ISEE and other useful documents for International Talents @Unibo scholarships

Check and prepare the documents to be submitted in good; it may take several weeks to obtain them.
Please note: ER.GO online service for submitting economic documentation will be open from 22 January 2024.

My family only has income and/or assets outside Italy

1. Log in to the ER.GO online services and fill in the 'Personal and economic data' section by the deadline of the call to which you wish to apply. 

1. Prepare the documentation on your economic situation.
2. Send the documentation to ER.GO – by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to - by logging on to the User dossier in the 'Correspondence/Send documentation'. The documentation will be verified and checked by ER.GO and in the event of a negative outcome the benefits obtained will be revoked.

You can only submit economic documentation without indicating your family's income/assets if:

• you have been living away from your family for at least two years (in accommodation not owned by a family member)
• you have had an income of €9.000 or more per year for at least two years.

The documentation must meet the following requirements:

• it must be translated into Italian
• It must be legalised by the Italian diplomatic authorities in the place of origin or, where this is required, apostilled according to applicable regulations
• it must express values in Euros based on the average exchange rate for the year in question.

The documentation must show:

• the composition of the family nucleus
• the activity carried out in 2023 by each member of the household. If any family members do not work, you must document their situation of non-employment or unemployment and the amount of any unemployment benefits or other benefits received
• the period of working activity of each member (indicating if this was more or less than six months in 2023)
• the value of the gross income earned in 2023 by all household members
• the real estate (place of residence and any other buildings) owned as at 31/12/2023 with an indication of the square metres. The certification must be produced for each adult member of the household, even if they do not own real estate in 2023
• the residual mortgage sum as of the end of 2023 for the home and/or other property
• the value of property owned by each individual member of the family nucleus as of the end of 2023
• your disability or impairment, if any.

My family has income and/or assets only in Italy

You have to submit the ISEE 2024 (Equivalent Economic Situation Indicator) certificate in relation to the right to higher education: the tool for assessing your family's economic situation. 

You can only submit an ISEE certificate without indicating your family's income/assets if:

• you have been living away from your family for at least two years (in accommodation not owned by a family member)
• you have had an income of €9.000 or more per year for at least two years.

To submit your ISEE

1. Request an ISEE certificate free of charge from INPS (Italian National Pensions Institute), a CAF (Tax Assistance Centre), or your municipal offices; it may take several weeks to obtain it. To speed up the process you can also access the so-called "pre-filled ISEE" on the INPS online services.  
2. Make sure that the certificate contains no errors and/or omissions. If the Revenue Agency finds omissions, your certificate will be 'annotated'. In this case, we recommend that you to redo it before the end of the year and, if the omissions still persist, you will have to submit additional documents in the manner and within the deadlines that will be communicated to you at your university email address (name.surname@studio.unibo.it).
3. Submit the certificate by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to via the ER.GO online services. 

If you do not submit your ISEE 2024 by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to, or you submit it with missing or incorrect data, you will be excluded from the selection.

My family has income and/or assets in Italy and abroad

You have to submit:

• the ISEE 2024 (Equivalent Economic Situation Indicator) certificate in relation to the right to higher education: the tool for assessing your family's economic situation regarding income and/or assets in Italy.
  You can only submit an ISEE certificate without indicating your family's income/assets if:
  - you have been living away from your family for at least two years (in accommodation not owned by a family member)
  - you have had an income of € 9.000.00 or more per year for at least two years.

• the documentation regarding foreign income.

To the submit ISEE for income and/or assets in Italy

1. Request the ISEE 2024 certificate free of charge from INPS (Italian National Pension Institute), a CAF (Tax Assistance Centre), or your municipal offices; it may take several weeks to obtain it. To speed up the process you can also access the so-called "pre-filled ISEE" on INPS online services.
   
2. Make sure that the certificate contains no errors and/or omissions. If the Revenue Agency finds omissions, your certificate will be 'annotated'. In this case, we recommend that you to redo it before the end of the year and, if the omissions still persist, you will have to submit additional documents in the manner and within the deadlines that will be communicated to you at your university email address (name.surname@studio.unibo.it).
3. Submit the certificate by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to via the ER.GO online services. 

If you do not submit your ISEE 2024 by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to, or you submit it with missing or incorrect data, you will be excluded from the selection.

To submit documentation for foreign income and/or assets

1. Log in to the ER.GO online services and fill in the 'Personal and economic data' section by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to. 
2. Prepare the documentation on your economic situation.
3. Send the documentation to ER.GO –  by the deadline of the call you wish to apply to - by logging on to the User dossier in the 'Correspondence/Send documentation'. The documentation will be verified and checked by ER.GO and in the event of a negative outcome the benefits obtained will be revoked.

The documentation must meet the following requirements:

• it must be translated into Italian
• it must be legalised by the Italian diplomatic authorities in the place of origin or, where this is required, apostilled according to applicable regulations
• it must express values in Euros based on the average exchange rate for the year in question.

The documentation must show:

• the composition of the family nucleus
• the activity carried out in 2023 by each member of the household. If any family members do not work, you must document their situation of non-employment or unemployment and the amount of any unemployment benefits or other benefits received
• the period of working activity of each member (indicating if this was more or less than six months in 2023)
• the value of the gross income earned in 2023 by all household members
• the real estate (place of residence and any other buildings) owned as at 31/12/2023 with an indication of the square metres. The certification must be produced for each adult member of the household, even if they do not own real estate in 2023
• the residual mortgage sum as of the end of 2023 for the home and/or other property
• the value of property owned by each individual member of the family nucleus as of the end of 2023
• your disability or impairment, if any.

Important:

the documentation to certify your family's economic situation will also be used to calculate the amount of university fees, if you are not a winner of the International Talents @Unibo scholarship, to participate in calls for ER.GO benefits and other benefits of the University of Bologna based on economic condition.

For problems certifying the economic situation, please contact ER.GO using the channels available at the bottom of the ER.GO online services page.