November 2001

The report provides a descriptive overview of the right to study in Italy and specifically in Piedmont. The study consists of five parts: in the first the main provisions of current legislation, both national and regional, are illustrated; in the second, the measures implemented by regional agencies for the right to study, the expenditure incurred, and the number of beneficiary students in relation to the number of enrolled students and/or eligible recipients are analyzed; in the third chapter the existing funding channels for the right to study are examined. In the fourth attention is focused on the expenditure and measures supporting students carried out by Piedmontese universities. In the fifth, finally, the Italian university student support system is compared with those existing in other OECD countries.