Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Cattolica International

Entry requirements

The entry requirements are based on the latest guidelines for admission published by the Italian Ministry for Education and apply to all students with foreign qualifications, independently of their nationality, both for qualifications awarded in European Union (EU) and non-EU countries.  
  
  1. Eligible candidates need to hold a high school diploma and an undergraduate degree.
     
  2. Eligible candidates need to hold a graduate degree or be enrolled in the final year of their graduate degree.
     
  3. Entry to third cycle programmes is possible if the graduate degree manifests all of the following characteristics:
    1. It is an official second cycle qualification of the relevant foreign higher education system, 
    2. It is a qualification issued by a higher education institution regularly accredited or recognized in the awarding country. If you studied in a third country, the institution where studies were located has to be accredited or recognized in the country where it operates,
    3. It is a qualification that allows entry to comparable third cycle programme in the relevant foreign higher education system.
       
  4. It is a qualification showing corresponding elements to the Italian qualification required for entry to a Master universitario di II livello, such as the academic nature, research elements, duration of the programme and total ECTS (min. 2 years and 120 ECTS), total years of schooling (18 years are usually required).
     
  5. The graduate degree must be obtained:
    1. EU citizens: before the start of the programme.
    2. Non-EU citizens: at least two months prior to the start of the programme.


Suitability of the academic degree for admission to Master Universitari di II livello is established by the university receiving the application: each university sets its own criteria and regulations (including required documentation) for admission and enrolment in a study programme.

Admission is based on the evaluation of the academic documents submitted with the application, while enrolment is subject to the verification of the validity of the qualification obtained
 

Students need to hold a degree that allows access to a Ph.D. programme in Italy.
 

Candidates who meet both general and programme-specific entry requirements will have to take an online interview with the Master committee, aimed at checking their motivation to study the programme and their awareness of the subject.