Dear Student, you are kindly requested to read these introductory pages which provide you with useful information about how to submit an application for a study grant and the related supplements. Please note: the information given here does not replace the detailed contents of the competition notice. An application for a study grant and, if off‐site, for an accommodation, can be submitted by all students registered in first and subsequent years, as well as those registered for research doctorate courses or specialisation schools (apart from those of the medical area, pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree no. 368 of 17.8.1999) who are capable, worthy and without financial means. Such students must be validly registered with the Università degli Studi of Genoa and the Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) based in Liguria. A brief description of the benefits as well as information on how to fill in and submit the application is available herebelow.
WHAT YOU CAN REQUEST: Study grant This is an amount of money, assigned by public competition, disbursed in one or two instalments, the amount of which is determined in connection with the income classification and the type of origin of the student, who may be classified as “on-site”, “commuting” or “off‐site”. You can apply for a study grant if you register, for academic year 2018/2019, for a three‐year degree course, a single‐cycle specialised degree, a master’s degree, a research doctorate, a specialisation school (with the exception of those of the medical area pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree no. 368 of 17.8.1999) with the Università degli Studi of Genoa and the Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) based in Liguria. The study grant application includes a request for classification for the Canteen Service, which allows you to access the Canteen centres at special discounted prices. The study grant exonerates you from payment of university fees and regional taxes for the right to university study.
Accommodation service Off‐site students awarded study grants may be accommodated in one of the ALFA Residences. The requirements necessary to participate in the competition are the same as for the study grant. At the time of the online application, if you are requesting a bed, as a student registered for a year after the first, on research doctorate courses and specialisation schools, you may opt for an accommodation at an authorised Residence (a list of such places is available on ALFA website) or at an ALFA residence, when submitting the on‐line application. ALFA will pay to the authorised entity the amount relevant to the portion assigned to the Accommodation Service and you will therefore only pay any supplement due. If you are an off‐site student but do not require the accommodation service, you may be able to receive a study grant as a commuting student (Articles 2 and 20).
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Economic requirements In order to request a study grant and related supplements, if you reside in Italy, you must meet the economic conditions specified in this notice (University ISEE). The ISEE certification values must refer to the income achieved in 2016 and assets held as at 31/12/2017. When compiling the application, the following data must be entered: • the value of the University ISEE (indicator of equivalent economic position), calculated according to the new methods of determination, as envisaged by the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers no. 159 of 05.12.2013; • the value of the ISP, which considers all real estate and assets held by the family nucleus; • the equivalence scale, i.e. the parameter calculated on the basis of the number of members of the family nucleus; • the indication of any study grants received in previous years.
In order to obtain a free University ISEE certificate, please contact a CAAF (Authorised Tax Assistance Centre). We recommend you pay careful attention to all declarations made in connection with your economic position. Students from non‐EU countries who are not resident in Italy, in order to submit an application for a study grant and related supplements, must comply with the indications given in Article 14 of this Notice.
If you are not in a position to apply for ALFA study grant, you may submit the University ISEE declaration to Università degli Studi of Genoa in order to obtain a reduction in university fees and regional taxes for the right to study, according to your economic position. To this end, full information is given on the terms and conditions for submission, on the University website www.unige.it .
Requirements of merit
First years: If you register for academic year 2018/2019 for a first year of a degree, master’s degree or single‐ cycle specialised degree, you must submit the application for a study grant and, if off‐site, for the accommodation service, by the cut‐off dates specified on the Competition Notice, even if you are not yet duly registered with the University. Should the course indicated in the application for a grant differ from the one in which you are duly registered, you must inform ALFA of this difference, following the procedure indicated in the Notice. In order to obtain payment of the 2018/2019 study grant, you must have completed registration with the Università degli Studi of Genoa or Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) within the terms envisaged and must achieve 20 credits (or complete all the exams of the second year of the course if registered on the previous system courses) by 10 August 2019. You will only be entitled to the first instalment of the study grant if you achieve the credits by 30 November 2019. You will need to issue a self‐certification stating the achievement of said credits and send it to ALFA. If you fail to achieve the credits by 30 November 2019, your study grant will be revoked as well as, if requested, the accommodation service and you will be required to return the monetary value of the services from which you have benefited (canteen and accommodation services). If you register for the first year of a research doctorate or specialisation school, please check the requirements set out by the Notice.
Subsequent years If you register for academic year 2018/2019 for a year after the first, including the last semester, you must have achieved the number of credits envisaged by this Notice (Articles 9 and 11) by 10 August 2018.
Controls ALFA controls 100% of self‐certifications of students awarded study grants. If our checks reveal that untruthful declarations have been submitted, the benefits will need to be returned and sanctions will be applied. Controls will be carried out within the terms provided by law and without the regulatory requirement of giving notice to the student.
GUIDE TO APPLICATION’S SUBMISSION: If you wish to obtain ALFA benefits, please fill in the on‐line application available on the website www.alfaliguria.it. You can submit the application as: • First year of a three‐year degree, single‐cycle specialised degree, master’s degree (even if you have not yet achieved your first level degree, but you are planning to graduate by 31 March 2019); • Subsequent year, including the last semester. If you are an AFAM student and it is the first time that you request a benefit from ALFA, you will need to contact the Economic Benefits Service to obtain the student registration number necessary to fill in the application for benefits. The application must be: • filled in over the internet: upon submitting the data, ALFA will email you a receipt confirming that the procedure has been submitted; • printed out and kept: no applications for benefits will be accepted if sent after the cut‐off date specified on the Notice or submitted in ways different from the one specified in the Articles of the Notice. The student who has not submitted an application for ALFA benefits in academic year 2017/2018 must, in order to proceed with the filling in of the application, have first completed the accreditation procedure and uploaded one of the following valid documents: for EU citizen: a valid ID card; for non‐EU citizen owing a visa: a valid passport and a valid residence permit; for non‐ EU citizen not owing a visa: a valid passport; for non‐ EU citizen with unlimited residence permit: a valid ID card and a valid residence permit. EU and non‐EU students residing with their families abroad, with income and assets abroad, will have to upload the documents foreseen at article 14 of the Notice, paragraph 3 letter a), b), and c) or paragraph 5 or paragraph 6. Any non‐EU citizen wishing to request ALFA benefits for the first year, but that at the time of submitting the application doesn’t have the requirements for pre‐enrolment due to delays of issue of the Visa by the competent Authorities, can in any case submit his application for ALFA benefits. After the pre‐enrolment, the student will have to complete his application within the date of approval of the definitive lists; failure to comply will result in exclusion from the competition. Please remind that every communication of ALFA will be send to the email address indicated by the student in the on‐line application for benefits. The student must be aware that the lack of check and reading of the communications sent by ALFA does not represent an acceptable reason of complaint. After having correctly submitted the application for benefits, please remember that you will have to await for publication of the provisional and definitive rankings on the website www.alfaliguria.it, in order to check the outcome. Should you consider that the outcome resulting from the provisional ranking is not correct, you may submit an application for revision within the terms specified under Article 23, paragraph 3. If in the provisional rankings you will result as “suspended”, you will be able to regularize your position; failure to comply will result in a DEFINITIVE exclusion from the competition. As far as information on the disbursement of the study grant and acceptance of the bed are concerned, please refer to the contents of the specific Notice articles: • Payment of study grant: Article 27; • Specific provisions for assignees of the Accommodation Service: Articles 24 and 25.
PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CHECK THE PROVISIONAL RANKINGS IN ORDER TO AVOID EXCLUSION FROM BENEFITS DUE TO POSSIBLE MISTAKES THAT COULD BE RECTIFIED BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE DEFINITIVE RANKINGS.
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COMPETITION NOTICE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS academic year 2018/2019
Contents
Article 1 Competition benefits Article 2 Definitions relative to the students Article 3 Conventional year of registration Article 4 Definitions relative to economic conditions Article 5 General provisions Article 6 Method for the submission of on‐line applications for the assignment of benefits Article 7 Duration of the concession of benefits Article 8 Students registered for the 1st year– requirements of merit and payment of accommodation Article 9 Requirements of merit for students registered for years after the first Article 10 Seventh semester and first year of a master's degree ‐ requirements of merit Article 11 Requirements of merit for students registered for previous system courses of study Article 12 Requirements of merit for students registered for doctorate or specialisation courses Article 13 Economic requirements for students resident in Italy (EU and non‐EU) Article 14 Economic requirements for students not resident in Italy (EU and non‐EU) Article 15 Disabled students Article 16 Supplements Article 17 International mobility contributions for students taking part in the “Erasmus + ‐ Key Action 1 Learning mobility of individuals” programme Article 18 Criteria for the assignment of study grants Article 19 Criteria for the formulation of of study grant rankings Article 20 Amounts of the study grant and related services Article 21 Full service Article 22 Criteria for the conferral of accommodation
Article 23 Results of the competition and publication of rankings Article 24 Method for the assignment of accommodation Article 25 Methods of payment of accommodation Article 26 Rental contribution Article 27 Methods of payment of the study grant Article 28 Grounds for non‐admission, exclusion or revocation of benefits Article 29 Assessment of the truthful nature of the declarations produced Article 30 Reporting of the debt position Article 31 Privacy and General Data Protection Regulations Article 32 Reference regulations and safeguarding clause
Article 1 Competition benefits 1. The study grant and accommodation are benefits assigned, on request, to students meeting the general financial and merit requirements specified in this notice. The request must be submitted annually, within the terms established by the notice. 2. Study grant assignees are entitled: a) to the study grant pursuant to Art. ;20 b) to the free assignment of a meal each day and a second meal for a reduced price at the Canteen services; c) if assigned accommodation, to free use of accommodation in the university residences or, at the request of the student, use of accommodation in the authorised residences, with any supplements paid by the student or, in the event that no places should be available, the disbursement of rental contributions, the concession of which is subject to the submission to the Regional Agency for Employment, Training and Certification (ALFA) of a specific request in accordance with the terms and conditions set out under Article 26 “Rental contribution”, below; d) to exemption from payment of university fees and regional taxes for the right to university study. 3. Those awarded study grants in services are entitled to use the canteen service and accommodation, if such have been awarded, in accordance with the methods specified under Article 20, as well as exemption from payment of university fees and regional taxes for the right to study. 4. The benefits for which this competition is held are intended for full‐time students registered with Università degli Studi di Genova (the University of Genoa), including those registered on Specialisation and Research Doctorate courses, as well as students registered with the Institutes for Higher Education in Art and Music based in Liguria.
Article 2 Definitions relative to the students 1. The term on‐site student is used to refer to a student who resides in the municipality in which the course of studies attended is based. The term off‐site student is used to refer to a student who resides in a place that is some distance from the place of the course attended and who therefore requests accommodation near the university, using the ALFA residential structures. If a student residing in municipalities that are considered as “off‐site” with respect to the university locations (pursuant to Table A attached to this notice) should not request accommodation in the residential structures of ALFA, he shall be considered a “Commuting” student. The term commuting student is used to refer to a student who is not considered as off‐site yet resides in a municipality other than that of the place of the course of studies attended. If student who has been classified as a on‐site ‐ off‐site ‐ commuting student believes that he should actually be classified differently, on the basis of the travel time necessary to reach the municipality where the course of studies attended is based using public means of transport, he may request that his status be reviewed ate th same time as submitting his application for a study grant. To this end, he must therefore submit a specific, duly documented request to this end, showing the time taken to reach the municipality where the course of studies attended is based, from his place of residence. Where conditions are Amet, ALF will uphold the request, at its own judgement, through the publication of the definitive rankings. Foreign students are considered as off‐site regardless of their place of residence in Italy, except where their family unit resides in Italy and as long as they request accommodation near the university site, using ALFA residential structures. 2. In the context of this notice, except for cases for which specific distinctions are necessary: a) the term registered for a three‐year degree or for level one courses means the students registered on three‐year courses of studies run by the University of Genoa, Conservatorio di musica “Niccolo’ Paganini” di Genova (the “Niccoló Paganini” School of Music of Genoa), Conservatorio di musica “Giacomo Puccini” di La Spezia (the “Giacomo Puccini” School of Music of La Spezia), Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova (the Linguistic Academy of Fine Arts of Genoa) and Accademia di Belle Arti “Isadora Duncan” di San Remo (the “Isadora Duncan” Academy of Fine Arts of San Remo); b) the term registered for a master's degree or for second level courses will also be used to refer to students registered for a specialised two‐year degree run by the above‐specified universities and institutes; c) the term registered for a single‐cycle master's degree shall also be used to refer to students registered for a single‐ cycle specialised degree.
Article 3 Conventional year of registration 1. The requirements of merit that must be met by students always refer to the conventional year of registration. This coincides, for students registered on first and second level degree courses, on single‐cycle master's degree courses and on previous system degree courses, with the total number of University registrations made from the academic year of first registration through to, and including, the academic year 2018/2019. 2. As regards changes of course, if the University has established the change in course “without validation of previous career” or if the student has waived his studies in connection with his “previous career”, the years of registration will not be counted and neither will changes of course prior to academic year 2018/2019. These students cannot, however, in any case request ALFA benefits if already requested twice for the same course year. 3. Students awarded study grants in previous academic years, submitting an application for a grant for the second time for the same course year, may obtain it as long as, if awarded, they return the amount of the study grant received previously. Those submitting an application for accommodation for the second time in the same course year, will be placed below those submitting an application for the first time. Those who have already requested ALFA benefits twice for the same course year, cannot request them again. 4. As regards registrations and/or course changes with validation of credits/years of the “previous career”, in the event of the recognition of credits or years previously acquired, even if drequeste and/or obtained after submission of the application, the calculation of the number of years of registration or remaining with the University will be performed starting from the first year of registration on the course of origin or previous career. 5. Students who have achieved a university diploma granting them admission to a first level degree course or single‐ cycle specialised degree course may take part in the competition for a number of semesters equal to the difference between the duration of that degree course increased by one semester (or three semesters if the student is disabled with recognised disability of at least 66%) and the semesters taken to achieve the university diploma. 6. In the event of a transfer from another University, in order to be admitted to the competition for ALFA benefits, students must be validly registered with the University by 31 October 2018. 7. For students obtaining the recognition of examinations relative to non‐university courses held by public or private organisations, the first year of registration with an Italian or foreign university is considered as the year of registration. In order to assess whether or not the requirement of merit is met, only credits acquired form the University of Genoa will be considered. 8. The student may request ALFA benefits as registered on a first level or single‐cycle degree course if in possession of a degree certificate or equivalent title, achieved abroad and not recognised in Italy. If, moreover, even after registration, any of the examinations taken abroad should be recognised in Italy, the calculation of the duration of studies for which benefits can be obtained is carried out starting from the first year of registration with the foreign university.
Article 4 Definitions relative to economic conditions 1. For the purpose of this notice, the following definitions apply: a) CAAF Authorised Tax Assistance Centre, either run by a union or linked to other category associations, which the student can contact to submit the DSU Declaration (DICHIARAZIONE SOSTITUTIVA UNICA ‐ DSU) necessary to calculate the indicator of equivalent economic position (ISEE) for beneficial provisions for the right to a university study; b) ISEE certification Certificate issued by the Italian national social security institute (INPS), specifying the ISEE and ISPE indicators and the value of the equivalence scale; c) ISE Indicator of Financial Situation:; d) Equivalence Scale variable coefficient according to the number of members of the family unit and the existence of any situations of difficulty therein, of those envisaged by the regulations; e) ISEE Indicator of Equivalent Financial Situation: this is obtained by dividing the ISE by the equivalence scale (this value is calculated by the INPS); f) ISEEU Indicator of Equivalent Financial Situation for the right to University study.; g) ISP Indicator of Assets Situation; h) ISPE Indicator of Equivalent Assets Situation: it is obtained by dividing the ISP by the equivalence scale; i) ISPEU Indicator of Equivalent Assets Situation for the right to University study.
Article 5 General requirements 1. Only as regards the achievement of the first title for each level of study, students can compete for the concession of a study grant and accommodation who are registered or who intend to register for the academic year 2018/2019: a) for the following full‐time courses fun by the University of Genoa: ‐‐ three‐year degree courses, single‐cycle master's degree courses, second level specialised/master's degree courses; ‐‐ previous system degree courses activated prior to the implementation of Ministerial Decree 509/99; ‐‐ specialisation courses, apart from those of the medical area pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree no. 368 of 17/08/1999; ‐‐ research doctorate courses activated in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 210/98, Art. 4; b) study courses run by the Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music , based in Liguria, pursuant to Table B attached to this notice: ‐‐ three‐year degree, second level specialised/master's degree courses (or equivalent). 2. The title obtained for completion of studies at Fine Arts Academies, State Schools of Music and equivalent musical Institutes (New System) and at the end of university diploma courses, is conventionally considered as equivalent to the three‐year degree (first level title) and, as such, enables the student to compete for the concession of a study grant and accommodation only for a master's degree, even if single‐cycle (see Article 7, paragraph 3), as long as, in this ,latter case admission has taken place or takes place during years after the first. 3. The previous system degree (hereinafter also referred to as the “PS degree”) is conventionally considered equivalent to a master's degree (second level title) and allows the student to compete for the study grant and accommodation but only in order to achieve the specialisation or research doctorate (third level titles). 4. The diploma obtained after completion of previous system studies, completed at State Schools of Music and equivalent Musical Institutes, entitles the student to compete for a study grant for any three‐year course, as long as it is not run by the Institutes in question. 5. The following cannot submit an application for benefits: a) students with a conventional year of registration that exceeds the number of years for which the benefit can be granted (see Article 7); b) students registered for part‐time degree courses; c) students who have submitted incomplete applications; d) students registered for the academic year 2018/2019 for a first year of a first level or single‐cycle degree course, who have turned thirty‐five years old as at the cut‐off date for the application. 6. In any case, any students who Aowe ALF money cannot submit an application to take part in this notice unless they have agreed repayment plans with ALFA and these have been duly honoured, as well as the students who owe money to other Institutions for right to University study having their headquarters in Italy. 7. In order to compete for the concession of accommodation, you must be a off‐site student having turned 18 years old as at the cut‐off date for the application.
Article 6 Method for the submission of on‐line applications for the assignment of benefits 1. The application to take part in the competition for the assignment of ALFA benefits for academic year 2018/2019 must only be submitted by means of the on‐line procedure. 2. Any student wishing to request ALFA benefits must, at the time of submitting the application, meet the economic requirements and those of merit envisaged by this notice. Any non‐UE citizen wishing to request ALFA benefits for the 1st year, but that at the time of submitting the application doesn’t have the requirements for pre‐enrolment due to delays of issue of the Visa by the competent Authorities, can in any case submit his application for ALFA benefits. After the pre‐enrolment, the student will have to complete his application within the date of approval of the definitive lists; failure to comply will result in exclusion from the competition.
3. The student who has never submitted an application for ALFA benefits must, in order to proceed with the filling in of the application, have first completed the accreditation procedure and uploaded one of the following valid documents: • for UE citizen: a valid ID card; • for non‐UE citizen owing a visa: a valid passport and a valid residency permit; • for non‐UE citizen not owing a visa: a valid passport; • for non‐UE citizen with unlimited residence permit: a valid ID card and a valid residence permit.
After accreditation, a mail will be sent to the email address indicated by the student with a personal code to be used only for the first access.
4. Any student who submitted an application for benefits in academic year 2017/2018 must, in order to proceed with the filling in of the application, first check that the forms of ID and residency permit, if necessary, present in the ALFA database, are still valid. If this should not be the case, he must upload a valid form as indicated above. 5. Students must connect to the internet and, via the website www.alfaliguria.it may enter the accreditation page and thereafter log in using the personal code he will receive (for those submitting an application for the first time), or access the page for the entry of the application (for which a request has already been submitted previously). 6. The applications entered must be completed by the student applying for the benefit, who takes full responsibility for that declared. 7. Any examinations taken and passed between 4 August 2018 and 10 August 2018, not declared in the on‐line application, must be notified to ALFA ‐ Economic Benefits Service ‐ by e‐mailing [email protected] within 24 August 2018. 8. As from 25 June 2018 and until 3 August 2018 and from 27 August 2018 to 20 September 2018, a call centre service will be operative, which will supply information and assistance in filling in the on‐line application, by calling 840.84.80.38 within the following hours:
Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 12.00 Tuesday and Wednesday also from 14.30 to 16.30
9. Students coming under the scope of the cases considered under Article 13 (who must, therefore, request ISEE certification for Beneficial Provisions for the Right to a University Study of the CAAF), and who have not yet collected the certificate, can include the protocol number certifying the submission of the DSU Fto the CAA on the application for benefits. 10. Students in possession of both the ISEE certification and the documentation envisaged by Article 14 are required to select the following item in the “economic condition” section of the application for benefits: “both in Italy and in countries other than Italy”, relative to income received. Students with income received in countries other than Italy, must compulsorily upload the documentation as per one of the following points of art. 14: ‐ clause 3rd letter a), b) and c); ‐ clause 5th; ‐ clause 6th. 11. If in the application to take part in the competition, the data of the University ISEE Certification or DSU, or of income received in countries other than Italy are not included, as required, the student will be excluded. 12. Any student that, at the time of submitting the application, has indicated only the DSU protocol number, will compulsorily have to return to the procedure and enter the data related to University ISEE Certification within 12 November 2018; failure to do so will entail the DEFINITIVE exclusion from the competition. Any student who, at the time the provisional rankings are released, have not yet entered the University ISEE data, will be suspended. 13. Any student with income received in countries other than Italy that, at the time of submitting the application, has not made the upload defined as per clause 10, will compulsorily have to return to the procedure and make the upload within 12 November 2018; failure to do so will entail the DEFINITIVE exclusion from the competition. Any student who, at the time the provisional rankings are released, have not yet entered the income documents will be suspended. 14. The essential terms for the submission of the on‐line application expire on the dates specified below:
2 July ‐ 3 August Terms for the submission of an application for students of the University of Genoa registered for years subsequent to the first on all courses and “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” 2 July ‐ 3 August Terms for the submission of an application for students of the University of Genoa registered for the first year of a second level master's degree requesting confirmation of accommodation 27 August ‐ 20 September Terms for the submission of an application for grant and accommodation for students of the University of Genoa registered for the first years of all courses 8 October ‐ 31 October Terms for submission of applications for grants and accommodation for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) students 5 November ‐ 17 December Terms for submission of applications for grants and accommodation for specialised and doctorate students
15. The above terms must be respected by all students, including those who may register for academic year 2018/2019 only after the dates indicated, i.e. after having passed admissions tests or having achieved a first level degree (specialised and doctorate students, participants in closed‐number competitions, first years of second level, etc.). 16. Students registered for degree courses in medical professions, run by the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, who complete their practical traineeships envisaged for the academic year 2017/2018 after 10 August 2018, may specify, on the application for benefits, the related credits that will be considered, subject to validation by the University of Genoa by 31 October 2018, at risk of their cancellation and the consequent review of the student’s position. Students are required to inform the Economic Benefits Service in writing, by 28 December 2018, of any failure to pass the traineeship examination by 31 October 2018. 17. Students meeting the requirements envisaged by Article 10 below may submit an application for benefits for the seventh semester and first year of a master's degree at the same time.
Please note: Every communication of ALFA will be send to the email address indicated by the student in the on‐line application for benefits. The student must be aware that the lack of check and reading of the communications send by ALFA does not represent an acceptable reason of complaint.
Article 7 Duration of the concession of benefits 1. Students may obtain a student for the first title only for each level of study, for a maximum time, calculated from the year of first registration, of: a) students registered for three‐year degree courses: three years and one semester; b) students registered for single‐cycle master's degree courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems plus one semester; c) students registered for master's degree courses: two years and one semester; d) students registered on previous system study courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems plus one year; e) students registered with Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music : legal duration of the courses; f) students registered for doctorate courses or specialisation courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems. For the students registered with University of Genoa and with Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) who, for academic year 2018/2019, follow at the same time also the education path defined at article 3 of the Decree of the Ministry of Education, University and Research no. 616 dated 10 August 2017, the normal duration of the course is increased by one semester as far as the position of the student in legal course is concerned, with reference to the use of the services for the right to study. 2. Students awarded semester grants are entitled to receive monetary share of the amount equal to 50% that indicated in the table pursuant to Article 20, including any supplements, to one meal a day free of charge from the Canteen Service and free accommodation, if assigned such, until 31.03.2019, starting from publication of the provisional rankings. It is agreed that as from 01.04.2019, the student awarded a semester grant is required to pay for meals at the tariff applicable to his bracket and the monthly rent envisaged until completion of the degree.
Benefits for the last semester (first year outside the prescribed course duration): may be applied by: students who intend to register with the University of Genoa for the first time beyond the legal course as they graduated beyond 31 March 2019. cannot be applied by: students who result being graduate within 3 August 2018. 3. Students who, having achieved a three‐year degree or any other title conventionally considered as equivalent, who are or have been admitted to a single‐cycle master's degree may obtain a student and accommodation for a maximum period equal to the difference between the normal duration of the single‐cycle master's degree, increased by one semester (two semesters for accommodation) and the number of years taken to achieve the study title in their possession. 4. For students registered with the above‐specified degree courses, the duration of the concession of accommodation, with respect to that of the student, is increased by the following periods: • students pursuant to letters a), b)d an c): an additional semester in exchange for payment (€ 160.00 per month if in ALFA Residences); • students pursuant to letter d): an additional year in exchange for payment (€ 160.00 per month if in ALFA Residences); Disabled students may obtain a student and accommodation for the periods specified under Article 15. It is possible to renounce the grant assigned, using the specific form present on the website, even after publication of the definitive rankings. Renunciation must be notified as quickly as possible and in any case: ‐ no later than 28 December 2018 for students requesting benefits for yearse after th first or for a first year of a first level or single‐cycle degree course; ‐ no later than 5 April 2019 for students applying for benefits for a first year of a second level degree course. Students renouncing must return all amounts received in cash and/or services and pay university fees and regional taxes for the right to a university study.
Please note: Once these terms have expired, benefits can only be renounced for serious, proven personal reasons or if there are documented changes during the course of work by the University of Genoa or AFAM Institutions. In all other cases, students not meeting the requirements shall forfeit the benefits following deed of revocation, with the consequences envisaged by Articles 29 and 30 of this Notice.
Any student who has renounced his entire university career: if he does not intend to re‐register: must return all benefits obtained during the last year of his career (monetary share of the grant, portion in services); if he intends to re‐register in order to participate in this notice, must first return: ‐ all benefits obtained during the last year of the career (monetary share of the grant, portion in services) ‐ all benefits obtained (monetary share of the grant, portion in services) during the year of registration for which he is applying again for benefits.
Article 8 Students registered for the 1st year ‐ Requirements for merit and payment of accommodation 1. Any students meeting the requirements of merit pursuant to this Article, according to the conventional year of registration, may compete for the assignment of the benefits available for academic year 2018/2019. 2. Students awarded monetary portions of the study grant: a) will be paid the relevant full amount of the study grant upon achieving 20 credits (or two years for those registered with the previous system) obtained by 10 August 2019 or 10 November 2019 only for those registered with the “Giacomo Puccini” School of Music of La Spezia; b) will be paid only half the total amount of the monetary portion if they have achieved 20 credits (or two years for those registered with the previous system) by 30 November 2019. c) will be assigned one meal per day at the rate of € 1.00 and one at the rate of € 2.00 at the Canteen services, from publication of the provisional rankings through to publication of the definitive rankings.
3. The students listed in the accommodation rankings for “first years and for first and second level degrees courses”, who will result assignee of an accommodation, will be asked to pay a monthly price, equal to what specified below. Upon achieving of the credits required to be assigned the study grant dan accommodation, they will be returned the amount they have paid for accommodation. Also the students included in the accommodation rankings for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree”, pursuant to Article 10 below, will be asked to pay a monthly price, equal to that specified below, starting from the month after achievement of the first level degree and until achieving the credits necessary to obtain the balance of the study grant for the first year of the second level degree course. Upon achieving the credits required to be assigned the study grant and accommodation, they will be returned the amount they have paid for accommodation.
Table Single room in student house ‐ Single flat ‐ Single room in flat € 120.00 Double room in student house ‐ Double room in flat € 110.00 Triple room in flat € 100.00
Those who should be listed in the definitive ranking as only be eligible to the study grant and accommodation service, may remain in the accommodation, if ALFA has availability, paying the tariffs pursuant to the Table above. Those who should be listed in the definitive ranking as not eligible to receive a study grant and consequently the accommodation service may remain in the accommodation, if ALFA has availability, paying the tariffs envisaged for accommodation in exchange for payment. 4. The study grant will be revoked if students have not completed registration within the terms provided by article 28 paragraph 1, letter a) and/or have not achieved at least 20 credits (or two years for those registered with the previous system) by 30 November 2019. These students will be called to return the benefit of the study grant, if received, and the amount corresponding to the services used as grant students, less that already paid. 5. In exceptional cases, the Director of the ALFA Right to Study Area, on a grounded, duly documented request, may postpone the terms envisaged for the achievement of the minimum levels of merit required by up to three months, thereby avoiding revocation. 6. Disabled students with recognised disability of at least 66%, registered for the first conventional year of first level degree courses (three years), single‐cycle specialised master's degree courses or second level specialised/master's degree courses (two years) are not required to achieve the requirement of merit in order to obtain disbursement of the study grant, both in monetary terms and as regards the services. 7. In order to become eligible for and obtain disbursement of the student, students registered, or who intend to register, for the first year of a second level specialised degree course must not only have achieved 20 credits on the dates pursuant to paragraph 2, but must also have obtained recognition of at least 150 credits acquired during the previous career. “Bonus credits” cannot be used in order to achieve the above‐specified requirement of merit. 8. For students registered, or who intend to register for the first year of a second level master's degree, there is no need to have at least 150 credits acquired during the previous career, recognised. 9. Students registered, or who intend to register, for the first year of a second level specialised or master's degree course, who have not achieve a first level degree title from the University of Genoa, must declare, when applying for benefits for academic year 2018/2019, at which university they achieved it, so as to allow for the verification of any remaining “bonus credits”. 10. Students awarded or declared entitled to be awarded a study grant for the academic year 2018/2019 are exonerated from payment of university fees to the University of Genoa or AFAMs and the regional tax for the right to university study.
Article 9 Requirements of merit for students registered for years after the first 1. Students registered for the degree courses indicated below must meet the following minimum requirements as at 10 August 2018: STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST OF NEW SYSTEM DEGREE COURSES Credits necessary to obtain a study grant (to be achieved by 10 August 2018)
Three‐year degree Degree Specialised/master's degree Specialised/master's degree
level 1 specialised/masters single cycle (5 years) single cycle (6 years)
level 2
2nd year: 25 credits 2nd year: 30 credits 2nd year: 25 credits 2nd year: 25 credits 3rd year: 80 credits last semester: 80 credits 3rd year: 80 credits 3rd year: 80 credits last semester: 135 credits 4th year: 135 credits 4th year: 135 credits 5th year: 190 credits 5th year: 190 credits last semester: 245 credits 6th year: 245 credits last semester: 300 credits
Please note:The calculation of the number of credits only includes those recorded on the examinations certificates issued by the University of Genoa or by the Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) , indicating that they have been acquired by 10 August 2018.
DISABLED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY NOT LOWER THAN66%, REGISTERED FOR YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST OF NEW SYSTEM DEGREE COURSES Credits necessary to obtain a study grant (to be achieved by 10 August 2018)
Specialised/master's degree Three‐year degree Degree Specialised/master's degree single cycle (6 years) level 1 specialised/masters single cycle (5 years)
level 2
2nd year: 15 credits 2nd year: 18 credits 2nd year: 15 credits 2nd year: 15 credits 3rd year: 48 credits 3rd year: 48 credits 3rd year: 48 credits 3rd year: 48 credits 4th year: 81 credits last semester: 81 credits 4th year: 81 credits 4th year: 81 credits last semester: 114 credits 5th year: 114 credits 5th year: 114 credits 6th year: 147 credits 6th year: 147 credits last semester: 180 credits 7th year: 180 credits last semester: 213 credits
Please note: The calculation of the number of credits only includes those recorded on the examinations certificates issued by the University of Genoa or by the Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) , indicating that they have been acquired by 10 August 2018.
2. It is specified that for all degree, specialised/master's degree and single‐cycle specialised/master's degree courses, the course credits are considered as acquired and therefore valid in terms of meeting the requirement of merit only when incurred in full, at the end of the last useful module and consequently included in eth student’s career and registered on the certificate of examinations issued by the University of Genoa or by the Institutions of Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM), specifying that they were acquired by said date. Any excess credits, i.e. those not going towards achieving the title, are not valid in terms of calculating merit. 3. Students registered for degree courses in medical professions, run by the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, who complete their practical traineeships envisaged for the academic year 2017/2018 after 10 August 2018, may specify in advance, on the application for benefits, the related credits that will be considered, subject to registration by the University of Genoa by 31 October 2018. 4. If the student fails to achieve the minimum number of credits pursuant to paragraph 1, he may use a bonus in addition to the credits effectively achieved, as specified below. Students registered for: three‐year degree or single‐cycle specialised/master's degree: • if used for the first time to achieve the benefits for the 2nd conventional year of registration up to a maximum of 5 credits; • if used for the first time to achieve the benefits for the 3rd conventional year of registration up to a maximum of 12 credits; • if used for the first time to achieve the benefits for a conventional year of registration after the 3rd up to a maximum of 15 credits. If the student makes partial use of the bonus, the portion of the bonus not used in the reference conventional year may be used in subsequent years. The bonus accrued and not used in the three‐year degree may be used if the student registers for second level specialised/master's degree courses. Individual bonuses are not cumulative. Example: any student asking to use the bonus in order to achieve the requirement of merit for the 2nd year of a three‐year degree shall be entitled to a total bonus of 5 credits for the entire university career (three‐year degree + master's degree); a student deciding to use it for the 3rd year, will be entitled to a total bonus of 12 credits, etc. Therefore, if the student uses 3 bonus credits for the 2nd year, he shall be entitled to use only the remaining 23 bonus credits for the rest of his university career. Any student using the whole or part of the bonus cannot count, as credits valid to achieving the requirement of merit for the award of a study grant and accommodation for the following academic year, the bonus or portion of it used the previous year. If the credits declared on the application do not suffice to achieve the requirement of merit laid down by this competition notice, the portion of bonus useful to obtaining the study grant, if available, will be assigned automatically. 5. In the case of exceptional events, which have prevented students from achieving the number of credits necessary to request benefits for academic years after the first, the Director of the ALFA Right to Study Area, shall, upon grounded, duly documented request to do so, to be made at the time of submitting the application to take part in the competition, postpone the terms envisaged for the achievement of the minimum levels of merit required, by up to three months.
Article 10 Seventh semester and first year of a master's degree ‐ requirements of merit • The application for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” allows students meeting the requirements of merit envisaged by the tables pursuant to Article 9 above, to submit an application for benefits for two different courses of study at a single time. Only students attending the seventh semester at the University of Genoa may submit this type of application and only where in the following position: • students registered in academic year 2015/2016 who graduate by 31 March 2019 and register for a master's degree within the envisaged terms. • The application for benefits for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” must be submitted using the specific option available in the on‐line application. The student shall consecutively fill in first the fields relative to the seventh semester of the degree course and thereafter those for the first year of the master's degree. For information on how to submit applications, please refer to the provisions of Article 6. 3. The cut‐off dates for the submission of the application for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” are those for the years after the first.
4. Students awarded monetary portions of the study grant will be paid the first instalment, equal to half the amount envisaged for the study grant for the last semester, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out for students registered for years after the first and: a) the balance upon achievement of 20 credits, as long as obtained by 10 August 2019; b) only the difference between half the total amount of the monetary portion and the first instalment already received if 20 credits have been achieved (or two years for those registered under the previous system) by 30 November 2019 and this has been notified by 31 December 2018 as the balance of “half a grant” for the first year of a second level degree, maintaining the right to meals and/or accommodation used; c) only the difference between half the total amount of the monetary portion and the first instalment already received, if said merit has not been achieved, as balance of the “grant for the last semester”, needing to return and/or pay the balance on the amounts relative to meals and/or accommodation used as from 1 April 2019, in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 4. • Students applying for a study grant for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” who have been awarded such, who should not graduate by 31 March 2019, will be considered, to all intents and purposes, as awarded study grants for the last semester, in accordance with that specified in Article 7, paragraph 2 and paragraph 4. • Students who have submitted an application for benefits as “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree”, who may find themselves in the conditions described by paragraph 4, letter b) and letter c) during academic year 2019/2020, may only compete as students registered for the second year of a second level master's degree. • The application for benefits for the “last semester” or the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” for the academic year 2018/2019 is incompatible with an application for the integration of a study grant (degree prize) for the academic year 2017/2018 for students graduating within the duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems.
Article 11 Requirements of merit for students registered for previous system courses of study 1. For students registered for the degree course of the Education Sciences the minimum requirements to be met as at 10 August 2018 are those indicated in the table below:
REQUIREMENT OF MERIT ‐ STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR COURSES ACTIVATED PRIOR TO MINISTERIAL DECREE 509/1999
legal course +2 (only Accommodation benefit) Legal course 2013/20 CODE DEGREE COURSE 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 +1 2014/2015 14 EDUCATION SCIENCES PRIMARY EDUCATION 174 SCIENCES 2 7 11 16 22
REQUIREMENT OF MERIT DISABLED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY NOT LOWER THAN 66% ‐ REGISTERED FOR COURSES ACTIVATED PRIOR TO MINISTERIAL DECREE 509/1999 legal course +3 (only Legal Legal Accommodation course +1 course +2 benefit) CODE DEGREE COURSE 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 EDUCATION SCIENCES PRIMARY EDUCATION 174 SCIENCES 1 4 9 14 17 20
2. For students registered with the Schools of Music, the minimum requirements to be met are those indicated in the table below
HIGHER COURSES OF THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DIPLOMA
SCHOOLS OF MUSIC “NICCOLO’ PAGANINI” OF GENOA AND “GIACOMO PUCCINI” OF LA SPEZIA
School of Registration for years Harp 8th ‐ 9th Singing 4th ‐ 5th Guitar 9th ‐ 10th Clarinet 6th ‐ 7th Composition 8th ‐ 9th ‐ 10th Double bass 6th ‐ 7th Horn 5th ‐ 6th Bassoon 6th ‐ 7th Flute 6th ‐ 7th Accordion 9th ‐ 10th Oboe 6th ‐ 7th Organ and organ composition 9th ‐ 10th Main piano 9th ‐ 10th Saxophone 6th ‐ 7th Percussion instruments 6thh ‐ ‐ 7t8th Trumpet and trombone 5th ‐ 6th Viola 9th ‐ 10th Violin 9th ‐ 10th Cello 9th ‐ 10th Jazz I‐II – III Harpsichord I‐II – III Electronic music I‐II – III – IV ______
For all Schools and all years indicated, the MERIT is as follows:
Having passed the final test or promotion examination relating to the previous year, by 24 October 2018. For the first year of the Schools of Jazz, Harpsichord and Electronic music, the total amount of the study grant is assigned if the final test of the first year is passed by 10 August 2019. Only half the amount is disbursed if the student passes the final test by 21 October 2019.
Article 12 Requirements of merit for students registered for doctorate and specialisation courses 1. Students must be validly registered and admitted to courses in the ways envisaged by the respective teaching systems without any surpassing of the prescribed course duration or repeating of the year of first registration. The students in question must promptly inform ALFA of their admission to such courses and any registration with the University. 2. A ranking is drawn up in increasing order of university ISEE, in which students registered in years after the first precede. Where economic position is equal, the student awarded an ALFA study grant for academic year 2017/2018 shall precede.
Article 13 Economic requirements for students resident in Italy (EU and Non‐EU) 1. The student’s economic conditions are identified by Prime Ministerial Decree 159/2013 on ISEE and completed by the criteria envisaged by Prime Ministerial Decree 09 April 2001. Students wishing to take part in the competition for the assignment of the study grant and related services must visit one of the CAAFs (Authorised Tax Assistance Centres) specified by INPS, located throughout national territory, with all documents necessary to the calculation of the ISEE, for Beneficial Provisions for the Right to a University Study. For the purpose of taking part in the competition for the assignment of benefits for the academic year 2018/2019, only University ISEE certificates issued by INPS after 15 January 2018, will be considered valid. 2. The amounts of the university ISEE and ISPE of the student applying for a study grant and accommodation must not exceed the limit thresholds specified below: University ISEEU (Indicator of Equivalent Financial Situation for University) income, with reference to calendar year 2016: € 23,000.00; University ISPEU (Indicator of Equivalent Assets Situation for University), with reference to calendar year 2017: € 50,000.00. The value ISPE is calculated by the procedure relative to the on‐line application, dividing the ISP (Indicator of Equity Position) indicated in the University ISEE certificate for the parameter calculated according to the number of members of the family unit (equivalence scale). The members of the relevant family unit refers to the date on which the application is submitted. 3. The conventional family unit of the student, to be declared in the DSU, is defined by current legislation relating to the ISEE: a) any student who meets both the following conditions is considered as “independent”: • personal residence outside the original family home for at least two years prior to the date of first registration for each course of studies, in accommodation not owned by a family member. • presence of a suitable income capacity received in tax year 2016, no less than € 6,500.00. This amount includes any tax‐declared income or comparable received in tax year 2016, as well as any item of income exempt from tax, including the study grant and all ALFA contributions received in tax year 2015 (with the exception of interventions in support of disabled students), part‐time collaborations with ALFA, Universities or other entities, income from employment abroad, only if taxed in the foreign country, cheques effectively received for child maintenance, welfare, social security and indemnity treatments (not already included in comprehensive income). If the position of the married student does not fit the condition of “independent student” (as per letter a) above), the student himself will be considered as part of his originating family unit without considering the income of the spouse and/or children. If the student has married, in order to define the income capacity received in tax year 2016 of no less than € 6,500.00, the spouse’s income must also be considered. b) if the student cannot be considered as “independent”, in his own DSU, that of the parents must also be provided; c) any student who does not meet the requirements to be considered “independent” can in any case submit the ISEE relative only to his economic position, but only if meeting one of the following conditions: • orphan of both parents; • member of a religious order; • member of a host community; • imprisoned. The student must, of course, be in possession of suitable documentation proving his condition. d) if the student does not have sufficient income capacity to be considered “independent” and cannot indicate income received abroad from his family unit because he is not resident in Italy, he is required to supplement the University ISEE with the documentation envisaged by Article 14; 4. The family unit of the applicant for benefits for research doctorate courses consists only of the applicant himself, any spouse, children under the age of 18 and adult children.
Article 14 Economic requirements for students not resident in Italy (EU and Non‐EU) 1. Foreign students, Italian students resident abroad, stateless students or political refugees may compete for the conferral of ALFA benefits. 2. EU and non‐EU students residing with their families in Italy, without income and/or assets abroad, must refer to the documentation envisaged under Article 13. 3. EU and non‐EU students residing with their families abroad, with income and assets abroad, must have suitable documentation issued by the competent authorities of the country where the income was produced, translated into Italian by the Italian diplomatic authorities with territorial competence. Said documentation must specify: a) the members of the conventional family unit; b) gross income received abroad in 2016 by each of the members of the family unit; c) any buildings owned abroad by each of the members of the unit as at 31 December 2017, specifying the related surface area and/or any lease charges relative to the home where the family unit lives, as well as the equity available abroad as at that same date. For countries where it is particularly difficult to obtain certificates certified by the local Italian Embassy, this documentation is provided by the competent foreign consular or diplomatic representatives in Italy, translated into Italian and legalised by the Prefectures in accordance with Article 33, paragraph 4 of Italian Presidential Decree no. 445 of 28 December 2000. 4. Students who are not resident in Italy are still obliged to also declare income and assets owned in Italy by his family unit. 5. Students from developing countries pursuant to Ministerial Decree no. 351 of 3 May 2018 (see table) must submit a certificate of the Italian representative in the country of origin, certifying that the student does not belong to a family of notoriously high income and high social standing; this certificate, for the purpose of quantifying the amount of the ISEE and ISPE indicators, is assigned as € 0.00 for both indicators. For those who register for the 1st year of degree and single‐cycle master's degree courses, the certification that the student does not belong to a family of notoriously high income and high social standing may also be issued by Italian entities qualified to provide guarantees of economic cover pursuant to current provisions on the registration of foreign students in Italian universities; in this case, the entity issuing the certificate undertakes to refund the grant on behalf of the student, in the event of revocation. 6. The status of stateless student or political refugee must be proven by the parties concerned by means of the official documentation in their possession, issued, respectively by the Civil Court of stateless students and by the specific Minister for the Interior Commission for political refugees. The students in question are exempted from having to submit declarations issued by the embassies and consulates. For the purpose of the assessment of the economic condition of said students, only income produced and any assets held in Italy, are considered.
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH MINISTERIAL DECREE NO. 351 OF 03 MAY 2018
Afghanistan Mauritania Angola Mozambique Bangladesh Myanmar Benin Nepal Bhutan Niger Burkina Faso Rwanda Burundi Sao Tome and Principe Cambodia Senegal Central African Rep. Sierra Leone Chad Solomon Islands Comoros Somalia Congo Dem. Rep. South Sudan Djibouti Sudan Equatorial Guinea Tajikistan Eritrea Tanzania Ethiopia Timor‐Leste Gambia Togo Guinea Tuvalu Guinea Bissau Uganda Haiti Vanuatu Kenya Yemen Kiribati Zambia Korea, Dem. Rep. Zimbabwe Laos Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Article 15 Disabled students 1. For disabled students, with a disability recognised in accordance with Article 3 of Italian Law no. 104 of 5 February 1992 of at least 66%, the amount of the student is supplemented by € 1,500.00. 2. These students may obtain a student for the first title only for each level of study, for a maximum time, calculated from the year of first registration, of: a) students registered for three‐year degree courses: three years and three semesters; b) students registered for single‐cycle master's degree courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems plus three semesters; c) students registered for master's degree courses: two years and three semesters; d) students registered on previous system study courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems plus two years; e) students registered with Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music : legal duration of the courses; f) students registered for doctorate courses or specialisation courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems; and free accommodation in our Residences only for the first title for each level of study, for a maximum time, calculated from the year of first registration, of: a) students registered for three‐year degree courses: three years and four semesters; b) students registered for single‐cycle master's degree courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems plus four semesters; c) students registered for master's degree courses: two years and four semesters; d) students registered on previous system study courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems plus three years; e) students registered with Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music : legal duration of the courses plus one year; f) students registered for doctorate courses or specialisation courses: duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems.
3. The students pursuant to paragraph 1 benefiting from study grants are entitled to two free meals a day at the Canteen services. 4. ALFA will revoke the supplemented amount of the study grant to the students who are not in possess of the certification attesting disability as per previous paragraph 1.
Article 16 Supplements 1. The amounts of the study grant may be supplemented, besides the disabled students as per previous article 15, only in the following cases: a) grant students admitted by the University to take part in the European Community international mobility programme “Erasmus + ‐ Key Action 1” for the academic year 2018/2019, as determined under Article 17 below, within the limits of the budget allocation; • students whose economic position has worsened with respect to the declaration submitted at the time the competition application was submitted: in this case, the student may submit suitable documentation by which to obtain an increase in the amount starting from the next semester instalment; • students achieving a first level degree title (three years), a second level specialised/master's degree (two years) and a single‐cycle specialised/master's degree within the duration envisaged by the respective teaching systems: these students must submit the declaration of having achieved the study title within 30 days of the degree session in order to benefit, within the limits of budget allocation, from a supplement to the grant equal to half the monetary amount obtained in the last year of the course. This supplement is not envisaged for students who have achieved a study title relative to previous system degree courses activated prior to the implementation of Ministerial Decree 509/1999. • Any student who is in the ranking for accommodation and that has been declared assignee, who has a under‐ age child born starting from 1 January 2012 and requests to continue to live with his son in an external accommodation.
Article 17 International mobility contributions for students taking part in the “Erasmus + ‐ Key Action 1 Learning mobility of individuals” programme
1. Students admitted by the University of Genoa to the international mobility programme must, when applying for a study grant, mark the suitable box whereby they request the supplementation of the study grant for the international mobility project “Erasmus + – Key Action 1 Learning mobility of individuals”, self‐certifying the country of destination and how long they will spend abroad. 2. Any student requesting a supplement for “Erasmus + – Key Action 1 Learning mobility of individuals” undertakes, in order to receive the monetary amount, to pass, during the period of study spent abroad (also aimed at taking the conclusive test of the degree course), at least one examination, which must be recognised by the University in terms of credits or years, under the scope of the course of studies in Italy. 3. Students registered for the first years of a second level specialised/master's degree must, if they wish to applyr fo this supplement, declare the number of credits achieved as at 10 August 2018. 4. The amount of the grant relevant to the European Community mobility programme “Erasmus + – Key Action 1 Learning mobility of individuals” ‐ assigned by ALFA, is of € 670.00/month. This contribution is to be added toe th EU contribution for the above mentioned students as well as to the University contribution related to credits obtained. 5. ALFA envisages supplementing students with a University ISEE within the limits envisaged by this notice, with a contribution of € 420.00 per month. The supplementary contribution of ALFA is INCOMPATIBLE with any supplementary contributions paid by the University of Genoa for mobility. 6. ALFA also envisages a reimbursement of travel costs of € 250.00. 7. For students registered for years subsequent to the first, the first instalment, equating to half the monetary amount calculated according to the number of months self‐certified by the student during submission of the application, will be disbursed at the same time as the first instalment of the study grant; for students registered for the first year of a second level degree, the first instalment, equating to half the monetary amount calculated according to the number of months self‐certified by the student during submission of the application, will be disbursed at the same time as payment is made of the entire study grant, after having achieved the merits envisaged by Article 27 “Methods of payment of the study grant”. The final instalment will only bed pai upon completion of the study period and after the transmission, by 31 December 2019, by the University of Genoa and AFAM, to the Economic Benefits Service, of the certificate issued by the foreign university, declaring: a) the period spent abroad; b) that at least one examination taken abroad hasn bee passed, for participants in the programme “Erasmus + – Key Action 1 Learning mobility of individuals” . 8. Once the above terms have expired, any student for whom the above documentation has not been received will forfeit his right to the supplement and will be required to return the first instalment already disbursed. 9. These supplements may only be granted once for each level of study. 10. Those entitled to the supplement will be identified according to rankings defined in accordance with the criteria used to determine the rankings for accommodation and within the limits of budget allocations to be determined at a later date. 11. ALFA will revoke the benefit relating to international mobility from students who are not assigned a University study grant in respect of the European Community international mobility programme ““Erasmus + – Key Action 1” and those for whom the Economic Benefits Service has not received the certificate pursuant to paragraph 2 above, from the University and AFAM by 31 December 2019. 12. If a study grant is not used in full for the number of months envisaged, the student will be paid an amount corresponding to only the number of months effectively spent at the host university and certified by it, as long as this is equal to or greater than three months. If the period effectively certified by the destination university should be less than the amount of months due, the student will be called upon to return the amount for which he has not accrued the right. 13. Any student heading abroad for the reasons described in this Article must promptly notify the Canteen Service to this end, which will duly suspend the validity of the card for Canteen Service, in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the Canteen Service Regulation, using the specific form available from the website. 14. Any student assigned accommodation who heads abroad for the reasons described in this Article, must promptly notify the Accommodation service to this end, using the specific form available from the website.
Article 18 Criteria for the assignment of study grants 1. Study grants, insofar as available on the budget, are assigned by way of priority to disabled students with a recognised disability as per article 3 of Law no. 104 of 5 February 1992 of at least 66% and, for 40 study grants, to the students pursuant to Article 12. 2. Resources available after this assignment are used for the award of study grants to those registered for years after the first, for as long as there is budget availability. 3. If additional resources should remain available, within the limits of the budget, study grants will be assigned to students registered for the first year of single‐cycle masters or specialised/master's degrees. 4. If additional funds should remain available, study grants will be assigned to students registered for the first year of first level degree courses in the form of services (Accommodation and Canteen Service). 5. Any resources as may remain after said assignment is used to award monetary portions of study grants to students registered for the first year of first level degree courses, according to the order listed in the rankings. 6. Students who have submitted an application and meet the requirements and who are found to be eligible shall in any case be entitled: • to exoneration from payment of university fees and regional taxes for the right to university studies; • to the beneficial tariffs for accommodation envisaged by the Table below and the beneficial tariffs envisaged by the Canteen Service Regulation.
Table Single room in student house ‐ Single flat ‐ Single room in flat € 120.00 Double room in student house ‐ Double room in flat € 110.00 Triple room in flat € 100.00
Article 19 Criteria for the formulation of of study grant rankings 1. Six rankings are prepared relative respectively to: • students registering who are members of the European Union, in increasing order of University ISEE; • students registering who are not members of the European Union, in increasing order of University ISEE; • students registered for the first year of a second level specialised/master's degree who are members of the European Union, in increasing order of University ISEE; • students registered for the first year of a second level specialised/master's degree who are not members of the European Union, in increasing order of Under the terms of ISEE; • students registered for years after the first of all courses of the previous system (courses activated prior to Ministerial Decree 509/1999) and the new system: study grants will be assigned according to the rankings of merit, according to the number of credits or years passed as at 10 August 2018 in respect of credits or years required according to the year of registration, as indicated under Article 9; • students registered for the “seventh semester ‐ first year of master's degree” as indicated under Article 10 of this notice, according to the number of credits or years passed as at 10 August 2018, in respect of credits or years required according to the year of registration, as indicated under Article 9; 2. If situations are equal in the first four rankings, the youngest in terms of age shall precede.
In the fifth and sixth rankings, the following priorities apply: a) if students registered with the previous system: • the student with the highest average marks; • the student who has been awarded an ALFA study grant for academic year 2017/2018; • the student with the lowest University ISEE. b) if students registered with the new system: • the student who has not used the bonus; • the student who has made least use of the bonus; • the student with the highest average marks; • the student who has been awarded an ALFA study grant for academic year 2017/2018; • the student with the lowest University ISEE.
3. For each Institution for Higher Education in Art and Music , three rankings will be prepared, ordered as follows: a) students registered for the first year of a level 1 or 2 course who are members of the European Union ‐ the ranking will be listed in increasing order of University ISEE; b) students registered for the first year of a level 1 or 2 course who are not members of the European Union‐ the ranking will be listed in increasing order of University ISEE; c) students registered for years after the first. The grants will be assigned with rankings of merit prepared according to the number of credits achieved, as at 10 August 2018or as at 10 November 2018for the “Giacomo Puccini” School of Music, in respect of the minimum credits required by this competition notice.
4. If situations are equal in the first two rankings, the youngest in terms of age shall precede. In the third ranking, the following priorities apply: a) the student with the highest average marks; b) the student with the lowest University ISEE. For those registered with previous system courses, the ranking is prepared according to increasing order of University ISEE. Where situations are equal, the student shall precede who has the highest marks.
5. As regards those registered for specialisation courses or research doctorates, a ranking is prepared in order of increasing University ISEE, in which students registered in years after the first precede. Where economic position is equal, the student awarded an ALFA study grant for academic year 2017/2018 shall precede. 6. Students awarded the grant may be suspended in the ranking for the following reasons: a) students who have not completed their registration; b) students who are not registered; c) students who are not in possession of valid forms of ID or residency permits; d) students for whom verifications are underway relating to accreditation, merit and/or economic‐equity position; e) students who have not completed entry of data on income insofar as in possession of an ISEE with notes/ordinary; f) students who have declared that they are in possession of the DSU only. For grant students suspended on the ranking, the study grantd an related services will only be disbursed once they have cancelled out the reason or reasons for which suspension was ordered, confirming the right to remain in the ranking of those assigned grants and accommodation. Students who find themselves in the position pursuant to this paragraph letter d), e) and f),e at th time of the issue of the definitive rankings, will be declared excluded. 7. Students who owe money to ALFA cannot submit an application to take part in this notice unless they have agreed repayment plans with ALFA and these have been duly honoured. Students who owe money to other Italian Institutions for the Right to University Study cannot submit an application to take part in this notice.
3. There is no provision for any form of cashing in of services, save that specified below in this Article and in the other cases specifically indicated in this notice. 4. Those awarded study grants who achieve a three‐year degree, single‐cycle specialised/master's degree, specialised/master's degree, previous system degree, specialisation or, doctorate maintain their right to the monetary portion of the grant (annual or semester), whilst they forfeit the related services (canteen services and accommodation), as governed by the respective regulations. These students must, therefore, within 10 days, notify ALFA of the achievement of the title. 5. Students awarded study grants are entitled, for a period of 12 or 6 months (depending on whether they have been awarded an annual or semester grant) of publication of the provisional rankings, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7 of this notice, to consume 1 meal each day, free of charge, at the ncantee services. 6. No reimbursement is due for failure to consume meals during the period of opening or closure of the Canteen Service Regulation, except where students are classified as “COMMUTING” or “off‐site” and the failure to consume is due to his participation in the international mobility programmes pursuant to Article 17 of this notice, which has effectively prevented them from using the service. In these cases, upon request submitted and documented by 31 December 2019, in accordance with the provisions of said Article 17, each of the students concerned will be reimbursed an amount determined according to the monthly value of the service. 7. Off‐site students awarded study grants, who take part in the competition for the assignment of accommodation, are included in a specific ranking, regardless of the number of place made available and shall benefit from accommodation while places remain, free of charge in the ALFA residential structure, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 8 for students in first years of all courses. Students awarded study grants who are not assigned accommodation due to lack of space, will be granted a study grant increased by the amount corresponding to the value assigned to the accommodation service in respect of the period for which there is no space available as compared with the entire concession period, in accordance with the provisions of Article 26. 8. No amount shall be due for complete or partial failure to use the accommodation service, even during periods for which the university residences are closed, unless this is caused by an unavailability of space or the onset of any of the situations described below: a) disabled students b) students with children or child born on or after 1 January 2012, as better clarified by Article 22, paragraph 12 of this notice; c) students participating in the international mobility programmes pursuant to Article 17 of this notice that effectively prevent use of the service. In these cases, upon request submitted and documented by 31 December 2019, in accordance with the provisions of said Article 17, each of the students concerned will be reimbursed an amount determined according to the monthly value of the service. 9. Students found to be eligible but who have not been awarded the monetary portion of the study grant due to lack of funds, are entitled to benefit, in accordance with Article 18, paragraph 4, free of charge, from the services connected with the study grant, as follows: a) canteen service: the benefit shall apply for 6 or 12 months, depending on whether they applied for a six‐month or annual grant. 1 meal is assigned per day; b) accommodation service (only if available): the benefit will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 below.
Article 21 Accommodation service 1. In order to compete for the concession of accommodation, in addition to meeting the general and economic requirements and the requirements of merit set out in this notice, the students must also be off‐site. 2. ALFA will make a total of 763 accommodation places available in its residential structures, as specified below:
Genoa 739 beds
Casa dello Studente Asiago – Via Asiago, 2 – Tel. 010 837971 112 beds in single rooms with canteen service ‐ study rooms ‐ IT rooms ‐ TV room ‐ laundry service
Casa dello Studente Gastaldi – C.so Gastaldi, 25 – Tel. 010 3698211 95 beds in single and double rooms with canteen service ‐ study rooms ‐ IT rooms ‐ TV room ‐ laundry service
Residenza Montagnola – Sal. Montagnola della Marina, 2 – Tel. 010 2511747 35 beds in 13 triple flats and 1 double flat ‐ Laundry service
Residenza Stella – Via A. Doria, 2 – Tel. 010 253501 15 beds in double flats ‐ Study room ‐ Laundry service
Residenza Milano Terminus – Via Balbi, 34 Tel. 010 8999700 42 beds in 21 double rooms ‐ 3 shared kitchens ‐ Study room ‐ IT rooms ‐ Laundry service
Residenza Monachette – Via Prè 49 32 beds in triple flats and 1 double flat
Residenza Mele – Vico Mele 5 12 beds in double and triple flats ‐ Study room ‐ Laundry service
Residenza Gramsci – Via Gramsci 9 12 beds in flats with double rooms and one single room
Residenza Marinelle – Vico Marinelle Tel. 010 9897641 70 beds in 32 single and 19 double rooms ‐ 4 shared kitchens ‐ Study rooms ‐ Laundry service
Residenza S. Nicola – Salita della Madonnetta 1 E – Tel. 010 9897832 122 beds in double and single rooms ‐ Study rooms ‐ IT room ‐ TV room ‐ Gymnasium ‐ Laundry service ‐ Habitable cloisters
Residenza Firenze‐Zurigo – Via Gramsci 199 R 48 beds in 2 double mini‐housing solutions, 12 single rooms and 16 double rooms ‐ Study rooms ‐ TV room ‐ Laundry service
Residenza Garibaldi – Salita della Neve n. 17 144 beds in single and double rooms ‐ Study rooms ‐ TV room ‐ Laundry service
Savona 24 beds
Residenza Bligny – Via Magliotto, 2 – Tel. 019 860250 24 beds in double flats.
3. Accommodation is assigned to those awarded study grants meeting the requirement of being an “off‐site student” and who have specifically requested such in the on‐line application, considering the availability of places. 4. Accommodation is assigned to the students pursuant to this Article for the periods indicated below, as a rule excluding the month of August: a) subsequent years ‐ those awarded annual grants and entitled to confirmation of accommodation: from 18.09.2018 to 26.07.2019, free of charge; b) subsequent years ‐ those awarded six‐ month grants and who are entitled to confirmation of accommodation: from 18.09.2018 to 31.03.2019, free of charge; from 01.04.2019 to 26.07.2019 paying the monthly tariff of € 160.00; students who graduate in March and who are still in accommodation as at 1 April 2019 (insofar as within the 20 days of achievement of the degree, granted by the Regulation) shall pay the tariff relative to the payment bracket; c) subsequent years ‐ those awarded seventh semester and first year of a master's degree grants and who are entitled to confirmation of accommodation: from 18.09.2018, free of charge until achievement of the three‐year degree or in any case until 31.03.2019; in exchange for payment from the month after achievement of the three‐year degree or in any case from 01.04.2019 to 26.07.2019, paying the monthly tariff pursuant to Article 8; students applying for a study grant for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree”, who are awarded it, who should fail to graduate by 31 March 2019, will be considered to all intents and purposes as having been awarded study grants for the last semester, in accordance with that specified under Article 7, paragraph 2 and paragraph 4, paying the monthly tariff of € 160.00; d) first year of second level two degree ‐ those awarded annual grants and entitled to confirmation of accommodation: from 18.09.2018 to 26.07.2019, in exchange for payment, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8; e) subsequent years ‐ those awarded annual grants and entitled to new entrance accommodation: from 03.10.2018 to 26.07.2019 free of charge; f) subsequent years ‐ those awarded six‐month grants and entitled to new entry accommodation: from 03.10.2018 to 31.03.2019 free of charge; from 01.04.2019 to 26.07.2019 paying the monthly tariff of € 160.00; students who graduate in March and who are still in accommodation as at 1 April 2019 (insofar as within the 20 days of achievement of the degree, granted by the Regulation) shall pay the tariff relative to the payment bracket; g) subsequent years ‐ those awarded “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” grants and who are entitled to new entry accommodation: from 03.10.2018 free of charge until achievement of the three‐year degree or in any case until 31.03.2019; in exchange for payment from the month after achievement of the three‐year degree or in any case from 01.04.2019 to 26.07.2019, paying the monthly tariff pursuant to Article 8; students applying for a study grant for the “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree”, who are awarded it, who should fail to graduate by 31 March 2019, will be considered to all intents and purposes as having been awarded study grants for the last semester, in accordance with that specified under Article 7, paragraph 2 and paragraph 4, paying the monthly tariff of € 160.00; h) first year of a first level degree ‐ those awarded an annual grant and who are entitled to accommodation: from 29.10.2018 to 26.07.2019 in exchange for payment in accordance with the provisions of Article 8; i) first year of a second level two degree ‐ those awarded an annual grant and who are entitled to accommodation: from 29.10.2018 to 26.07.2019 in exchange for payment, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8; l) AFAM students in subsequent years who have been awarded an annual grant and are entitled to accommodation: from 18.12.2018 for one year free of charge; students in first years of all courses in exchange for payment in accordance with the provisions of Article 8; m) doctorate and specialising students who have been awarded annual grants and are entitled to accommodation: from 01.02.2019 for one year, free of charge. 5. Any assignment may start after the dates specified above, without prejudice to the ultimate terms established. 6. If during the period for which the accommodation has been assigned, the student should forfeit his status as off‐site student, he must immediately notify ALFA to this end in writing, also releasing the place. 7. In periods during which the residences are closed, the accommodation service structures are available to ALFA.
Article 22 Criteria for the conferral of accommodation 1. ALFA reserves: a) 8 places at its residences for students registered for specialisation courses or research doctorates; these places are assigned in increasing order of ISEE, prioritising students registered for years after the first; b) 5 places at its residences for AFAM students registered for years after the first. 2. The remaining places available, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 11 below, will be assigned according to the following priority criteria; a) students awarded grants, registered for years after the first, including those who submitted an application as “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” in accordance with Article 10, who have been assigned accommodation on the basis of the competition rankings for 2016/2017 and who have not renounced such or been revoked during the year, who meet the income and merit requirements envisaged, are confirmed the accommodation occupied; b) students registered (or who intend to register) efor th 1st year of the level II specialised/master's degree, awarded a grant, assigned accommodation on the basis of the rankings of the 2017/2018 competition and who have not renounced such or been revoked during the year, meeting the requirements of income and merit envisaged, are confirmed the accommodation occupied, as long as they specifically request such, as follows: ‐ those competing for the 1st year of a second level (specialised/master's) degree, as being entitled to confirmation and, consequently, entitled to the assignment of accommodation on 18 September 2018, must be in possession of a first level degree certificate, achieved by 31 August 2018 or must be in possession of 135 credits as at 10 August 2018 (without using the bonus) and must submit the on‐line application for a study grant and accommodation from 02 July 2018 to 03 August 2018 (terms envisaged for University of Genoa students for subsequent years). Those submitting an on‐line application for a study grant and accommodation from 27 August to 20 September 2018, if entitled, will obtain accommodation under the terms and conditions of those registered for the first years of a first level degree. c) the places made available after the assignments pursuant to letters a) and b) of this paragraph, will be assigned to students not housed in residences in academic year 2017/2018 registered for course years after the first, of all courses (European and non‐European citizens). Rankings will be ordered according to decreasing points obtained from the following formula:
1000 x student credits (or years) ‐ min. credits (or years max. credits(or years) ‐ min. credits (or years) where: credits (or years) means the number of credits (or years) acquired by 10/08/2018;
min. credits (or years) means the number of credits (or years) corresponding to the minimum requirement of merit for access to benefits in connection with the year of registration; max. credits (or years) means the maximum number of credits (or years) potentially able to be sustained by the student until the year of course prior to that relating to the registration in 2018/2019.
In the event of parity, the following priority criteria will be considered: • the student who has not used the bonus; • the student who has made least use of the bonus; • the student with the lowest ISEE.
3. The places made available after the assignment pursuant to paragraph 2 will be assigned as follows:
70% to European Union citizen students or non‐European Community citizens with a family unit residing and producing income in Italy, registered or who intend to register for the first year of all courses; 30% to students who are citizens of non‐European Union Member States, with a family unit resident abroad, registered or who intend to register with the first year of all courses.
4. The rankings for the students pursuant to paragraph 3 are formulated in increasing order of income. In the event of parity, the youngest of age shall precede.
5. Any places made available after assignment in accordance with the previous rankings, are re‐distributed to students eligible for accommodation, on the basis of the above percentages.
6. For students eligible for accommodation and study grants, the following tariffs apply:
Single room in student house ‐ Single flat ‐ Single room in flat € 120.00 Double room in student house ‐ Double room in flat € 110.00 Triple room in flat € 100.00
7. Those submitting an application for accommodation for the second time in the same course year are placed behind those submitting an application for the first time. Those who have already requested ALFA benefits twice for the same course year, cannot request them again.
8. Anyone forfeiting the right to a study grant or renouncing it, even if due to failure to complete registration in academic year 2018/2019 or failure to have at least 150 credits of the previous career recognised, forfeits his right to accommodation and must, for any months for which he has already benefited from it, make payment of the value of the bed for grant students, depending on the type of accommodation assigned, at the following tariffs, less any amounts already paid, in accordance with Article 8:
Single flat € 250.00 Single room in student house ‐ Single room in flat € 250.00 Double room in student house ‐ Double room in flat € 200.00 Triple room in flat € 180.00
9. In a similar fashion, those applying for the 1st year of any course, if failing to meet the minimum requirement for the concession of the study grant (20 credits by 30 November 2019) and those forfeiting the study grant, are required to make such payment. 10. In formulating the rankings, students awarded study grants, awarded accommodation on the basis of the rankings for the 2017/2018 competition and who have not renounced such during the year or who have not been revoked or declared as forfeited, who meet the requirements of income and merit envisaged by this notice and who have submitted the related application, are considered as “confirmations of accommodation”.
11. Disabled students are assigned accommodation before other students. In addition to the provisions of Article 15, they also have the faculty to choose between the assignment of accommodation service and a cash supplement of the study grant, equal to the portion of the Accommodation service, if considered more appropriate to their needs.
12. Students with under‐age children born on or after 1 January 2012, who are included in the accommodation rankings and who ask to continue to live with their child, shall be assigned a cash supplement to the study grant, equal to the portion of the Accommodation service increased by € 1,500.00. For the eligible student included in the “last semester” ranking the grant will be increased of € 750,00. If the student lives with the child’s parent, who also benefits from a study grant and is assigned accommodation, by submitting a duly registered rental contract, as better clarified under Article 26, he may obtain a cash supplement of the study grant by way of rental contribution.
Article 23 Results of the competition and publication of rankings 1. The results of the competitions for the concession of study grants and the assignment of accommodation will be disclosed to all students interested by means of the affixing of rankings to notice boards and publication on the website www.alfaliguria.it. No communication will be sent by post or given over the telephone. For assignments regarding the Bligny Residence in Savona, communication relating to changes in rankings may also be made by e‐mail. 2. The provisional rankings of accommodation confirmations for subsequent years with the University of Genoa, confirmation of accommodation for “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree”, and confirmation of accommodation for first year of a second level degree with the University of Genoa, will be published by 12 September 2018, save for cases of force majeure. The provisional rankings of study grants for subsequent years and accommodation for subsequent years and new requests, “last semester” and “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” of the University of Genoa, will be published by 24 September 2018, save for cases of force majeure. The provisional rankings of study grants and accommodation for first years with the University of Genoa will be published by 22 October 2018, save for cases of force majeure. The definitive rankings of study grants and accommodation for the University of Genoa will be published by 30 November 2018, save for cases of force majeure. The provisional rankings of study grants and accommodation forAM AF students will be published by 17 December 2018, save for cases of force majeure. The definitive rankings of study grants and accommodation for AFAM students will be published by 21 January 2019, save for cases of force majeure. The provisional rankings of study grants and accommodation for specialised and doctorate students will be published by 28 January 2019, save for cases of force majeure. The definitive rankings of study grants and accommodation for specialised and doctorate students will be published by 11 February 2019, save for cases of force majeure. 3. Any requests made for review against the results of the provisional rankings of the competition, prepared on simple paper, must be submitted to the Director of the ALFA Right to Study Area within 10 days of publication. No requests for review will be considered regarding: a) exclusion due to having submitted an application after the cut‐off date; b) failure to be assigned on legitimate grounds. The outcome of requests for review will be notified through the publication of the definitive rankings.
Article 24 Method for the assignment of accommodation 1. Students assigned accommodation at ALFA residences will be convened on the dates established by the table below, by means of notice published on the website www.alfaliguria.it, and must appear on the dates, at the times specified below, at risk of forfeiture of the benefit. 2. No communication will be sent by post or made over the telephone; communication by means of publication on the website shall apply to all intents and purposes as notification.
CONFIRMATIONS subsequent years, “last semester”, “seventh semester and first year of a master's degree” and 1st year of specialised/master's degree: on 18 September 2018, from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 14:30 to 16:30 on 19 September 2018, from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 14:30 to 16:30 at the following sites: ‐ Casa dello Studente Asiago – Via Asiago, 2 ‐ if assigned accommodation at Casa dello Studente Asiago; ‐ Casa dello Studente Gastaldi – Corso Gastaldi, 25 ‐ if assigned accommodation at Casa dello Studente Gastaldi; ‐ Residenza San Nicola – Salita della Madonnetta 1 E ‐ if assigned accommodation at Residenza San Nicola; ‐ Accommodation service – Via S. Vincenzo, 4 ‐ if assigned accommodation at all other residences of Genoa; ‐ Residenza Bligny – Via Magliotto, 2 Savona ‐ if assigned accommodation in Savona. NEW ENTRIES in subsequent years “last semester” and “seventh semester and first year of master's”: on 03 October 2018 on 04 October 2018 from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 14:30 to 16:30, up to the limit of available places. NEW ENTRIES first years of first and second level degree: on 29 October 2018 from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 14:30 to 16:30, up to the limit of available places, only at: ‐ Accommodation service – Via S. Vincenzo, 4 – both if assigned accommodation service in all residences of Genoa and if assigned accommodation service in Savona.
After entries of 3 and 4 October 2018, further assignments will be made to entitled students included in the rankings of subsequent years ‐ new requests will be made on the basis of available places in the residences by means of a notice published on the ALFA website by 12 October 2018. Further assignments can also be made through the request of expression of interest for accommodation sent by ALFA to the eligible students, by following the order of the rankings, to the e‐mail address indicated in the on‐line application. The transmission of such requests will be preceded by the publication of a notice on the ALFA website. After the deadline for sending the expressions of interest, the contacted students will be no more able to accept the accommodation, and a notice will be published on the ALFA website with the date of the summons for allocation of housing. It is pointed out that if the student does not answer to the communication sent by ALFA, he will be in all respects considered renunciative. Every communication of ALFA will be sent to the email address indicated by the student in the on‐line application. The student must be aware that the lack of check and reading of the communications send by ALFA does not not represent an acceptable reason of complaint.
3. Accommodation at the ALFA residences is assigned to students admitted, considering the nearness of the Department attended and the accommodation available, according to the priorities assigned to the individual rankings. the criterion of nearness to the Department will be mediated, in the opinion of the Administration, by the need for cultural‐ethnic integration of the communities present in the individual structures. 4. Places are assigned in the order of the rankings, giving priority to disabled students. 5. Students not attending, without justified reasons, by the cut‐off date indicated in the convening, will be considered as having forfeited the benefit. Anyone who, for serious, documented reasons of health or family, is unable to attend on the date indicated for entry, must submit a specific written request for postponement, duly documented, also e‐ mailing [email protected] . 6. At the time accommodation is assigned in the ALFA residences, students, with a suitable form of valid ID, must: a) pay a non interest‐bearing deposit of € 200.00, which will be reimbursed at the end of the assignment period; for students assigned accommodation as first years, reimbursement will only take place upon achieving the credits necessary to ensure payment of the study grant; b) stipulate a deed of acceptance of the accommodation, undertaking to comply with the residence regulation, available for download from the ALFA website. 7. Any student renouncing the accommodation assigned or who fails to appear within the terms indicated in the convening published on the website www.alfaliguria.it, forfeits his right to the accommodation. Any student forfeiting the study grant or coming under the scope of the cases of forfeiture envisaged by the Residence Regulation, also forfeits his right to accommodation.
Article 25 Methods of payment of accommodation 1. Payment of accommodation in ALFA residences must be made by the 15th day of each month, into the bank current account held by the ALFA Treasury with Banca CARIGE, Branch 6 of Genoa, no. 2461190 ‐ IBAN: IT43C0617501406000002461190 – BIC: CRGEITGG106. Delays of no more than one month will be sanctioned with the application of a late payment penalty as envisaged by the Student Residences Regulation. Delays of more than one month will result in forfeiture of the accommodation and the initiation of legal procedures to collect the outstanding amount due.
Article 26 Rental contribution 1. Students awarded study grants who are not assigned accommodation due to lack of space, will be granted a study grant increased by the amount corresponding to the value assigned to the accommodation service in respect of the period for which there is no space available as compared with the entire concession period. 2. The concession of this increase is subject to the submission, by 31 December 2018, to the Accommodation service, of a specific request, in which the parties concerned declare that they have taken up accommodation for which they pay, near the university, and attach a copy of the duly registered rental contract or agreement stipulated with entities or institutes for which ALFA has verified that the quality requirements are met, as necessary, and which are included on the list published on its institutional website. For students attending the Inter‐university Master degree course in the Design of Green areas and landscape, which foresees the attendance of a semester in Turin or Milan and a semester in Genoa, the expiration of the presentation of the Rental contract, stipulated for a paid accommodation in Genoa, is set for 28/2/2019.
3. Payment of the amount due in accordance with the paragraph above will be disbursed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the second instalment on the study grant, unless otherwise arranged by ALFA for the above entities and institutes. 4. No increase will be assigned to anyone submitting saidn declaratio after 31 December 2018, apart from for AFAM students, who may submit it by 31 January 2019 and students registered on specialisation and research doctorate courses, who may submit it by 28 February 2019. 5. All students considered as “off‐site” in accordance with the attached Table and who have been granted accommodation, who are registered at the sites of the University of Genoa or Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM) situated in cities at which no accommodation is available, will be automatically assigned the above increase. 6. Disabled students pursuant to Article 15 shall benefit, on request and where considered most fitting to their needs, from a cash supplement to the study grant, in the amount of the portion of the accommodation service, pursuant to Article 22, paragraph 11. 7. Students for whom accommodation should remain unavailable for the entire period of the concession will be considered as “new requests for subsequent years” in terms of any potential participation in the accommodation competition for 2019/2020.
Article 27 Methods of payment of the study grant 1. The monetary portion of the study grant will be disbursed, in the amount due, to entitled students, as follows: a) for students awarded grants, registered for years after the first of all courses at the University of Genoa, the first instalment of the study grant, equal to half the total ,amount will be disbursed by 31 December 2018; the second instalment will be disbursed by 30 June 2019; b) for students awarded grants, registered for years after the first with Institutions for Higher Education in Art and Music (AFAM), the first instalment of the study grant, equal to half the total amount, will be disbursed by 31 January 2019; the second instalment will be disbursed by 30 June 2019; c) for students of the University of Genoa and AFAM awarded study grants, registered for the first year of a first level degree course (three years), a single‐cycle master's degree, a previous system degree course and a second level specialised/master's degree (two years): ‐ the total amount of the study grant will only be paid upon achieving 20 credits (or two years for those registered with the previous system), as long as obtained by 10 August 2019 or by 31 October 2019 only for students registered for degree courses in medical professions, run by the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, who complete the technical‐practical traineeships envisaged for academic year 2018/2019; ‐ the total amount of the study grant will only be paid upon achieving 20 credits, as long as they are obtained by 10 November 2019 for those registered with the “Giacomo Puccini” School of Music of La Spezia; ‐ onlye half th total amount of the study grant will be disbursed if the 20 credits (or two years for those registered with the previous system) are only achieved by 30 November 2019; 2. Students awarded study grants who are registered with a level two specialised degree course (two years), in addition to achieving 20 credits to be acquired by 10 August 2019 of 30 November 2019, must also have obtained recognition of at least 150 credits acquired during the previous career. 3. The monetary portions of the study grant for students awarded such, registered for the first year of all courses, will be disbursed after submission or sending to the Economic Benefits Service of the self‐certification of examinations, available for download from the university website or issued by AFAM Institutions, certifying that the credits or years above have been achieved as at the specified dates. More specifically, for students certifyinge th requirement of merit by 30 April 2019, the study grant will be paid by 30 June 2019; for students certifying the requirement of merit after that date, the study grant will be paid by 31 December 2019. The above terms are not guaranteed for certificates delivered/sent after 30 November 2019. 4. For students registered with specialisation courses and research doctorates, payment of the monetary portion of the study grant will be made as a lump sum, after verifying the registration of the assignees with the University of Genoa, for academic year 2018/2019 by 31 March 2019. 5. The study grant will only be paid by crediting the bank or post office current account held in Italy, in the name of the student who requested the benefit, as long as it has an IBAN number.
Article 28 Grounds for non‐admission, exclusion or revocation of benefits 1. In addition to that envisaged by Article 29 for untrue declarations, the following may not take part in the competition, or, should they do so, their entitlement and benefits will be revoked: a) students who have not completed registration with the University of Genoa for academic year 2018/2019 by 31 October 2018, without prejudice to the provisions of letter b) below and students who have not completed registration with AFAM Institutions within the terms set out by the Institutions; students as per article 6 paragraph 3 letter c) who will have to complete registration within 30 November 2018. b) students who have not completed registration for a specialised/master's degree course at the University of Genoa for academic year 2018/2019 by 05 April 2019; c) students who have applied for ALFA benefits as registered for the “last semester”, who have not registered for a fourth year of the three‐year degree course; d) students who register with the University of Genoa for academic year 2018/2019 in order to achieve a degree of a same or lower level as that already acquired or who register for a specialised/master's degree course, having already achieved a degree in accordance with the system as it was prior to Ministerial Decree 509/1999 (previous system); e) students who transfer from another (Italian or foreign) university and who have not obtained approval of the transfer by 31 October 2018; f) students registered for a number of years that exceeds that envisaged by this notice, considering, in the event of validation of examinations of a previous career and/or course, as the first year of registration, that made in the previous career and/or course with the Genoa university or other Italian or foreign university; g) students registered with an Institution for Higher Education in Art and Music who have already achieved a degree from an Italian or foreign university and vice versa; h) students registered with an Institution for Higher Education in Art and Music who are not in possession of a secondary school diploma; I) students excluded from benefits competitions in previous years for having made untruthful declarations; j) students requesting ALFA benefits if they have already received such for the same course year, (also students requesting benefits to other Institutions for the Right to University Study) except where they renounced these and returned any amounts received; k) students registered with the University of Genoa for academic year 2018/2019 on a part‐time basis; l) students renouncing their studies; m) students whose registration is cancelled or who obtain transfer/release to another university or AFAM (Italian or foreign) in the academic year for which the benefits are requested; n) students who, for the academic year 2018/2019 lose the minimum requirements of merit following a definitive change to registration; o) students lacking the requirements of merit and/or income and students renouncing the study grant assigned; p) students registered, in the academic year 2018/2019, with the first year of all courses who, by 30 November 2018, have not achieved at least twenty credits (two years for those registered with the previous order); q) students who, if convened by the Economic Benefits Service for assessments, should not appear by the date specified in the convocation notice sent by email to the address indicated by the student at the time of the application for benefits, or should fail to submit the documentation required within the specified terms; r) students who benefit of other monetary items, relevant to the same academic year, assigned for any reason by public or private organisations, including any providence disbursed by ALFA, which have been specifically declared as incompatible with the grant; the student can choose to benefit from one or the other. An exception is made to the foregoing for study grants granted by national and foreign institutions aiming to integrate training or research of the grant students with stays abroad and for collaboration appointments on a part‐time basis or tutorships granted by the University of Genoa; s) students registered for second level specialised degree courses (two years) with recognition of fewer than 150 credits relative to the previous career; t) students who, in submitting an application for benefits as first year of a level two specialised/master's degree (two years) dot no achieve the first level degree (three years) by 31 March 2019 and/or do not register for a first year of a second level specialised/master's degree (two years); u) in the cases envisaged by the Students Residences Regulation; v) in the cases envisaged by the and Canteen Service Regulation w) nto no ‐UE students “suspended for non valid residence permit” in definitive ranking to whom valid residence permits have not been released by 31May 2019; x) to students who owe money to ALFA and/or to other Institutions for right to University study having their headquarters in Italy; y) to students who have applied for “seventh semester and first year of a master degree” and result registered for a.y. 2018/2019 to the education course aimed to a master’s degree registration (connecting course); z) to disabled students who, after revocation of the supplemented amount of the study grant (article 15 above), are not in posses of the certification of the merit requirements foreseen for disabled students. 2. Students forfeiting the benefit must return any amounts already received in cash of the study grant and in any services used, unless the forfeiture is due to untruthful declarations: in this case, in fact, the provisions will yappl as laid out under Article 29. 3. The provisions of this notice are essential. ALFA must be promptly informed in writing of any event regarding the study grant and/or accommodation as may occur after the date on which the application is submitted (assignment of a study grant or other economic aid, release for another university, renunciation of studies, failure to register, change in residence, etc.).
Article 29 Assessment of the truthful nature of the declarations produced 1. ALFA will control the truthfulness of the self certifications produced by students in accordance with Articles 43 and 71 of Italian Presidential Decree 445 of 28.12.2000 within the terms provided by law and without the regulatory requirement of giving notice to the student. 2. To this end, in addition to asking the student, by means of the email address indicated by the student himself at the time of the on‐line application, to provide full documentation showing the truthfulness of everything that has been self‐certified, including via email and using all means available, all investigations may be pursued as considered appropriate and with the collaboration of the tax police, state financial administration, municipal administrations, land registry offices, universities, etc. 3. ALFA performs tax audits and controls through accessing the tax database, on the basis of an agreement stipulated with the Revenue Agency. 4. Controls of truthfulness, in accordance with the provisions of Prime Ministerial Decree of 09 April 2001, will be carried out using sample checks and will involve at least 50% of all students found to be eligible in this competition. 5. If declarations should be found to be untrue, involving the use of provisions that are not due, in accordance with Art. 10 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 68 of 29.03.2012, the student shall forfeit the benefit and eligibility. Moreover, to the student shall be applied an administrative fine consisting of having to make payment of triple the amount received, both in monetary terms and as regards the value of the services he has unduly used. He shall also forfeit the right to obtain other disbursements for the entire duration of the course of studies, without prejudice, in any case, to the application of sanctions pursuant to Art. 38, paragraph 3 of Italian Decree Law no. 78 of 31.05.2010, converted, with amendments, by Italian Law no. 122 of 30.07.2010, and criminal provisions for all offences classified as crimes. 6. Lists of study grant beneficiaries are sent to the Financial Administration and to INPS and to the National Association of the Organisms for the Right to University Study (ANDISU). The members of the family units of students benefiting from interventions who request assessment of economic conditions are included in the categories that are subjected, in accordance with current legislation, to the most in‐depth controls.
Article 30 Reporting of the debt position 1. If the student is not up‐to‐date with any payments due, unless ALFA and the student have agreed a repayment plan that is duly honoured, the Agency will report the debt position to the University of Genoa and to the AFAM of Liguria, which, on the basis of specific agreements or understandings, may take steps to prevent the student from proceeding with his career until such time as the debt has been settled, in a similar manner as envisaged for the payment of university taxes and contributions and the regional tax for the right to study.
Article 31 Privacy and General Data Protection Regulation 1. The personal data shall be processed pursuant the regulation as per Legislative Decree no. 196, 30 June 2003 and as per EU GDPR Regulation 2016/679 “General Data Protection Regulation”. In the on‐line application, the student will have to undersign the acceptance of the relevant Information. The acceptance of the Information for personal data protection is mandatory in order to apply to the present competition. 2. The data requested in self‐certification (e.g. personal data, residence, email address, registration data, etc.) as well as those contained in the required documentation (e.g. income data, etc.) are intended for the entirety of the operations, carried out, as a rule, by using electronic and automated means, aimed at drawing up the ranking for allocation of scholarships and university residence accommodation as envisaged by the Prime Ministerial Decree of 09 April 2001 and the Legislative Decree no. 68, 29 March 2012. 3. The data may be disclosed to the Liguria Region, to the Università degli Studi of Genoa, to the Higher Education in Art and Music Institutions (AFAM), to INPS, to the Italian Agency of Revenue, to the Ministry of Education, University and Research, to the Ministry of the Interior, to the Ministry of the Defense, to the National Association of the Organisms for the Right to University Study (ANDISU), as well as to other public and/or private subjects for control, statistics or research purposes. 4. The data collected, except for different resolutions of Liguria Region or of the Ministry for University and Research, will be kept for ten years. 5. As far as data processing is concerned, the interested parties have the rights granted as per articles from 15 to 22 of GDPR Regulation (EU) 2016/679. 6. The Data Controller of the above mentioned data is ALFA – via San Vincenzo 4 ‐ 16121 Genoa, phone 01024911, email [email protected] The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is Dr. Letizia Scuderi, as per Decree no.1106 of 25 May 2018 of the General Director of ALFA; email [email protected] – [email protected]
Article 32 Reference regulations and safeguarding clause 1. The on‐line application, as per the present Competition Notice, represents for the student acceptance of all the rules contained in the “Competition Notice” as well as of the ones reported in the on‐line application and in the relevant regulations and documents. For all aspects not expressly envisaged by this Notice, reference is made to the following regulations: ‐ Italian Law no. 390 of 2 December 1991 “Rules for the right to university study” ‐ Prime Ministerial Decree of 09 April 2001 “Uniformity of treatment in the right to university study” and Prime Ministerial Decree of 30 April 1997 “Uniformity of treatment in the right to university study” for the part still applicable; ‐ Italian Legislative Decree no. 68 of 29 March 2012, “Revision of the rules on the matter of the right to study and enhancement of legally recognised University Colleges, in implementation of the mandate provided for in article 5, paragraph 1, letter a), second period, and d), of the Law no. 240 of 30 December 2010, and in accordance with the principles and directive criteria laid down in paragraph 3, letter f), and paragraph 6 (12G0088)"; ‐ Regional Law no. 15 of 08 June 2006 "Rules and interventions in the efield of th right to study and training"; ‐ Regional plan for the right to the university study ‐ years 2011‐2013, approved by deliberation of the Regional Council ‐ Legislative Assembly of Liguria no. 12, 1 June 2011, extended pursuant to article 58 paragraph 4b of the Regional Law no. 15 of 2016.
2. The benefits envisaged by this notice may be reduced or cancelled according to any reduction or cancellation of the disbursement of funds from the government or region, which allow ALFA to go about its business in the favour of worthy students and those most in need.
Genoa, 12 June 2018 THE DIRECTOR OF THE RIGHT TO STUDY AREA Roberto Dasso
TABLE A
LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES CONSIDERED AS “OFF‐SITE” WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIVERSITY SITES
GENOA SITE 1) All municipalities not in the province of Genoa, apart from the municipality of VARAZZE in the province of Savona. 2) The municipalities in the province of Genoa situated on the east coast, beyond the municipality of Chiavari 3) The municipalities of the hinterland of the province of Genoa listed below: GENOA DISTRICT TIGLIETO, VALBREVENNA, CROCEFIESCHI, VOBBIA. TORRIGLIA, COGORNO, FASCIA, FONTANIGORDA, GORRETO, MONTEBRUNO, PROPATA, RONDANINA, ROVEGNO. TIGULLIO/VALFONTANABUONA DISTRICT BORZONASCA, CARASCO, CASARZA LIGURE, CASTIGLIONE CHIAVARESE, CICAGNA, COREGLIA LIGURE, FAVALE DI MALVARO, LEIVI, LORSICA, LUMARZO, MEZZANEGO, MOCONESI, NE, NEIRONE, ORERO, REZZOAGLIO, SAN COLOMBANO CERTENOLI, SANTO STEFANO D'AVETO, TRIBOGNA.
CHIAVARI SITE (GE) 1) All municipalities not in the province of Genoa, apart from the municipality of Deiva Marina in the province of La Spezia. 2) The municipalities of the province of Genoa on the west coast. 3) The municipalities of the province of Genoa listed below: GENOA DISTRICT The municipalities of Val Trebbia, Valle Scrivia, Alta Valpolcevera and Valle Stura.
SAVONA SITE 1) All municipalities not in the province of Savona. 2) The municipalities of the province of Savona listed below: ARNASCO, BALESTRINO, BARDINETO, BORMIDA, CALIZZANO, CASANOVA, DEGO,LERRONE, CASTELBIANCO, CASTELVECCHIO DI R.B., CISANO SUL NEVA, ERLI, GARLENDA, GIUSVALLA, MALLARE, MASSIMINO, MIOGLIA, MURIALDO, NASINO, ONZO, OSIGLIA, ORTOVERO, PALLARE, PIANA CRIXIA, PONTINVREA, SASSELLO, STELLANETO, TESTICO, URBE, VENDONE, VILLANOVA D'ALBENGA, ZUCCARELLO.
PIETRA LIGURE SITE (SV) 1) All municipalities not in the province of Savona apart from the municipalities of the province of Imperia on the west coast beyond the municipality of Imperia. 2) The municipalities of the province of Savona listed below: BORMIDA, DEGO, GIUSVALLA, MALLARE, MASSIMINO, MILLESIMO, MIOGLIA, MURIALDO, OSIGLIA, PALLARE, PIANA CRIXIA, PONTINVREA, ROCCAVIGNALE, SASSELLO, URBE.
IMPERIA SITE 1) All municipalities not in the province of Imperia, apart from the municipality of the Savona coast beyond PIETRA LIGURE. 2) The municipalities of the province of Imperia listed below: AIROLE, APRICALE, AQUILA D'ARROSCIA, ARMO, BADALUCCO, BAJARDO, BORGHETTO D'ARROSCIA, CAMPOROSSO, CARPASIO, CASTELVITTORIO, CERIANA, COSIO D'ARROSCIA, DOLCEACQUA, ISOLABONA, MENDATICA, MOLINI DI TRIORA, MONTEGROSSO PIAN DI LATTE, OLIVETTA S. MICHELE, PERINALDO, PIGNA, RANZO, REZZO, ROCCHETTA NERVINA, SAN BIAGIO DELLA CIMA, SEBORGA, TRIORA, VALLEBONA.
SANREMO SITE (IM) 1) All municipalities not in the province of Imperia. 2) The municipalities of the hinterland of the municipalities of Imperia and Diano Marina.
VENTIMIGLIA SITE (IM) 1) All municipalities not in the province of Imperia. 2) The municipalities of the hinterland of the municipalities of Imperia and Diano Marina.
LA SPEZIA SITE 1) All municipalities not in the province of La Spezia with the exception of the municipalities situated along the coastal railway route of the provinces of Massa Carrara and Lucca between the municipalities of CAMAIORE and to the north within the municipality of AULLA. 2) The municipalities of the province of La Spezia listed below: MAISSANA and VARESE LIGURE.
NB: All students coming from municipalities other than those indicated in this Table, with the exception of those resident in municipalities in which the university chosen is based (who are considered as “on‐site students”, are considered as “commuting”.
TABLE B LIST OF INSTITUTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN ART AND MUSIC (AFAM) IN LIGURIA
ACCADEMIA LIGUSTICA DI BELLE ARTI Largo Pertini 4 (P.zza De Ferrari) 16121 Genoa – Tel. 010 560131
ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI “ISADORA DUNCAN” Corso Imperatrice 51 18038 San Remo (IM) – Tel. 0184 668877
CONSERVATORIO DI MUSICA “NICCOLO’ PAGANINI” Via Albaro 38 16145 Genoa – Tel. 010 3620747
CONSERVATORIO DI MUSICA “GIACOMO PUCCINI” Via XX Settembre 34 19121 LA SPEZIA – Tel. 0187 770333