Reduced university fees

Under certain circumstances the University tuition and fees owed may be reduced on the basis of:
- the student’s income situation;
- the student’s academic achievements (independently of income situation);
- a combination of both factors (academic achievements and income situation).

• Fees reduction based on income situation
  
• Fees reduction based on academic achievements
  
• Speed incentive
  
• Disabled students with an invalidity between 50% and 65%
  
• Excellence
• Incentive for families with more than one child enrolled at Ca' Foscari

Fees reduction based on income situation

In order to qualify for reduced university tuition and fees based on the student’s income situation, the student must meet the following conditions:

• be enrolled in the academic year 2011/2012, and have paid the first instalment of university fees by the deadline of:
  • October 14th, 2011 (or by December 21st, 2011 with the payment of EUR 50.00 for the late payment penalty surcharge) for subsequent-years enrolments;
  • October 21st, 2011 (or by December 21st, 2011 with the payment of EUR 50.00 for the late payment penalty surcharge) for first-year enrolments;

• have requested and obtained the ISEE ('Indicatore della Situazione Economica Equivalente', Indicator of the Equivalent Financial Position) certificate by October 21st, 2011 from a CAF that has a special agreement with Ca' Foscari (or by December 21st, 2011 with the payment of EUR 50.00 for the late payment penalty surcharge), unless any of the following is true:
  
  • for transfer students coming from another university, the deadline for submitting ISEE certificate for the academic year 2011/2012 is February 3rd, 2012; the first instalment of university tuition and fees is also due by February 3rd, 2012;
  • for students who submitted the graduation application form in the extraordinary session of 2010/2011 and subsequently withdrew their application, the deadline for submitting the ISEE certificate for the academic year 2011/2012 is March 30th, 2012 and the first instalment of university tuition and fees is also due by March 30th, 2012 (in this case the penalty surcharge of EUR 200.00 must also be paid).
  ISEE certificates not submitted by the deadlines mentioned above will not be taken into consideration for obtaining a reduction in university fees. In addition, these certificates are nonetheless subject to the payment of EUR 50.00 for the penalty surcharge;

• have an ISEE value that is equal to or less than EUR 39,999.99;

• not hold any other degree: not from a Degree Programme started before Ministerial Decree 509/99 (i.e. belonging to the so-called 'Vecchio Ordinamento') or from a First Cycle Degree Programme started after Ministerial Decrees 509/99 and 270/04, whether earned in Italy or abroad, or hold a diploma earned at a Conservatory/Academy of Fine Arts, or a three-year academic diploma granted according to Ministerial Decree 508/1999;

• have earned the minimum number of university credits (CFUs) listed below by December 31st, 2011. In the table below “Years” refers to the number of years the student has enrolled in the programme, starting with the year he or she first enrolled (including enrolment for the first year, for the first time, in any University, for example students who transferred to Ca’ Foscari from another university or have made an internal transfer from one Ca’ Foscari degree programme to another):
   

Year	Minimum CFUs required for full-time students	Minimum CFUs required for part-time students
1	0	0
2	25	0
3	60	12.5
4	100	25
5	150	42.5
6	no reduction	60

In quantifying academic achievements, exams that were recognised as belonging to a preceding degree programme, whether the programme was completed with the achievement of the final degree or not completed because of withdrawal or loss of student status, will NOT be considered.

University tuition and fees are divided into eight levels, based on the value established by the ISEE certificate:

EUR 313.62 must be added to the university fees identified above (EUR 190.00 for the minimum enrolment fee + EUR 109.00 for the regional tax for financial aid + EUR 14.62 for the tax stamp).

Fees reduction based on academic achievements

The university fees can also be reduced on the basis of the student’s academic achievements. The amount of university fees to be paid is determined automatically and the reduction is applied to the amount due in the second instalment. The student does not need to request the reduction.
There is only one academic achievements category and all awards made for academic achievements reduce university fees by EUR 315.00 (for part-time students EUR 204.75). The following categories of students can qualify for reduced fees based on academic achievements:

• students enrolling in their first year who obtained the mark of 98 or higher on the State exam (or 58 or higher on a 60/60 scale for students who obtained their diploma until the school year 1998/99)

• students enrolling in subsequent years of their degree programme who meet both of the following conditions:

  1. have obtained by December 31st, 2011 the pre-determined number of university credits (CFUs) shown in the table below. These credits must have been earned for courses that are part of the degree programme the student is enrolled in and subsequent to the date he or she first enrolled in it. If the student has made an internal transfer from one Ca’ Foscari degree programme to another, any credits earned in the preceding programme may be counted:

     Year	CFUs required for full-time students	CFUs required for part-time students
     2	50	25
     3	100	50
     4	150	75
     5	no reduction	100
     6	no reduction	125

  
  
  2. have achieved the established level of quality as demonstrated by their mark average (for each educational area the full range of marks will be taken into consideration in determining the students’ average; each educational area sets its own minimum standard for the level of quality necessary in order for the student to be recognised on the basis of academic achievements):
     • Economics: 27/30 or higher;
     • Humanities: 29/30 or higher;
     • Foreign Languages and Literatures: 29/30 or higher;
     • Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences: 28/30 or higher.

  In quantifying academic achievements, exams that were recognised as belonging to a preceding degree programme, whether the programme was completed with the achievement of the final degree or not completed because of withdrawal or loss of student status, will NOT be considered.

In order to qualify for reduced university fees based on academic achievements, the student must not hold any other degree: not from a Degree Programme started before Ministerial Decree 509/99 (i.e. belonging to the so-called 'Vecchio Ordinamento') or from a Degree Programme started after Ministerial Decrees 509/99 and 270/04, whether earned in Italy or abroad, nor may he or she hold a diploma earned at a Conservatory/Academy of Fine Arts, or a three-year academic diploma granted according to Ministerial Decree 508/1999.

Speed incentive

Students who have earned the established number of university credits listed in the table below by December 31st, 2011 are entitled to a reduction in university fees of EUR 100.00; this award cannot be combined with the fees reduction for academic achievements:

Disabled students with an invalidity between 50% and 65%

Those students who have handicaps where the invalidity has been recognised to be between 50% and 65% are entitled to reduced university fees, as long as the following conditions are met:

• the student submits an ISEE certifying his or her income situation is equal to or less than EUR 39,999.99;
• the student has achieved the required academic achievements necessary to obtain a reduction in university fees.

In this case the amount fees are reduced by will be equal to that applied for the income category immediately below the income category the student actually qualifies for.
Those students who have handicaps where the invalidity has been recognised to be equal to or greater than 66% are exempt from paying all university tuition and fees.

Excellence

Those students who have won qualified cultural or scientific awards or prizes that have been recognised by the Registry of Excellence (‘albo delle eccellenze’) for 2010 and 2011, or if the student has earned a mark of 100 with honours on the State exam, and if he or she is enrolling in the first year of a degree programme, he or she is entitled to a reduction of EUR 315.00 in university tuition and fees. This reduction will be applied to the second instalment of fees, as long as the student submits the appropriate form at the same time he or she enrols.

Family incentive (more than one child enrolled at Ca' Foscari)

Starting from the 2011/2012 a.y., students enrolling in the first programme year, who have at least a brother/sister already enrolled in a First or Second Cycle Degree Programme at Ca’ Foscari University, can take advantage of a flat rate fee reduction of EUR 200.00.

In order to qualify for this fee reduction, the following conditions must be met:

• the enrolled brothers/sisters must have regularly paid out university fees for the academic year in which the applicant asks for the reduction;
• both the applicant and his/her siblings must be dependent children of the same family;
• the reduction is reserved to the students who have an income situation (certified by the ISEE) equal or lower than EUR 39.999,99 and meet the minimum merit requirements according to the university contribution system in force;
• the reduction is awarded  by handing in by December 21st, 2011, to the Financial Aid Office, the paper copy of the ISEE certification issued by the CAF and a self-certification of the fact that one or more siblings, already enrolled at Ca’ Foscari, belong to the applicant’s family.

Please note that:

• such fee reduction can be added to other ones based on merit/income situation according to the university contribution system in force; students who are exempted from university fees (i.e. students who are beneficiaries of or qualified to receive a regional scholarship or students with a disability level equal to or higher than 66%) cannot take advantage of such fee reduction. In any case and all benefits applicable considered, the reduction cannot be higher than the minimum amount of the first level of university tuition and fees based on the ISEE value;
• in case more than one sibling enrol in the first programme year in the same a.y., only one of them can qualify for such fee reduction.