1.    Contribution of €30 for study merit. Candidates listed below pay a €30 one-off contribution (plus €140 regional tax, plus €16 stamp duty):

-      those who enrol in the academic year 2024-2025 in Bachelor's degrees and Single-Cycle master's degrees and receive their high school diploma in the school year 2023-2024 with a final grade of 100 out of 100 or 100 cum laude, if they do not fall within the more favourable reduction ranges set out in article 20. To obtain the benefit, before paying tuition fees, the "Most deserving students" exemption must be declared on Infostud using the procedure described on the dedicated page Go to the page. Please note: the "Meritorious Student" declaration is subject to verification by the Student Affairs Office: in the event of untruthful declarations, the benefit is automatically revoked;

-      4, according to the order of ranking, from amongst final year high school students who rank within the first 10 positions in the general rankings of the Mathematics Olympiad, and who subsequently enrol in the Mathematics degree programme at Sapienza University, if they do not fall within the more favourable reduction areas pursuant to art. 20 (in this case, the merit-based benefit is entered manually by the Student Affairs Office, if the student has not obtained a high school diploma with a grade of 100 out of 100 or 100 cum laude). The conditions envisaged for Meritorious Students pursuant to paragraph 2 of this article shall also be applied to these students for the years following the first, if the merit requirements are met, pursuant to the resolutions of the Academic Senate no. 201 of July 11, 2023, and of the Board of Governors no. 259/23 of July 18, 2023. The names of the beneficiaries shall be communicated to the Student Affairs Office by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, in the number approved by the competent collegiate bodies;

-      4, in the order in which they are ranked, from among the final year high school students who rank in the first 10 positions in the general ranking list of the Chemistry Olympiad who enrol in degree programmes in Chemical Sciences at Sapienza University, where they do not fall within the more favourable reduction ranges referred to in article 20 (in this case the benefit for study merit is manually inserted by the Student Affairs Office if the student has not obtained a high school diploma with a grade of 100 out of 100 or 100 cum laude). This benefit is awarded only for the year of enrolment, pursuant to resolutions of the Academic Senate no. 201 of July 11, 2023, and of the Board of Governors no. 259/23 of July 18, 2023. The names of the beneficiaries are communicated to the Student Affairs Office by the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, in the number approved by the competent collegiate bodies;

• 3, in the order of their ranking, from among the final year high school students who rank in the first 10 positions in the general ranking of the Neuroscience Olympiad who enrol in degree programmes in Biological Sciences or Agro-Industrial Food Biotechnologies at Sapienza University, where they do not fall within the more favourable reduction areas pursuant to art. 20 (in this case, the benefit for study merit is entered manually by the Student Affairs Office, if the student has not obtained a high school diploma with a grade of 100 out of 100 or 100 cum laude). This benefit is awarded only for the year of enrolment, pursuant to resolutions of the Academic Senate no. 2 of January 16, 2024, and of the Board of Governors no. 26 of January 26, 2024. The names of the beneficiaries are communicated to the Student Affairs Office by the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, in the number approved by the competent collegiate bodies.

2.    Requirements for continuing to pay the €30 merit contribution in subsequent years (within the normal duration of the degree programme) and in the Master's degree programme:

• having been recognised as a ‘’meritorious student‘’ the year preceding the year for which the benefit is claimed;
• have obtained by August 10 at least 40 ECTS (36 ECTS for Health Professions programmes) relating to the academic year preceding the one for which the benefit is requested, in addition to all the ECTS envisaged for previous academic years. All ECTS (not only those that count towards the benefit) must be achieved with an average grade of 28 out of 30 and no grade lower than 27. The grade average is intended to be arithmetic.

In the case of enrolment in the first year of a two-year master's degree, in addition to the above-mentioned requirements, it is necessary to have graduated in the academic year immediately preceding the application with a grade of 110 out of 110 or 110 cum laude.

The Student Affairs Office carries out checks to confirm or cancel the allocation of the benefit.

3.    Eligible and non-eligible ECTS.

The credits (ECTS) below are considered eligible:

• the credits foreseen in the Programme Regulations, which instead of a grade in thirtieths are evaluated with "qualified/not qualified";
• ECTS obtained as recognition of exams taken abroad as part of mobility programmes.

Qualifying exams and exams must be recorded in the Infostud system.

Qualifying exams and/or partial exams which - in some degree programmes - are non-registered in-progress exams that count towards the passing of an exam, but are not recorded on the information system, cannot be considered valid.

The following credits are also not valid for the purposes of calculating study merit:

-      the ECTS obtained by taking extracurricular exams pursuant to Art. 6 of Royal Decree No. 1269/38 (Art. 42);

• ECTS obtained by taking single courses (Art. 41);
• ECTS obtained as exam recognition for programme shortenings (Art. 49).

4.    For those graduating from other Italian universities. Those who graduate from other Italian universities and enrol in the first year of a two-year master's degree may obtain the ‘meritorious student’ benefit, provided that the requirements set forth in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article have been met at the university of origin. The request for the facility must be submitted by the due date of the first instalment - which must be paid in full - to the relevant Student Affairs Office, thorugh a self-certification on plain paper regarding the studies completed, indicating in particular that the requirements have been met. Such students may not enter their meritorious status independently on Infostud. Following verification of the requirements, adjustments will be made on subsequent instalments. To submit your request, you can use the “Application” (Domanda) form available on the Sapienza website, on the Student forms page, without applying a revenue stamp.

Those graduating from other Italian universities and enrolling in a master's degree programme at Sapienza University can apply for scholarships under the "Wanted the best" call for applications if they meet the requirements.

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5.    Causes of exclusion. Those who make an academic system switch (Art. 38), a degree programme change with recognition of credits (Art. 10), enrolment on part-time learning (Art. 50), fail exams even once, or who hold an international qualification are not eligible for the "meritorious student" facility.

6.    Sports merits - Dual career. With the Dual Career Programme, Sapienza University provides a range of services and benefits to support student-athletes and ensure that they can succeed both in sports and in their academic education, offering them concrete opportunities to successfully balance their academic and sporting commitments and maximise their potential in both fields.

According to the Regulations for the Dual Career Programme for Student-Athletes of Sapienza University of Rome (Academic Senate resolution no. 83 of March 26, 2024), student-athletes are defined as students enrolled, up to the second year beyond the legal duration of the programme (2^nd year fuoricorso) in first and second cycle programmes (Bachelor's degrees, Single Cycle degrees, and Master's degrees) who, in the calendar year in which the application for the Dual Career Programme is submitted or in the previous one, fall into one of the following categories:

a) champion or champion of Olympics, Paralympics, absolute or category games (Italian, European or world) in the Olympics and/or Paralympics winter and summer disciplines;

b) called up by their Federation to represent Italy in Olympic and/or Paralympic winter and summer disciplines;

c) involved in the preparation programmes for the Summer and Winter Olympic/Paralympic Games;

d) athlete of professional team sports clubs referred to in Law No. 91/1981 (law on professional sports) participating in federal championships, whose teams finished within the top 3 positions in the calendar year in which the application was submitted or in the previous calendar year;

e) for individual sports, participants in an overall or category national championship or called up in an overall or category national team for participation in an international sporting event;

f) recognised as an Athlete of National Interest by the respective National Sports Federation officially recognised by the Italian National Olympic Committee or by the respective Sports Federations officially recognised by the Italian Paralympic Committee for Paralympic activity (FSP 4FSNP5);

g) athlete representing the University in national and international competitive events (Universiadi, World/European Championships/University Nationals);

h) called up by the relevant national representatives of the Italian University Sports Centre (CUSI) or the University Sports Centre (CUS) of the University Championships;

i) belonging to a military sports group with "athlete status".

The provisions of these Regulations are extended to student-athletes enrolled in PhD programmes and specialisation schools, where applicable.

6.1   Requirements for joining the Dual Career programme. To join the programme, the student-athlete must meet the following requirements:

General requirements:

• not having been convicted of a criminal offence involving non-negligent offence by a final judgment and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year or to a term of prohibition from public office of more than one year;
• not having been disqualified from sporting activities for a total of more than one year in the last ten years, unless rehabilitated;
• not having been sanctioned as a result of a violation of the Nado-Italy Anti-Doping Sporting Rules or the provisions of the WADA World Anti-Doping Code.

Academic requirements:

• acquisition of at least 18 ECTS, for each academic year of enrolment;
• in the case of enrolment or enrolment in the first year of bachelor's degrees, single-cycle degrees, or enrolment in the first year of a two-year master's degree, to have obtained at least 6 ECTS in the first exams session.

6.2 Application submission. The application to join the Dual Career programme must be submitted every year using a ticket addressed to the Student Affairs Office by connecting to the link tts.uniroma1.it/otrs/customer.pl and filling in the form "Application to join the Dual Career programme for student-athletes" (Richiesta di adesione al programma Dual Career per studenti atleti). For the academic year 2024-2025, the application must be submitted by November 5, 2024.

The application must be accompanied by the appropriate documentation to prove sporting merit as indicated in section 6 and possession of the general requirements indicated in section 6.1. Such documentation must be issued either by the National Federation of reference or by the sporting club to which the athlete belongs for athletes as per letter d) of section 6 or by the Sapienza Sport Service Centre for athletes as per letter g) of section 6.

The application is assessed by the competent Sapienza Sport Centre Commission, which accepts or rejects it within one month of submission.

6.3 Financial benefits. Student-athletes referred to in letters a) b) c) d) of section 6, who have joined the Dual Career programme and are regularly enrolled within the legal duration of their degree programme, are entitled to financial benefits for sporting merit.

In the aforementioned cases, Sapienza University grants exemption from tuition fees, with the exception of the all-inclusive one-off contribution of €30, as specified in article 21 of these Regulations, and the applicant is required to pay, in the standard way, the total sum of €186 (including the €30 one-off contribution, the regional tax and stamp duty).

6.4 Forfeiture. Student-athletes permanently forfeit participation in the Dual Career Programme if:

a) they lose the requirements to be defined as student-athletes (section 6);

b) no longer meet the general requirements indicated in Section 6.1;

c) no longer meet the academic requirements indicated in point 6.1;

d) are not in compliance with the payment of the one-off all-inclusive contribution as per section 6.3;

e) are in serious and unjustified breach of the duties of student-athletes as per Article 14 of the Regulations for the dual career programme for student-athletes, based on the assessment of the competent Committee of the Sapienza Sport Centre.

6.5 Further benefits. For all other support and services provided by the dual career programme (part-time learning; exam and lesson flexibility; tutoring; ECTS recognition; etc.) please refer to the articles in the Regulations for the dual career programme for student-athletes at Sapienza University of Rome: Go to the Regulations page