More expensive healthcare for students and researchers, letter to ministers - Ministry of Education and Merit (MIM) The Udu, Union of University Students and the Adi, Association of Doctoral Students and Research Doctors in Italy, express "deep concern about the significant increase in the flat-rate contribution required of international students andResearchers for enrollment in the NHS" A student or a young researcher, in fact, now finds himself paying an annual contribution of 700 euros which, however, easily becomes 1400 euros for an academic year.