How to apply for the regional scholarship (DSU)

Step by step

1. Find your agency: each region (sometimes each university) has its own DSU agency – see the Scholarships page.
2. Collect family documents from your home country (previous calendar year): income of each family member, property / land ownership (or 'no property' certificate), family composition certificate.
3. Get them translated into Italian and legalised / apostilled at the Italian embassy, or as the agency's call (bando) specifies. Some agencies accept English.
4. Register on the agency portal once the call opens (usually July) and get your login (often via the university credentials or SPID once in Italy).
5. Get an 'ISEE parificato' from an authorised CAF if your agency asks for it (many CAFs work online for students abroad).
6. Fill in the online application: choose scholarship + accommodation + canteen, upload documents, submit before the deadline.
7. Check the provisional ranking (graduatoria), usually published in September–October, and accept the accommodation if offered.
8. Keep your enrolment, permit of stay and required credits (e.g. 20 CFU by 10 August for 1st year) to receive the 2nd instalment.

What you get

• Yearly grant (amount depends on region and income).
• Tuition fee waiver.
• Free or discounted canteen meals and housing in DSU residences.

Documents

• Family income and property certificates from your home country, translated and legalised (or 'ISEE parificato' through a CAF).
• Family composition certificate.
• Passport and admission letter.

Main agencies

• Lombardy: each university (e.g. PoliMi, UniMi, Pavia EDiSU)
• Veneto: ESU Padova / Venezia / Verona
• Emilia-Romagna: ER.GO
• Tuscany: DSU Toscana
• Lazio: DiSCo
• Piedmont: EDISU Piemonte
• Campania: ADISURC
• Sicily: ERSU Palermo / Catania / Messina

Official links

• DSU Toscana
• ER.GO
• DiSCo Lazio