Payment instructions and deadlines are published on the Competition Call and sent via e-mail to all admitted students.
 
Upon receipt of the payment of the first installment of the tuition fee (amounting to €4,.000), the International Admissions Office will begin to prepare the official admission letters (digital versions only). This document serves as an official confirmation of the admission and provides further details that will be required for the legal procedures handled by the Embassies / Consulates.

2. Submit the pre-enrollment request to the Italian embassy/consulate

As a preliminary step to apply for a study visa, all admitted students need to submit a formal “Pre-enrolment request” to the Italian Consulate / Embassy of their jurisdiction.
 
In order to do so, students are asked to register through the Universitaly portal, a national database that connects each application to the network of the Italian Consular offices in the world.
Given the importance of these steps for the acquisition of the legal documents that we require, please make sure to wait for the International Admission Office to send you the most detailed instructions before taking any step in this procedure. 

Once your request has been submitted, Tthe International Admissions Office will then:

• upload the official Letter of Acceptance on the Universitaly portal, thus confirming your status as an admitted student;
• check and validate your pre-enrolment request, so that your information is sent directly to the Italian Embassy / Consulate in your territory.

 
 
3. Apply for a study visa

If the previous step has been successful, 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, starting from the date announced by the Italian Ministry for Education (it usually falls in mid-August).

You will then be required to contact the Italian Embassy/Consulate you appointed to process your Visa request to make an appointment with them and submit the additional paperwork required to complete your request. Please make sure to refer to the Italian Embassy/Consulate for more information on how to make an appointment with them and for all due details pertaining to the additional paperwork required.

Please be advised also that the University is not responsible and cannot be considered accountable in the unfortunate event that your Visa application is rejected by the Embassy / Consulate.

If your application is accepted, the Italian Embassy/Consulate will:

• Stamp the study visa on your passport;
• Return the pre-enrollment application form (duly stamped) and a certified copy of your diploma (and transcript, if applicable);
• Issue the “Dichiarazione di Valore” of your qualification - if any.

  
4. Enroll to the programme

Please refer to the Competition Call for more details on the documents that are required for the enrollment process. More instructions with regards to this part of the process will be communicated to all admitted students via e-mail.

Notes
(1) To request your Visa, you should refer to the Italian Embassy/Consulate that is responsible for the area where you reside (eg. in Turkey or the USA there are several Italian Diplomatic Missions, and each of them is responsible for a specific state/region in the country). If you temporarily live in a country that you are not a citizen and/or not a resident of, you may submit your pre-enrolment request to the Head of Italian Consulate/Embassy of that country, who will decide whether to accept it or not.

(2) Visas are country specific. They cannot be changed and/or updated. Even if you already are in possession of a valid Visa for a country that is part of the Schengen Area, if you wish to continue your studies in Italy then you will have to go through the immigration process that is specific for Italy and that starts with the type-D Visa application.

(3) The official government Guidelines for admission are published here.

(4) Legalisation is the official confirmation that a signature, seal or stamp on a public document is genuine. It does not authenticate the content of the document. Legalisation 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 La Haye Convention of 05/10/1961, the competent authorities would stamp the Apostille on your qualification. In other countries, specific Ministries are appointed to legalise documents through a stamp. If you studied in Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Germany, Austria or Estonia legalisation of documents is not required according to international agreements.

(5) The Dichiarazione di Valore in loco (DV) 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. In order to obtain the DV, you have to contact the Italian Consulate/Embassy of the country that awarded the qualification. For example, if you studied in a British school in Ghana, you should refer to the Italian Embassy in the UK for the DV issuing.

Both the International Admission Office and the Italian Embassy/Consulate appointed to process your Visa request can ask for a DV. Please note the International Admissions Office cannot change the Italian Embassy/Consulate position in this regard. Please refer to the Universitaly formal pre-enrolment request summary to find out if the International Admissions Office required a DV for your studies or not.
 

2. Enroll to the programme

The list of the documents required for the Enrollment procedure is outlined in the Competition Call and will be also communicated to the applicant by email.