Admission to non university higher education studies

Name of secondary school credential required: Maturità

Minimum score/requirement: 36 (before 1999)

Name of secondary school credential required: Diploma di Esame di Stato conclusivo dei Corsi di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore

Minimum score/requirement: 60/100 (since 1998-99)

Alternatives to credentials:

Diploma di Maturità artistica di 1a sezione, Diploma di Maestro d'Arte, Maturità di Arta Applicata for Academies of Fine Arts

Entrance exams required:

For the Academie di Belli Arti, students who hold lower secondary qualifications must sit for an entrance examination. For the ISIAs, applicants must sit for an entrance examination consisting of aptitude tests related to the specialized area chosen.

Numerus clausus/restrictions:

There is a numerus clausus.

Admission to university-level studies

Name of secondary school credential required: Maturità

Minimum score/requirement: 36

For entry to: All universities (before 1998-99)

Name of secondary school credential required: Diploma di Esame di Stato conclusivo dei Corsi di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore

Minimum score/requirement: 60/100

For entry to: All universities (since 1998-99)

Entrance exams required: There are entrance examinations to DU and SDAFS courses. Entrance examinations for admission to numerus clausus CLs consist of written tests followed by an oral interview. They may vary from one institution to another and from one CL to another.

Numerus clausus/restrictions: There is a numerus clausus. The number of available places is determined every year by the Academic Senate of the university on the advice of the faculty council concerned. The numerus clausus applies to the following Laurea courses: Architecture, Dentistry, Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Medicine at both older and newly-established institutions; all newly-established CLs at all institutions; all CLs at recently established institutions, such as the Università della Calabria, Tor Vergata (Rome 2), Rome 3, Naples II, Milan 2, etc.

Foreign students admission

Definition of foreign student: A foreign student is a person enrolled at an Italian institution of higher education who is not a permanent resident of Italy.

Admission requirements: Students should hold qualifications that entitle them to enter university degree courses of an academic nature in their country of origin, and that have been conferred on completion of a minimum of 12 years of global schooling. In addition, foreign students are required to pass an examination in the Italian language that is organized every year in early September by individual universities.

Entry regulations: An entry visa, residence permit and financial guarantee are required.

Language requirements: Good knowledge of Italian. Universities organize language courses.

Application procedures:

Apply to individual institution for entry to: Universities

Apply to national body for entry to: All types of universities and programmes.

Apply to: Italian Embassy/Consulate in the home country.

Application closing dates:

For non-university level (technical/vocational type) studies: Apr

For university level studies: Apr

For advanced/doctoral studies: Apr

Recognition of studies & qualifications:

Studies pursued in home country (System of recognition/accreditation): Contents of individual degree courses are determined autonomously by universities. Individual institutions, however, when establishing a CL or CLS, have to adopt several general requirements fixed at national level in relation to groups (classi) of similar degree programmes. These national requirements may not bind more than 2/3 of each curriculum. Degree programmes which share the same objectives and same fundamental types of teaching/learning activities are organized in groups called classi di appartenenza (classes of degree programmes).

Studies pursued in foreign countries (bodies dealing with recognition of foreign credentials):

ENIC-NARIC, Centro di Informazione sulla Mobilità e le Equivalenze Accademiche (CIMEA), Fondazione RUI

Head: Carlo Finocchietti, Director

Viale Ventuno Aprile 36
00162 Roma
Italy

Tel: +39(06) 863-21281

Fax: +39(06) 863-22845

Services provided & students dealt with: CIMEA offers information and counselling on academic recognition of diplomas, periods of study and publishes guides and directories on matters related to academic mobility. CIMEA acts on behalf of MIUR.

Ministerio dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)

SAUS-Uff.X Piazzale Kennedy 20
00144 Rome
Italy

Tel: +39(06) 2080  +39(06) 2061

Fax: +39(06) 5991-2242

Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Università e della Ricerca

SAUS-Uff. V Piazzale Kennedy 20
00144 Roma
Italy

Tel: +39(06) 5991-1

Fax: +39(06) 5991-2967 (International Relations Office)

Services provided & students dealt with: CIMEA acts on behalf of the  Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Università e della Ricerca

Multilateral agreements concerning recognition of foreign studies

Name of agreement: International Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab and European States Bordering on the

Year of signature: 1976

Name of agreement: The Convention (UNESCO, Europe Region) on the recognition of higher education studies and qualifications in the States of the Europe Region (Legge 376/1982)

Year of signature: 1979

Name of agreement: The European Convention (CoE) on the equivalence of diplomas leading to admission to universities (Legge 901/1956)

Year of signature: 1953

Name of agreement: The European Convention (CoE) on the equivalence of university study periods (Legge 258/1993)

Year of signature: 1990

Name of agreement: The European Convention (CoE) on the equivalence of university study periods in foreign languages (Legge 197/1958)

Year of signature: 1956

Name of agreement: The European Convention (CoE) on the recognition of university qualifications (Legge 1940/1962)

Year of signature: 1959

Bilateral agreements concerning recognition of foreign credentials

Name of agreement: DM 11.06.90

Year of signature: 1990

Country/state involved: San Marino

Name of agreement: DPR No. 175

Year of signature: 1994

Country/state involved: Holy See

Name of agreement: Exchange of Letters (16.07.99)

Year of signature: 1999

Country/state involved: San Marino

Name of agreement: Exchange of Notes (14.07.99)

Year of signature: 1999

Country/state involved: Spain

Name of agreement: Law No.

Year of signature: 2000

Country/state involved: Switzerland

Name of agreement: Law No. 103 (Memorandum of Understanding)

Year of signature: 1997

Country/state involved: Slovenia

Name of agreement: Law No. 322

Year of signature: 2000

Country/state involved: Austria

Name of agreement: Law No. 49

Year of signature: 1996

Country/state involved: Germany

Name of agreement: Verbal Proceedings of 24.10.97

Year of signature: 1997

Country/state involved: Australia

References to further information on foreign student admissions and recognition of studies

Title: Guida ai servizi per gli studenti universitari 2000-2001

Author: Ministro dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica

Title: Guida all'Università 2000-2001

Author: Ministro dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica

Publisher: CIMEA della Fondazione RUI

Title: Higher Education in Italy: a Guide for Foreigners 2000

Author: Ministro dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica

Publisher: CIMEA della Fondazione RUI

Title: La formazione postlaurea nelle università italiane 1999-2000

Author: Ministro dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica

Publisher: CIMEA della Fondazione RUI

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