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Fee reductions and exemptions

The University of Genoa applies partial or total exemptions from payment of the university fee, subject to verification of the eligibility requirements.

These benefits are listed and detailed below and are provided for in articles 8 and 9 of the Student contribution and university benefits regulations

Aliseo Scholarship Winners

Total exemption from university fees and regional taxes - Aliseo grant winners


If you have applied for a scholarship provided by the Ligurian Agency for Students and Orientation (ALISEO) and you are a winner, you are entitled to total exemption from paying the university fee and regional tax.
You only have to pay the university fee and regional tax. You only have to pay the stamp duty of 16 euros on the registration for the current academic year (check the expiry date).

In order to pay the first instalment (enrolment for a new academic year), in order to pay only the stamp duty, you must access the Study grant of the Regional Agency for the Right to University Studies service in the Online Services and enter the "protocol number" identifying your request, which can be found on the receipt of the application for the study grant, following the instructions on the dedicated page.

PLEASE NOTE: If you renounce your scholarship or if ALISEO withdraws your application, you will be required to integrate your student contribution (regional tax and university fee).


Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter b), and paragraph 2 of the Regulation on student contribution and university benefits.

Disability and/or invalidity exemptions

Total exemption

  • Total exemption from payment of the 2nd and third instalments of fees (university contribution) and regional tax for students with disabilities equal to or greater than66%.
  • Total exemption from payment of the 2nd and 3rd instalments of fees (university contribution) for students with disabilities, with recognition of disability pursuant to art. 3, Law 104/1992.
  • Partial exemption from payment of the 3rd instalment of fees (university contribution) for students with a disability of between 50and 65%.

For the graduation of the regional fee and/or university contribution you are required to self-certify your ISEE-U data on the page https://servizionline.unige.it/studenti/iseeu

The exemption is applied for the current academic year if the documentation certifying the disability and/or invalidity is produced by the deadline for enrolment in the chosen course of study (deadline for payment of the 1st instalment) or, if produced after that deadline, but in any case by the deadline for payment of the 3rd instalment, provided that the date on which the recognition takes effect is prior to the aforementioned enrolment deadline. Otherwise, the exemption will be applied from the following academic year.

Documents certifying disability and/or invalidity status must be uploaded on the online services Select "WEB-students" > enter your credentials > Forms > Disability Invalidity DSA > Enter your certifications.

The benefit will also automatically apply for the academic years following the year in which the certification is obtained, unless the recognition has an expiry date, as it is subject to review. It will be the student's responsibility to re-submit to the University the documentation certifying continued entitlement, which will be accepted in the same way as in the previous paragraph.


Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter c), and art. 9 of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations.

Total exemptions

Students are entitled to a full exemption if:

For the application of the following exemptions, the student's previous contribution position must be in order. The use of the total exemptions excludes the application, for the same academic year, of any other form of incentive or award/scholarship provided by the University.

Total exemption from payment of the second and third instalments of the student contribution if:

  • Students who have been granted refugee status (political asylum or international protection) in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, ratified by law no. 722 of 24 July 1954.

The request for such an exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, first name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and the document certifying political asylum or international protection status (e.g. residence permit) must be attached.

N.B. Please pay attention to the validity of the residence permit: if the document has expired, a new submission will be required with the updated document attached.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter f), of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations.

  • Students who have obtained Italian Government scholarships for foreign students under development cooperation programmes and intergovernmental cultural and scientific agreements

The request for such an exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and an identity document and a document certifying that the student has been awarded the aforementioned grant must be attached.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter d), of the Regulation on student contributions and university benefits.

  • Students interrupting their studies due to serious illness, limited to the period of the illness

The request for this exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and an identity document and a document certifying the condition of the infirmity must be attached.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter e), of the Regulation on student contributions and university benefits.

  • Students detained at the Genoa Penitentiary Homes referred to in the Agreement signed on 6/4/2016 with the Regional Penitentiary Administration Board for Piedmont, Liguria and Valle D'Aosta.

The agreement was signed on 6/4/2016 with the Regional Penitentiary Administration Board for Piedmont, Liguria and Valle D'Aosta.

Students will have to pay the regional tax, except for any financial contribution from private bodies or institutions. Total exemption will apply for instalments of the university fee due after the date of commencement. Students are also exempt from paying the stamp duty, the costs of which are borne by the University.

The exemption is applied from the date of commencement of detention. The exemption is applied ex officio.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter g), of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations.

  • Students over 65 years of age who intend to enrol for the first time, with full-time enrolment mode, in 1st or 2nd level study courses (old or new system), or to resume their studies with reconnaissance and/or recognition of their previous career, with full-time enrolment, even beyond the normal duration of the course or repeating it.
  • These students are also enrolled in a course of study for the first time, with full-time enrolment mode.

The exemption is applied for the first year of enrolment or resumption of studies and may also be confirmed for enrolment years following the first. However, the student remains responsible for paying the first instalment of the student contribution for each year of enrolment. In the event of a request to resume studies, the student will have to pay the "reconnaissance contribution".

The waiver is applied from the first year of enrolment. The exemption is applied ex officio in the case of new enrolment, while it must be requested by email to tasse.benefici@unige.it in the case of reconnaissance.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter h), of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations.

  • Students who have lost their jobs as a result of collective or individual dismissal for justified objective reasons (economic reasons) or who have received notice of dismissal (collective dismissal or individual dismissal for justified objective reasons) and who fall, at the time of enrolment in one of the University's study courses, within the notion of unemployed persons pursuant to art.

The request for this exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and must be accompanied by an identity document, a document certifying unemployed status (C2 history issued by the employment centre), the declaration of immediate availability (DID) and the letter of dismissal with justification.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter i), of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations.

  • Students who are recipients of extraordinary wage supplementation or solidarity contracts

The request for such an exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and an identity document and a document certifying that they are in receipt of extraordinary wage supplementation or a solidarity contract must be attached.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter j), of the Regulation on student contributions and university benefits.

  • Student children of recipients of disability pensions

The request for this exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and an identity document and a document certifying that the disability pension has been received must be attached.

Art. 8, paragraph 1, letter k of the Regulation on student contributions and university benefits.

    • Students/Student victims of terrorism, organised crime and duty, as well as their survivors

    The request for this exemption must be sent each academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must include personal details (surname, name, etc.) and student registration number, and must be accompanied by an identity document and a document certifying that the student is a victim of terrorism, organised crime and duty, or a survivor.

    The request must be sent to the following address

    Partial exemptions

    Students are entitled to partial exemption if:

    Partial exemptions are cumulative, up to the amount of the University Contribution due. Depending on the type of exemption, they may be applied to the second or third instalment, respectively the first and second instalments of the University Contribution.

    • Students from developing countries

    Exemption of the third instalment of the student contribution if you are from one of the developing countries, identified, for the academic year 2024/25, by the Ministerial Decree of 13 February 2024 and if you reside in Italy with a regular residence permit for study purposes.

    The exemption is applied ex officio.

    Art. 9, paragraph 1, of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations

    • Students ranked in the first three places in university-recognised rankings

    Exemption of the third instalment of the student contribution for students ranked in the first three places in classifications of competitions, projects and competitions at a national or international level, recognised by UNIGE.

    The request for this exemption must be sent every academic year to tasse.benefici@unige.it: the email must specify personal details (surname, name, etc.) and the student's matriculation number, and an identity document and a document certifying the position in the rankings must be attached.

    Art. 9, paragraph 1, of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations

    • Student athletes - 'UniGe for Champions'
    • programme

    Exemption of the third instalment of the student contribution for students who, as top-level athletes, are part of the "UniGE for Sport" programme for the enhancement of sporting merit.
    For details on how to apply for the exemption, please refer to the call published for the 2024/2025 academic year on the following information page https://unige.it/servizi/sport , remembering that the deadline for participation is 31 October 2024.

    Art. 9, paragraph 1, of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations

    • Students over the normal term/out-of-course, owing as at 31 March only the final examination or degree

    50% waiver of the third instalment of the student contribution for students enrolled beyond the normal duration/out of course who owe as at 31 March of the academic year of enrolment only the final examination or degree.

    The exemption is applied ex officio.

    Art. 9, paragraph 1 of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations

    • Membership of two or more students/students in the same household

    The 30% exemption on the third instalment of the student contribution may be requested by students belonging to the same family unit (meaning the nuclear family: spouses, parents, children, subjects united by civil union or cohabitation pursuant to law 76/2016), enrolled, within the normal duration of the course, in the same academic year, on degree courses, single-cycle degree courses, specialist/master's degree courses at the University of Genoa.

    The membership of the same household is ascertained by means of ISEE statement for the University (ISEE-U) or by means of ISEE-U-Parified.

    N.B.No other tax documentation is allowed.

    The exemption is granted on the basis of a specific request to be presented, for each academic year, by all interested students, within the prescribed deadline, by individually completing the "online self-certification form" available at the dedicated webpage.

    For the 2024/2025 academic year, the aforementioned application service is active from 1 October 2024 to 20 April 2025.

    The waiver is granted subject to verification by the administration:

    • of regular enrolment within the duration of the course, for the academic year in question, by all applicants. In the event that this requirement is not met by all the students in the household, the exemption will be applied only to those students who meet the requirement
    • belonging to the same household, as ascertained by means of an ISEE-U certificate.
    • .

    N.B.The renunciation of studies for the current academic year entails the loss of the right to use the benefit, unless at least two students belonging to the same household are still enrolled. Similarly, the renunciation by a member of the household made after the regular payment of all the instalments of the student contribution for the current academic year will not result in the loss of the benefit for the student still enrolled.

    Art. 9, paragraph 1, of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulations

    • Student/Student caregivers

    The 30% exemption on the 3rd instalment of the student contribution may be requested by students meeting income requirements who are FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND/OR NATURAL CAREGIVERS.

    Consult the conditions for use (currently being updated).

    Art. 9, paragraph 1, of the Student Contribution and University Benefits Regulation

    • Students/Student employees of the Public Administration (PA Project 110 e Lode)

    The university contribution (2nd and 3rd instalment) is reduced by a percentage equal to 30% with a guaranteed minimum reduction of € 330, if the percentage calculation is lower, subject to verification of merit requirements for students with income and merit requirements serving in the Public Administration.

    Consult the modalities of use (in the process of being updated).