International Students

PROCEDURES FOR ENTRY, RESIDENCY AND ENROLMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THE RESPECTIVE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES IN ITALY VALID FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025

1. FOREIGN CANDIDATES WHO HAVE OBTAINED A FINAL OR PARTIAL FOREIGN QUALIFICATION AND WHO NEED AN ENTRY VISA TO ITALY FOR LONG-TERM
   
   The application for admission to Diploma Accademico di primo livello e Diploma Accademico di secondo livello AFAM courses, must take place through a prior “pre-enrolment” procedure, which precedes the subsequent enrolment phases, EXCLUSIVELY USING THE UNIVERSITALY PORTAL. (https://www.universitaly.it/studenti-stranieri)Once the pre-enrolment application has been completed and validation by the institution of higher education of interest has been obtained, all candidates must apply for a university study/enrolment visa at the Italian consular diplomatic mission of the country of residence.View “Ammissione”
2. CITIZENS BELONGING TO EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM NORWAY, ICELAND, LICHTENSTEIN AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO AND THE HOLY SEE
3. FOREIGNERS ALREADY LEGALLY PRESENT IN ITALY AS EXPRESSLY INDICATED IN ARTICLE 39, PARAGRAPH 5, OF LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 286 OF 25 JULY 19983 “Access to higher technical education courses or higher education courses and to university specialisation schools, on equal terms with Italian students, is however guaranteed to foreigners with EU residency permits for long-term stay, with residency permits for subordinate work, for selfemployment, for family reasons, for asylum, for subsidiary protection, for religious reasons, for the reasons referred to in articles 18, 18-bis, 20-bis, 22, paragraph 12 (c), and 42-bis, as well as holders of residency permits issued pursuant to Article 32, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree 28 January 2008, n. 25, or foreigners legally resident for at least one year in possession of an upper secondary school qualification obtained in Italy, as well as to foreigners, wherever resident, who are holders of final secondary school diplomas of Italian schools abroad or of foreign or international schools, operating in Italy or abroad, subject to bilateral agreements or special regulations for the recognition of educational qualifications and who meet the general conditions required for entry for study purposes”.
4. STUDENTS ALREADY PRESENT IN THE SCHENGEN AREA AND BENEFICIARIES OF SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER EUROPEAN UNION EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMESThe deadlines for the procedures relating to pre-enrolment in study courses are published on our website

   View “Ammissione”

LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE

Higher education institutions are obliged to test the linguistic ability of students for admission to courses. Each institution must organize a test of proficiency in the Italian language and determine the requested level which must be at least B2; such test is obligatory  except for those cases which are exempted as indicated as follows:

a) those students who hold the final 4- or 5-year senior secondary school diploma awarded by Italian State or State-recognised schools abroad;
b) those students holding one of the final leaving qualifications from a secondary School as listed in:
https://universitaly-private.cineca.it/uploads/universitaly-pubblico/Allegato_2-Circolare_2024-2025-Diplomi_italiani_istruz_secondaria_di_2_grado_titoli_studio_scuole_estere_o_int.pdf

c) the holders of certificates subsidiary to the Lower Secondary School final qualification obtained in Argentina, which certify the attendance of a study course which includes the teaching, for at least 5 years, of the Italian language, according to Law no. 210 of 7.6.1999 (Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 152 of 1.7.1999);
d) those students who have earned the Diploma in Italian Language and Culture at the Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena;
e) those students who have earned the certification in Italian language proficiency, with a grade of C1 or C2 of the Council of Europe, awarded as determined by the CLIQ (Italian Quality Language Certification) quality system, which unites in one group the current certification bodies (Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena, Roma Tre University and the Dante Alighieri Society), as well as those issued by the University for Foreigners “Dante Alighieri” of Reggio Calabria, including agreements with Italian Institutes of Culture abroad or other accredited institutions.

FOR MORE INFORMATIONS PLEASE REFER TO
https://universitaly-private.cineca.it/uploads/universitaly-pubblico/Trad_Circolare_2024-2025_studenti_internazionali.pdf