cities in Italy
Italian public university tuition is scaled to your family's declared income, and regional grants can cover fees, housing and meals. Filing the paperwork correctly is worth more than any scholarship you will find.
Italy is the most misunderstood destination on this site. Published tuition maximums make it look mid-priced; in practice, public universities scale fees to declared family income through a document called the ISEE, and a Nepali family filing an ISEE parificato correctly often lands in a low band.
On top of that, each region runs its own right-to-study body awarding grants (DSU) that can cover tuition, a housing place and a meal allowance. These are not competitive scholarships in the usual sense — they are income-based entitlements with deadlines.
Miss the paperwork and you are charged the top band by default. Tap a pin to open a city.
costs more / mid-range / costs less compare these cities to each other, not to anywhere else. They are our reading of the spread across Italy, not a published index — the sourced money figures are on the costs page.
What changes between Italian cities.
The ISEE decides your fee
Public university tuition is banded by declared family income. Non-resident families file an ISEE parificato through an authorised CAF office.
Regional grants differ
Right-to-study grants are run by the region, not the country. Amounts, income thresholds and deadlines all vary between Lombardy, Lazio and Emilia-Romagna.
Cost of living
Milan is markedly the most expensive Italian city. Bologna and Rome are cheaper, though Rome's housing market is difficult.
Language
English-taught degrees exist, concentrated in engineering, economics and medicine. Everything outside the classroom runs in Italian.