NON-EU citizens living outside Italy (applying for visas)

Documents required with your application

If you hold a foreign educational qualification, you have to:

·          submit your pre-enrollment application on Universitaly and upload all the following documents;

·          fill in the online enrollment application or the registration for the admission test

·          due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at the moment it is not possible to hand in original documents to the helpdesk.

Please note: All certificates must be legalized by the local Authority of the issuing country or bear the Apostille stamp (with the exception of documents issued in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia and Estonia), certifying that the signature or seal on the document is genuine. All documents issued in languages other than Italian or Eglish must be translated into Italian or English. The declaration of value (dichiarazione di valore), issued by Italian diplomatic/consular Missions is not requested.

1)       For FIRST CYCLE (Laurea) and SINGLE-CYCLE DEGREE (LM a ciclo unico,

i.e. Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Law, Architecture):

 

·          final school leaving qualification, achieved on completion of minimum 12 years of global schooling, giving access to university in the issuing country, particularly to the equivalent course of study (go to eligible qualifications);

·          in specific cases, a Statement of comparability and qualifications certification of your final school leaving qualification will be requested. The Statement of comparability and qualifications certification is issued by CIMEA. It is issued to UniTS candidates in 15 days only. To request your statement of comparability, click here;

·          certificate of the national university entrance examination, if compulsory for eligibility to undergraduate programmes in the country where you have studied (e.g. Gao Kao in China, Matura Shtetërore in Albania, etc.);

·          transcript of records concerning the first year or two years of university studies, if the school qualification was awarded after 11 or 10 years of global schooling, respectively. The transcript must prove the successful fullfilment of the first year or two years of university studies. Please note that if this is your case, all exams taken in the first or in the first two academic years give right to enrollment in the first year only and can not be taken into consideration for credit transfer from prior academic studies;

·          transcript of records including scores and credit hours, if you apply for credit transfer for prior academic studies. In such a case, you might be able to gain your degree in less than the normal time. For credit award you also need to submit the syllabus for each exam topic listed in the transcript. Student syllabi are accepted in English or Italian. Please check here if additional languages other than English and Italian are accepted by your Department;

·          certificate of Italian language proficiency (CELI, CILS, PLIDA, CLIQ): the minimum level required is B2. This certificate is not compulsory;

·         If you obtained your High School qualification in UK or USA, your enrollment request can be accepted only if your A levels/APs will be considered to be congruent with the elected Degree course;

·         If you obtained an International Baccalaureate (IB), please remember that IBs have to be legalized by the Italian Consulate in Geneva. For further information you can contact the IB Legalization Service. IBs obtained at some schools are recognized by the Italian State: for further information, see list;

·          residence permit;

2)       For SECOND CYCLE DEGREE applicants (Laurea Magistrale)

·          degree certificate;

·          in specific cases, a Statement of comparability and qualifications certification of your degree certificate will be requested. The Statement of comparability and qualifications certification is issued by CIMEA. It is issued to UniTS candidates in 15 days only. To request your statement of comparability, click here;

·          if you graduated in a EU country: Diploma Supplement issued by the foreign university;

·         transcript of records including scores and credit hours. If such details are provided in the Diploma Supplement, a separate transcript is not required;

·          syllabus, i.e. an outline of topics covered in the courses; the syllabus has to be requested directly to the awarding university and has to be submitted in the original or certified copy (simple print out form the internet will not be accepted). Student syllabi are accepted in English or Italian. Please check here if additional languages other than English and Italian are accepted by your Department;

·          final high school leaving qualification, to be submitted only if it was awarded after 10 or 11 years of global schooling. The qualification has to be submitted in the original or certified copy, legalized, translated into Italian (the Italian translation is not required for documents written in English) and along with its Statement of Comparability, if requested;

·          residence permit.

·          Note: Please consider that for the admission to Master Degree Courses an evaluation of the candidate's previous education or an interview are generally required. Please check on the site of the Master Degree Course you are interested in.