is a second step, on the university’s own system. Neither is submitted by saving a Global Unidesk form.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresTranslations and legalisation
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Application fees
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Universitaly pre-enrolment is described as free. A university may still charge an application or enrolment fee. That figure is not copied here from another country.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresRegional funding and renewal
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Regions and institutions publish their own calls. Eligibility is economic and academic. International students use the ISEE parificato, obtained through a CAAF. The call names the income year, the ranking and the renewal rules. Until that call is stored, coverage is not stated as a number, and it is not deducted from the budget.
Universitaly — scholarships and benefitsProof of funds for the Italian visa
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Visa
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The visa is requested at the diplomatic or consular mission that covers the applicant, after Universitaly pre-enrolment. The mission decides. No processing time is promised.
Universitaly — entry, stay and enrolment proceduresInsurance and housing
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Arrival, codice fiscale and residence permit
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Renewal and graduation
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Common mistakes
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Treating a regional scholarship as automatic. Using an ordinary ISEE instead of the parificato. Missing the visa lodging date because the university form was still open. Assuming tuition is zero because a German public university was.
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