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Government offers spending boost to universities

  

Increase of €500m takes higher education financing in Italy to highest level since 2007

Public spending on Italian universities has increased from €7.9 billion to €8.4bn this year, via a last-minute boost to the country’s ordinary fund for higher education.

The Italian ministry of universities and research published a decree this month that covers a €500 million increase to the fund. The decree also outlines how the total amount of money will be allocated for 2021—for instance, €637m will be spent on student welfare.

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