International student enrolment

Foreign students can enrol in courses or exchange programmes offered by UNIVPM

 
student applying
 
 

EU students and EU equivalent students

A non-UE student can be considered as a EU equivalent student if one of the following situations occurs:

 

  • The student holds citizenship in one of the following countries: Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, San Marino;
  • The student has a non-UE citizenship and is regularly staying in Italy according to art. 39, comma 5 of the decree no. 286/1998 (modified by art. 26 of the law no. 189 dated 30/7/2002);
  • “…foreigners awarded with the temporary residence permit either for a subordinate or autonomous job, for family reasons, for political or humanitarian asylum, or for religious reasons”;
  • “…foreigners regularly living in Italy since at least one year who graduated from high school in Italy”;
  • “…foreigners, living in any country, who have a final degree from Italian schools abroad, or from foreign or international schools either in Italy or abroad, in case bilateral agreements or special regulations concerning the recognition of study titles are in force”.

 

NB When enrolling, you are required to deliver to the Registrar’s Office your foreign diploma legalised and translated with a declaration of value issued by the Italian Embassy or Diplomatic Representation competent for the country where the title has been released.

 

Non-UE students applying for a visa

The access to Italian Universities’ degree courses of non-UE students applying for a visa follows the rules yearly published on the MUR (Ministry of University and Research) website.

 

This procedure does not apply to:

  • citizens from European Union Member States, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, San Marino, even if holding a foreign qualification;
  • foreigners already officially residing in Italy
  • students who hold scholarships released by European Union education, training and research programmes
 

Pre-enrolment on UNIVERSITALY portal

International students applying for a visa and living abroad will have to complete a pre-enrolment procedure before starting the enrolment.

In case you need a visa to enter Italy, you should apply first for the pre-enrolment in our university on the UNIVERSITALY website, filling in the 'Pre-enrolment Form' within a deadline to be defined.

To apply, the following documents must be uploaded on UNIVERSITALY:

 

  • BACHELOR’S DEGREE COURSES:

 

  1. ID picture;
  2. Passport copy;
  3. Original or certified copy of final secondary education degree, obtained after at least 12 scholastic study years, or a fully legal substitute certificate; the final degree must be accompanied by either a declaration from the Italian Centre ENIC-NARIC (CIMEA), or declarations from official foreign institutes, or value declarations if owned by the students;
  4. Translation in Italian or English of the final secondary education degree;
  5. Italian language proficiency certificate, if owned, with at least a B2 level according to the CEFR.

 

  • SINGLE CYCLE MASTER’S DEGREE COURSES:

 

  1. ID picture;
  2. Passport copy;
  3. Original or certified copy of final secondary education degree, obtained after at least 12 scholastic study years, or a fully legal substitute certificate; the final degree must be accompanied by either a declaration from the Italian Centre ENIC-NARIC (CIMEA), or declarations from official foreign institutes, or value declarations if owned by the students;
  4. Translation in Italian or English of the previous study degree;
  5. Italian language proficiency certificate, if owned, with at least a B2 level according to the CEFR.

 

  • NOT SINGLE CYCLE MASTER’S DEGREE COURSES:

 

 
  1. Final degree released by a higher education institute which allows the graduate to enrol in the next level of study course in another higher education institute located in the country where the degree was obtained; the final degree must be accompanied by either declarations from the Italian Centre ENIC-NARIC (CIMEA), or declarations from official foreign institutes, or value declarations;
  2. Transcript of records where passed exams are reported released by the relevant University, plus the programme of study for each subject; the programme of study can also be stated in the Diploma Supplement, if available;
  3. Translation in Italian or English of the documents enlisted in no. 1 and no. 2;
  4. Italian language proficiency certificate, if owned, with at least a B2 level according to the CEFR.

 

Università Politecnica delle Marche signed an agreement with CIMEA for the issue of Statements of Comparability and Statements of Verification to international students holding a foreign qualification recognizable in Italy, with rapid deadlines and at discounted prices. Find further information here .

 

After checking that the admission request has been correctly filled in and submitted, and in case the candidate meets the requirements of the chosen course of study, a notification in PDF format will be sent via UNIVERSITALY to the candidate. The notification will be sent as well to the Italian Embassy in the foreign country indicated by the student.

 

Italian language knowledge assessment

Non-UE students living abroad who need to apply for a visa will have to take an Italian language test and prove a B2 level according to the CEFR if willing to enrol in a degree course taught in Italian.

 

TEST DATES FOR THE A.Y. 2023/2024

 

Please be informed that two new exam dates are available for you to take the Italian language proficiency test:

  • 15th January 2024, at 3 p.m. (deadline to sign up for the test: 8th January, at 1.00 pm Italian time)

  • 10th April 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (deadline to sign up for the test: 3rd April, at 1.00 pm Italian time)

The tests will be held in person, at the Faculty of Economics, Classroom T8 (address: Piazzale Martelli Raffaele, 8, 60121 Ancona).

To sign up for the test, fill in this application form(211 KB) and send it back to international@univpm.it (e-mail subject: “Iscrizione prova di lingua italiana”).

 

 

TEST DATES FOR THE A.Y. 2024/2025

 

23rd JULY 2024, AT 9.00 AM (ITALIAN TIME) (online)

(deadline to sign up for the test: 16th July, at 1.00 pm Italian time)

 

30th AUGUST 2024, AT 9.00 AM (ITALIAN TIME) (online)

(deadline to sign up for the test: 23rd August, at 1.00 pm Italian time)

 

24th SEPTEMBER 2024, AT 9.00 AM (ITALIAN TIME) (online)

(except for students willing to enroll in a Medicine course)

(deadline to sign up for the test: 17th September, at 1.00 pm Italian time)

 

18th DECEMBER 2024, AT 9.00 AM (ITALIAN TIME) (in presence)
(except for students willing to enroll in a Medicine course)

(deadline to sign up for the test: 11th DECEMBER 2024, at 1.00 pm Italian time)

 

 

TEST MODALITIES

Moodle will be used for carrying out the exercises and the ZOOM platform will be used to identify candidates and to ensure the smooth running of the test itself, according to the instructions available here.

During the candidates' entry into the physical or virtual classroom, in the event that difficulties in understanding the instructions are identified, the Commission could ask short additional questions, aimed at assessing oral interaction skills. Candidates who do not show adequate linguistic proficiency will not be allowed to take the computer test.

 

The computer test consists of the following exercises:

  • reading comprehension test
  • listening comprehension test
  • grammar/vocabulary test
  • text completion test (cloze test)

 

Duration of the test: 1 hour

 

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE TEST

To sign up for the test, please fill in the following document and send it to international@univpm.it (e-mail subject: “Iscrizione prova di lingua italiana “):

 
Documento in formato Microsoft Word 2007 Form to participate in the Italian language online test 2024-25 (211 KB)  
 

Please indicate in the form on which date you wish to take the test and the email address where you wish to receive all communications related to the test. Please also send a passport copy and remember that, on the test day, you will be asked to show your passport before starting the test.

 

Candidates will receive further instructions at the email address indicated in the registration form.

  

The requests will be accepted according to their order of arrival.

 

If too many requests are received for the same date, the candidates will take the test in turns, in differentiated time slots, which will be notified the day before the test. In case of:

  • Impossibility to connect once the test is due to start,
  • Absence of the candidate at the time of the test,
  • Lack of the candidate’s ID document before the test,

the candidates will have to take the test in the next session, if still available.

 

EXEMPTION FROM THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE TEST

 

The candidates are exempted from the Italian language knowledge assessment if:

  1. They plan to enrol in a degree course totally taught in English;
  2. They have a certificate which allows the exemption from the Italian language test and from the quotas for non-UE students living abroad, as established in the Paragraph 1.2 of Part III in the current ministerial procedures .
  3. They have a certificate which allows the exemption from the Italian language test, but not from the quotas for non-UE students living abroad, as established in the Paragraph 1.2 of Part III in the current ministerial procedures .
 

Requesting a visa

The ensuing steps to pre-enrol will have to be completed with the competent diplomatic or consular authorities to obtain the requested visa.

International students who need a visa to enter Italy will have to make a timely visa request for the purpose of studies to the diplomatic or consular institutes of the country where they live. In this way, as soon as the visa is ready, the students will be able to meet the visa requirement for the enrolment procedure and finalise the whole process.

When asking for a visa to your country’s Italian Embassy or Consulate, remember to provide them with the pre-enrolment form generated by the UNIVERSITALY portal.

The procedure of visa request can vary according to the guidelines of each Italian Embassy/Consulate abroad, so it is solely the candidate’s responsibility to obtain reliable information and respect the fixed deadlines.

The procedures to release the visa will have to be concluded within the 30th November 2022.

 
+ - HOW TO ENROL IN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE COURSE

After completing the pre-enrolment procedures in UNIVERSITALY portal and with the diplomatic/consular authority in your country of residence, you can move on to the enrolment phase.
Remember to do so within the 7th November 2022, otherwise you will incur in an extra fee. This late enrolment fee amounts to € 25,00 if you enrol within the first 60 days starting from 6th November but will increase up to € 50,00 after the first 60 days of delay.


Here you can find the steps to take next:

 

  1. Register on Esse3web portal and create your Reserved Area;
  2. Fill in the online enrolment request for the selected degree course; please find the instructions below;
  3. Upload in the online application a recent ID picture in digital format (Jpeg or Bmp with a resolution of 200 dpi and maximum dimension of 400kb). The picture will be used for the university badge or internal documents, and must show only the student’s face with a neutral background;
  4. Print and sign the enrolment application;
  5. Pay the 1st university tax fee via PagoPa;
  6. Enclose the following documents within the deadline of 7th November 2022:

    · Enrolment application form duly signed by the candidate plus a valid ID copy back and front, all of which to be submitted in a single PDF file
    · Copy of the 1st tax fee payment receipt
    · Copy of fiscal code

 

It is of VITAL IMPORTANCE to pay the tax fee and enclose all the requested attachments (enrolment application form dated and signed, ID copy, fiscal code copy, payment receipt copy).

ONLY when this step is successfully taken, you will be assigned a matriculation number.

 

NB Foreign students as well must take part in the knowledge test aimed at assessing each student’s initial preparation. This assessment helps the student too to better choose their study course. These tests are prepared by each Faculty.
The knowledge test is not selective and if not passed in the first attempt, you can still enrol, but in the following months, when other test dates are published, you will have to take it again until it is passed.


Further document needs to be uploaded in two more cases:

 

1. Student with disabilties:

 

- If you have a medical certificate released by the competent medical commission in the relevant territory proving the existence of a mental/physical condition and its degree;

 

2. If you are an international student, or you have a foreign degree:

 

- The final degree (original or certified copy), obtained from the foreign secondary education institute after at least 12 years of study, translated and legalised by the Italian diplomatic authority in the country where the degree was issued; alternatively, the final degree can be accompanied by either a declaration from the Italian Centre ENIC-NARCI (CIMEA), declarations from official foreign institutions or a declaration of value;

- If the final degree was obtained after less than 12 years of study as mentioned above. In this case, a translated and legalised certificate stating the attendance and the successful completion of all the exams planned in the 1st and 2nd university year should be uploaded;

- For the foreign countries where an initial test to access university is in place, it is mandatory to present a translated certificate proving that the test had been passed;

- Passport or valid ID document.


NB The residence permit, if you are a non-UE student, should be presented once you arrive in Italy, not when enrolling.

 

 
+ - HOW TO ENROL IN A MASTER'S DEGREE COURSE

After completing the pre-enrolment procedures in UNIVERSITALY portal and with the diplomatic/consular authority in your country of residence, you can move on to the enrolment phase.
Remember to do so within the 7th November 2022, otherwise you will incur in an extra fee. This late enrolment fee amounts to € 25,00 if you enrol within the first 60 days starting from 6th November but will increase up to € 50,00 after the first 60 days of delay.


Here you can find the steps to take next:

 

  1. Register on Esse3web portal and create your Reserved Area

 

  • Proceed with the enrolment in your Reserved Area (fill in the data, print the enrolment application and sign it, pay the 1st rate through PagoPA)

 

Online registration and enrolment procedure

 

Or

 

  • For those who wish to enrol in a degree course taught in Italian, go to the ‘Evaluation Form’ (if requested, eventually enclosing qualifications in the section ‘Attachments’), wait for the publication of the list of eligible students for enrolment on your selected faculty website
  • Once the eligibility is assessed, you can move on to the enrolment phase via your Reserved Area (fill in the data, print the enrolment application and sign it, pay the 1st rate through PagoPA)

 

  1. To complete the enrolment, upload in your Reserved Area the following documents:

 

  • Recent ID picture in digital format (Jpeg or Bmp with a resolution of 200 dpi and maximum dimension of 400kb). The picture will be used for the university badge or internal documents, and must show only the student’s face with a neutral background
  • Enrolment application form signed by the candidate, plus a valid ID document copy, scanned front back, all of which in a single PDF file
  • A copy of the 1st rate payment receipt
  • Final degree from a higher education institute which allows to enrol in the next level of studies in the country where it was awarded; the final degree can be accompanied by a declaration from the Italian Centre ENIC-NARIC (CIMEA), by declarations from foreign official institutes or by a Declaration of Value
  • Transcript of records, released by the competent university, reporting the passed exams and the study programme of each subject; the study programme can be proved in the Diploma Supplement, if available
  • Italian or English translation of the final degree and above-mentioned transcript
  • Passport copy showing the personal data and the birthplace
  • Italian language knowledge certificate (B2 level according to CEFR), if owned
  • Foreign language knowledge certificate, if requested by the selected degree course
  • Other documents (university transcripts, master final degrees, etc.) if owned by the candidate and if useful for the enrolment
  • Entry visa or copy of residence permit
  • Fiscal code copy
 

Notice

The selection process to be admitted in the single cycle degree courses of the Faculty of Medicine is now open. All information can be found here.

 
+ - Available places for non-EU students applying for a Visa to enrol in A.Y. 2022/2023
 
Documento in formato Adobe Acrobat Non-EU students applying for enrolment in the A.Y. 2022-2023 (496 KB)  
 
The "Università Politecnica delle Marche" has adopted a new tuition fee system since the 2017/2018 Academic Year. Tuition fees include the regional tax, stamp duties and an amount which depends on the student's family income and financial situation the course chosen.
 
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