National Agency for the Support of the Higher Education (Istalia)

Responsabilities
The ANSIS, funding by the national taxation and by the contribution of the wealthiest students, handles the financial provisions to persues the objectives aimed to support the financial expenses for higher education for the istalian students, with special attention for those not able to support such expenses, so to make the higher education more accessible.

The ANSIS persues its objectives graanting: The same calculation scheme is used to determine the amount of financial support for the scholarship programs.
 * Total exemption from the payement of the tuitions for the low-income students.
 * calculation of the tuitions for the rest of the students based on a progressive scheme which will adapt the amount to be paid annually on the family income and other socio-economic factors.

In the years following its establishment, it was also proposed the ANSIS to handle the student housing policy, but this project fails to materialise.