DSU
scholarship
Students can
apply for the scholarship provided
by the Agenzia Regionale Diritto
allo Studio Universitario – DSU is the agency for the University
Study Right of the Tuscany Regional Council (Regione Toscana).
A DSU
grant includes
- free accommodation
- free meals at the University
dining halls
- contribution to cover extra
expenses (sporting activities, books, etc.)
- exemption from University
tuition fees.
Who can
apply
Students
planning to enroll or already enrolled in a Degree program at the University of
Pisa, if they do not already have a qualification of the same level of
education.
Application
and required documents
Online
application only, via Sportello
Studente, by the call’s deadline (usually published every year in
July). The application can be submitted even if the student is not enrolled
yet. The grant is valid for only one academic year. Therefore, students have to
repeat the application each academic year.
Foreign
students (with
income abroad) who wish to access the services offered by the
DSU (Scholarship, Services Scholarship, Grant for Disabled
Students, Extraordinary Contribution, Subsidised Canteen Prices, etc.) are
requested to apply online, print the receipt available in their personal area
and send it following the instructions provided by the admission call,
attaching a document certifying the family economic status together with a copy
of a valid identity document. For further info in English, once you open
this webpage,
please click on Announcement
scholarship on the right column under the heading Bando a.a.
2021-2022.
- EU
students
Students from EU countries have to fill in a specific declaration, which can be
downloaded at the end of the online application procedure.
- Non-EU
students from developing countries
Students coming from Non-EU developing countries have to certify that they do
not belong to a high income and high-status family. This certificate must be
released by one of the following institutions:
- Italian diplomatic
representatives in the home country;
- Diplomatic representative body
(Embassy or Consulate) of the country of origin in Italy.
Please
remember that the certificate has to be legalised by the Italian Prefettura.
- Other
Non-EU students
Students are required to submit all documents, translated into Italian language
and legalized by the competent Italian diplomatic representatives of the
home country, or according to the international provisions on legalization
related to:
- family status;
- income;
- real estate;
- movable assets.
Further
information is available here.
Application
submission
The annual
call for applications for DSU scholarships is published in the month of July on
the DSU Toscana website.
For a.y. 2021/2022 the deadline for the DSU Scholarship application is 3rd September
2021.
For the
first year of application, the ranking only considers the annual family income.
For subsequent years, the list also takes into account academic merit.
Result
and final ranking
The DSU
draws up a single ranking list including both foreign and Italian students.
Provisional ranking lists are usually confirmed every year by the end of
September. Final rankings are usually approved every year by the end of November.
The results of grants allocation will be published at www.dsu.toscana.it and will
be available on the students' personal area. No personal written communication
shall be provided to applicants concerning results.
Incompatibility
DSU
grant holders can also benefit from other merit-based
grants allocated by the University of Pisa only in the first
academic year, provided that the benefit amount does not exceed € 6,000.