Contribution to support postgraduate studies

Let's invest in them! The grant to support post-diploma studies is intended for students enrolling in courses of study at universities, university-level institutes or higher institutes of higher education and professional training, in Italy or abroad.

This intervention is a measure by the Autonomous Province of Trento to help Trentino families meet the expenses for their children's post-diploma studies.

Families can start saving from the 1st, 2nd or 3rd year of high school or vocational training.

At the time of enrolment in university or higher vocational training courses, the savings made by families will be supplemented with a sum of money proportionate to the ISEE economic condition indicator possessed by the household and which will be disbursed taking into account specific merit requirements.

Only and exclusively the financial products indicated in the document "Financial products that can be used for accumulation" available in the "Documents" section below will be considered eligible.

The following students may apply for the grant

• who have been resident in the province of Trento for at least three years;
• who are enrolled in courses of study (three-year degree courses or single-cycle degree courses) at universities, university institutes or institutes of higher education that issue qualifications with legal value, throughout Italy and abroad, or at higher vocational training institutes
• belonging to families that have an ISEE (Indicator of the Equivalent Economic Condition) greater than €26,000 and up to €32,000 or ISEE equal to or less than €26,000 but with ISPE (Indicator of the Equivalent Assets Situation) greater than €52,000;
• not beneficiaries of a grant for the right to university study from another national or foreign institution/university.

The application for a grant must be submitted to Opera universitaria in accordance with the procedures and deadlines indicated in the call for applications, which is published annually on the organisation's website (see the 'scholarships' page, 'calls for applications' and the 'active' heading for calls that are open at the time or 'expired' to see calls for applications from previous years).

To access the grant you must

• while attending secondary school, open a savings account, a dedicated current account, a Capital Accumulation Plan or an insurance policy at any bank, postal or insurance institution (for more details on financial products see the document available in the "documents" section below)
• make periodic payments for the duration of 5, 4 or 3 continuousschoolyears
• save a total capital of min. € 3,000 and max. € 6,000 (i.e. starting from 1st class or 2nd class or 3rd class) as follows
  • 5 years (upper secondary school students / vocational training) - annual payment min. euro 600 - max. euro 1,200
  • 4 years (upper 2nd grade students/professional training) - annual payment min. euro 750 - max. euro 1.500
  • 3 years (upper 3rd year students/professional training) - annual payment min. euro 1.000 - max. euro 2.000
• payments may be made in a single instalment or in several instalments
• payments must be made during the period 1 September - 31 August of each school year.

The application for a grant must be submitted to Opera universitaria in the year of enrolment in the post-diploma course, in accordance with the procedures set out in the notice that is approved annually by Opera universitaria di Trento, approximately by the end of October.

The fee will be paid in two or three instalments (depending on the duration of the course of study), the first in the year of enrolment, the second and third instalments in subsequent years if certain merit levels are reached.