If you are eligible for admission, the International Admissions Team will inform you by publishing an offer in your Online Student Portal and sending a notification to the email address you indicated on the online application (check your spam box as well!).
 
  
The offer will outline the instructions needed for paying the €1.470 Pre-Enrolment Fee, which corresponds to the first installment of the annual tuition fees for this Programme.

Follow the instructions provided via email to access our Enrolment Portal, then make sure to fill in all the required information. 
 

Upon reaching the end of the sequence in the Enrolment Portal, you will access the payment interface, from which you may complete the payment of your €1.470 Pre-Enrolment Fee for this Programme.
 

For enrolment purposes, you are required to submit a copy of your Bachelor degree and the final transcripts. In addition, the International Admissions team will send you an email indicating if one of the following documents are needed, according to your academic studies:

 

• The Diploma Supplement of your Bachelor studies. It is a document accompanying your diploma and providing a standardised description of the nature, level, content and status of the studies you completed. Graduates in all countries taking part in the Bologna Process have the right to receive the Diploma Supplement automatically and in any major European language from their university. If the Diploma Supplement is issued in English, no Italian translation is required. For the enrolment: ask your university to send a copy of the final diploma, diploma supplement (and transcripts if not included in the diploma supplement) to international.qualifications@unicatt.it. As an alternative, you can have them legalized/apostilled*.
   
• The Statement of Comparability AND the Statement of Verification (whew applicable) of your university qualification, issued by CIMEA, the Italian government-appointed organization for qualifications recognition. Read more on the document and learn how to request it. 
  
  Applying for these Statements is suggested if your university does not issue the Diploma supplement and you are residing in a country other thanthe one competent for the issuing of the diploma (i.e. according to the education system). 
   
• Dichiarazione di Valore (DV) of Bachelor Diploma. It is an official document which provides a short description of your qualification, its validity in the awarding country to academic and/or professional ends, and the legal status of the awarding institution. Request the DV at the Italian Consulate/Embassy of the country that awarded the qualification. Italian Embassies usually require that diplomas and transcripts are legalized* by the relevant local Ministries and translated into Italian before they are submitted for the issuing of the DV. Find a list of the Italian Consular offices.
  
  *Legalisation is the official confirmation that a signature, seal or stamp on a public document is genuine. It is usually required by Italian authorities before they will allow a document issued in a third country to be used for official purposes in Italy. If your country signed the Hague Convention, the competent authorities will stamp the Apostille on your qualification. In other countries, specific Ministries are appointed to legalise documents through a stamp. 
   

Graduates from Pontificial Universities

If you graduated from a Pontifical University, you can either have your Diploma legalized by the relevant ecclesiastical authorities, or request that your university sends a confirmation of your studies directly to our email address. 
 

STEP 1. Submit the pre-enrolment request on UniversItaly 

Submission of the “Pre-enrolment request” is a preliminary and compulsory step towards study visa application.

1. Register on UniversItaly;
2. Read the step-by-step guidelines;
3. Complete and submit your pre-enrolment.

Due to the high volume of pre-enrolment applications we receive, the International Admissions Office will digitally check and validate your request, as well as enclose a copy of your admission letter, within eight working weeks from submission. The Italian diplomatic-consular Missions (*) will receive it in due time to start your visa request.

Your admission letters were sent via email when we received the first instalment.

 
STEP 2 - Study Visa application

If the previous step has been successful, you will receive a notification from UniversItaly and you can submit an application for a long-term entry visa - “D” type – issued for study reasons (“Immatricolazione Università”) at the Italian Embassy/Consulate of your jurisdiction.

You will have to satisfy the following requirements:

• Proof of economic means of about €6.100; the bank statement must refer to your personal account or your parents’, no exceptions can be made for other relatives or sponsors. Please note that the cost of living in Italy per annum ranges from €12.000 to €14.000 (tuition fees excluded).
• A return ticket.
• Health insurance for medical expenses and hospital stays.
• Passport or travel document valid for at least three months after visa expiry date.
• Proof of accommodation in Italy. Check housing opportunities:
  • Milan
  • Piacenza / Cremona
  • Brescia
  • Rome
• The summary of your pre-enrolment, which you can download in your personal area in Universitaly.

The requirements listed above are set by Ministry regulation. You will have to follow any additional indication given by the Italian diplomatic-consular Mission. At the time of visa application, you will have to meet the requisites on the validity of your academic qualification.

While requesting the visa at the Italian Consulate /Embassy, ask for the issuing of your “Codice fiscale” (Italian tax registration No.). It is a 16-character alphanumeric code issued free of charge by the Revenue Agency to identify Italian nationals and foreign residents. You need to have your own "codice fiscale" to enrol in any Italian university, open a bank account and sign any type of contract (rental, phone line, etc.).

The deadline set by Università Cattolica for the issuing of the study visa is November 15, 2024.

 
STEP 3. Arrive in Italy and apply for the permit of stay

Within 8 working days of your arrival, you must submit the application for a Permit of stay (Permesso di Soggiorno) for study reasons.

The International Admissions office will provide support for the procedure.

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(*) The Italian diplomatic/consular Mission of the country issuing your passport and responsible for the area where you reside (eg. in Turkey or the USA there are several Italian Embassies, and each of them is responsible for a specific state/region in the country). Find here a list of the Italian Consular Offices. If you temporarily live in a country that you are not a citizen of, you may submit your pre-enrolment request to the Head of Italian Consulate/Embassy of that country, who will decide the acceptance or the refusal of the request, based on an evaluation of the single circumstances and considering the public interest. 

In order to finalize their Enrolment in the 1st Year of the Degree Programme, students also be contacted via email and provided with more details and instructions on the enrolment procedure, including which documents to upload and the respective deadlines.