Study grant

Every year, the Autonomous Province of Bolzano provides scholarships for students attending university institutions in Italy and abroad.

Every autumn students can apply for scholarships. The application is made for the academic year just started, i.e. in autumn 2023 for the academic year 2023/24. The scholarship cannot be applied for retroactively. The application must be renewed each year. The scholarship award criteria may also be changed each year.

(Future) students must meet both formal (e.g. high school leaving diploma) and financial requirements in order to qualify for the scholarship. Students enrolled one year after the first year must also have achieved a certain academic merit.

 Consulting and help with compilation

Information on the study grant can be obtained at any time by emailing to bz@asus.sh, by calling 0471 974614, by calling/messaging WhatsApp on +393663413979 or by contacting us personally. Our office is located in Kapuzinergasse/Via Cappuccini 2A, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano and is open from Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. You can also schedule an appointment via Zoom.

STUDY GRANT: STEP BY STEP

Step 1: Which members of your family need to complete an EEVE/DURP

Every member of the applicant’s nuclear family will have to complete an EEVE/DURP to calculate the FWL/VSE (economic situation factor). For this purpose, the family situation at the time the FWL is issued is considered.

Basically, the nuclear family is every relative living together with the applicant:

• Parents or partners of parents

• Minor children

• Other persons under 26 years of age with an income for EEVE/DURP purposes of less than 10,000 euros per year that are studying or living in the same household

• Other persons dependent on the persons mentioned

Exceptions:

• Applicants under 26 years of age who in 2021 had an income for EEVE/DURP purposes of 10,000 euros or more

• Applicants aged 26 years or older who in 2021 had an income of 2,840.52 euros or more

• Married students form their own nuclear family with their spouse

• Students with children living at their expense in the same household

Ask at a local union for further information about the nuclear family.

Step 2: Collecting all the necessary documents

For a complete list of the necessary documents for the EEVE/DURP, see the list on page 14 of the booklet.

Necessary documents for the application for study grants:

• Economic situation factor FWL/VSE (plus certificate number and date of issue)

• Information about your study course: university, course, year of first enrolment, credits (ECTS/CFU)

• Bank account of the applicant: IBAN of the bank, NO Prepaid-cards

• Other documents, if required 

Step 3: EEVE/DURP and economic situation factor (FWL/VSE)

Every member of the applicant’s nuclear family must complete an EEVE/DURP in order to calculate the economic situation factor of the applicant. You can do the EEVE/DURP for free at every local union office in south Tyrol. Here a List of local unions (Patronate/Steuerbeistandszentren)

Step 4: Getting access to myCivis

You can access the application form on myCivis (https://my.civis.bz.it/public/de/) in the following ways:

• Digital identity SPID (https://www.spid.gov.it/)

• Italian electronic identity card (CIE)

• Card reader + activated health insurance card + PIN

• eIDAS: some EU citizens can apply by using their national digital identity

• certified accounts: only students who cannot use one of the above mentioned login methods can ask for a certified eGov account. 

Please note: if access with eIDAS does not work for technical reasons, students can apply for a certified account at the Office for Higher Education Support.

How to create a certified account: the student must go to the Office for Higher Education Support Office (Building 7, Via Andrea Hofer 18, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano) to create a certified account. By appointment, he/she can go to the office in person or arrange an appointment for a video call. You will need a valid identity document and your Italian tax code.

SPID with Poste Italiane - personal identification in a post office: for this you need an identity card and health insurance card or tax number. Since you must wait for a confirmation e-mail after the online registration, it is possible that the SPID cannot be used immediately.

SPID with another provider - Identification using your health insurance card: this requires an activated health insurance card with PIN.

Step 5: Filling out the application form

The application form can be filled out online on myCivis (https://my.civis.bz.it/public/de/) from September 21nd – November 2th 2023, at 12:00 p.m.

Before you finish filling out the form it may be necessary to upload some documents and you will have to download a PDF document of your application to check it. Then you can send it. After sending, please check “I miei servizi” / “Meine Dienste” in order to get the protocol number and the application in PDF format. Just cklick on “Dettagli” / “Details” under the section scholarships.

If you find a mistake after sending the application you can cancel it and create a new one from the beginning. The cancelled application will be void.

Non-EU citizens with a long-term residence permit who are applying for a study grant for the first time must present the original residence permit to the Office for University Support. Deadline: 2 November 2023.

Non-EU citizens with a short-term residence permit who are applying for a study grant must present the original residence permit to the Office for University Support. Deadline: 2 November 2023.

Step 6: Checking the application

On November 28th 2023 the provisional results will be published on www.provinz.bz.it/studienbeihilfe. With the protocol number which you find in myCivis you can check if you won the scholarship. If you find a mistake you can correct it: Correction period is from November 28th to December 14th 2023, at 12:00 p.m.

Please be aware that the correction can only be sent once during the correction period. It cannot be cancelled.

You can rectify all information with the exception of the FWL/VSE, the place of residence and the type of scholarship applied for (ordinary or extraordinary). Therefore, it is important to ensure that this information is correct.

INFORMATION ABOUT EEVE/DURP AND FWL/VSE (ECONOMIC SITUATION FACTOR)

The EEVE/DURP ("Single Declaration of Income and Assets") and the FWL/VSE (economic situation factor) form the basis of the calculation. 

 It is possible to obtain the FWL/VSE-certificate for free at any local union. This requires three steps:

• a) Determining the members of the nuclear family

• b) Issuing a EEVE/DURP for every member of the nuclear family

• c) Calculating the FWL/VSE and obtaining the FWL/VSE-certificate

a) The nuclear family is always defined on the basis of the beneficiary, i.e. the student. For this purpose, the family situation at the time the FWL is issued is considered. Usually, the nuclear family consists of all family members who live in the same household as the student:

• The student herself/himself

• If the beneficiary is not yet 26 years old, has earned a income for EEVE/DURP purposes of less than 10,000 euros in the previous year, and is studying or living in the same household: her/his parents or one parent and her/his spouse or partner living in the same household

• Minor children living in the same household

• Other persons under 26 years of age with a income for EEVE/DURP purposes of less than 10,000 euros who are studying or living in a shared household

• Other persons dependent on any of the above

Students under 26 years of age with an income for EEVE/DURP purposes  of more than €10,000 earned in the previous year can apply alone (without the other family members living in the same household). For students aged 26 and above, the amount decreases to 2,840.51 euros gross. You have to reach the amount corresponding to your age every year to be able to apply alone. In any case, the income of the applicant is included in the calculation of the EEVE/DURP and FWL/VSE.

According to the EEVE/DURP regulations, married students or students with their own children usually form their own family.

Attention! This information is of a general nature! For the determination of the nuclear family one should in any case contact a local union!

b) The EEVE/DURP (Einheitliche Einkommens- und Vermögenserklärung / Dichiarazione Unificata di Reddito e Patrimonio) is a self-declaration about the economic situation of an individual. The EEVE/DURP therefore combines the income and assets of this individual. A separate EEVE must be issued for each individual in a family. The EEVE/DURP declarations that are valid for the study grants are those that have been issued with the income and assets of 2019.

Filling out the EEVE/DURP is free at the local unions. There it is also possible for one member of the family to do the EEVE/DURP for other members.

c) The economic situation factor (FWL/VSE) is a number that is calculated by putting together all the EEVE/DURP declarations of your family members. This number will determine if you can get a scholarship and how high it will be. In order to fill out the application form for the scholarship you will need the economic situation factor, the number of certification of the FWL/VSE and the date of issue. You will find all three on the FWL/VSE-certificate.

Attention: You need to do the EEVE/DURP and calculate the FWL/VSE (economic situation factor).

Graphic of the nuclear family (German/Italian)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Amt für Hochschulförderung/Ufficio per il diritto allo studio universitario

Explanatory video for scholarships for students at universities

EEVE/DURP - general information (in German and Italian)

List of local unions (Patronate/Steuerbeistandszentren)