Dual Career program

The dual career program has been approved by Sports Department – Presidency of the Council of Ministers. It is an experimental program for innovative training for high-level student-athletes: this is the opportunity offered to schools (state and equal secondary education institutions of the national territory), with Ministerial Decree no. 279 of 10 April 2018. It is the same for women and men
https://www.miur.gov.it/progetto-studenti-atleti-di-alto-livell

There many other academic dual career program active regardless the gender at the academic level. Some of the most effective are: the Academic Coach (University of Verona)
https://sport.univr.it/academic-coach/ and the TopSport Program (University of Trento)
https://www.unitn.it/servizi/68356/topsport