The Italian Constitution recognises the right of able and worthy students to study in higher education, regardless of their financial means, and establishes that it is the duty of the Republic to remove economic and social obstacles to the all-round cultural growth and development of the individual and effective participation in all political, economic and social systems of the country.

There are a number of ways in which the University and Organisation for the Right to University Education support the right to study with economic assistance: grants, reimbursements, exemptions, subsidies and loans.