Benefits for working students

For students with a gross annual income of at least 3,500.00 euros earned in 2025 or 2026 under a permanent or fixed-term employment contract or through other self-employed work activities, and with an Isee of up to 50,000 euros, a 400-euro reduction in the all-inclusive fee is provided, applied to the second and third instalments. The reduction is granted for a number of years equal to the normal duration of the Degree Programme, plus a further three years, starting from the first year of enrolment.

The application for partial fee waiver is considered submitted by authorising the acquisition of the Isee and ticking the relevant box to indicate your status as a working student in the “Request for benefits”, available in your reserved Uniweb area.

The application must be completed and confirmed by the deadline of 30 November 2026.
Online meetings for those who work and want to undertake a university path: see the dates

Students who, due to work or family commitments, for health reasons, or for study-related reasons, believe they can devote only part of their time to studying may choose part-time enrolment.

This option is binding for two academic years, during which no more than 72 credits may be earned. Part-time enrolment involves payment of the regional fee for the right to education, stamp duty, and 60% of the contribution amount paid by students enrolled full-time in the same course.

Applications may be submitted by students enrolled in specific bachelor’s degree programmes, master’s degree programmes, and single-cycle degree programmes, listed at the bottom of the page, who meet one of the following conditions:

• being simultaneously engaged in employed, self-employed, or professional work, in the public or private sector, either full-time or part-time, for a period of not less than six months and ongoing at the time of the application;
• being student caregivers or being regularly engaged in the care and assistance of non-self-sufficient relatives due to age (children under 3 years old) or health problems (parents, parents-in-law, cohabiting children, sisters, brothers, spouse);
• having illnesses which, without affecting learning ability, physically prevent or make full-time commitment inadvisable;
• being simultaneously enrolled in higher education institutes for music and dance studies or in university-level Degree Programmes.
• being engaged in high-level competitive sports activities at national or international level.

The maximum duration of part-time studies is twice the duration normally established for the Degree Programme.

The option for the part-time study regime is valid solely for the purposes of university fees (it does not affect attendance requirements, which are governed by the teaching regulations of the individual Degree Programmes) and is incompatible with all other forms of partial fee waiver (except statutory and merit-based exemptions), as well as with participation in the competition for student collaborations (200 hours).

The application must be submitted by 30 October 2026, on Uniweb, under the "Iniziative" section.

The memorandum of understanding signed by the University of Padua and the Ministry of Public Administration guarantees facilitated access to some degree programmes for employees of public administrations. The benefits consist of a reduction in tuition fees.

See: PA 110 e lode

Staff employed at the University of Padua, including those with a contract activated during the academic year, are eligible for a partial exemption that entails payment of 40% of the all-inclusive fee calculated on the basis of their economic situation (in addition to stamp duty and the regional tax).
The exemption request must be submitted starting from September 2026 using the online procedure available in Uniweb, under Didattica - Dichiarazioni Aggiuntive Iscrizione Annuale.