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Admission criteria and procedure

Admission requirements

You can enter this course if you have earned a bachelor's degree or equivalent (pre-doctoral degree, university diploma - 3 years, school directed for special purposes - 3 years), if you meet the curricular requirements, and if you pass the prerequisite check.

Did you get your degree abroad?

If you graduated abroad, you will have to take a proof of Italian language skills.

If you graduated in Italy, continue reading.

Specific requirements

For access to the Course, knowledge equivalent to that provided by the Bachelor's Degrees - Civil and Environmental Engineering Class (Class L-7 of DM 270/2004 and Class 8 of DM 509/1999) or of the five-year Degrees of the former system in Civil Engineering, Environmental and Territorial Engineering, and Construction Engineering is required.

To be eligible to enroll, therefore, you must meet the following curricular requirements:

  • a bachelor's, specialist or master's degree, as per DM 509/1999 or DM 270/2004, or a five-year degree (prior to DM 509/1999) or equivalent qualifications
  • at least 36 CFU, or equivalent knowledge, acquired in any university course (Bachelor's Degree, Specialist Degree, Master's Degree, University Master's Degree of first and second level) in the scientific-disciplinary fields indicated for the basic training activities in the subject areas of the three-year degrees of Class L-7 Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • at least 45 CFUs, or equivalent knowledge, acquired in any university course (Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Master's Degree, University Master's Degree of first and second level) in the scientific-disciplinary fields indicated for the characterizing educational activities in the subject areas Civil Engineering, Engineering for the Environment and the Territory of the three-year degrees pertaining to Class L-7 -Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Excellent knowledge of both oral and written English (level B2) with reference also to disciplinary vocabularies

The following UniGe degrees automatically fulfill the curricular requirements:

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  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (class L-7)
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  • Master's Degree in Building Engineering-Architecture (class 4S) and Single-Cycle Bachelor's Degree in Building Engineering-Architecture (LM-4)

If you have a degree from abroad, the curriculum committee will verify the presence of the knowledge equivalent to the industrial engineering class through the analysis of the academic title, CV and Transcript of records.

If...

If you graduated from UniGe with a recent degree (former DM 509) and your degree meets the curricular requirements, you should directly log on to the Online Services.

If you are a UniGe graduate but your degree does not automatically meet the curricular requirements or you graduated from another university, you must:

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  1. Link to the Online Service of UniGe
  2. Upload your career of studies (only for students from other universities), including the statement of exams taken with the indication, for each subject, of the disciplinary scientific sectors and the relevant CFUs for the verification of curricular requirements.
    . At this time you will have to choose the date on which you will present yourself for the Verification of Initial Preparation.
    N.B. Documentation must be uploaded within 10 days of the date you intend to attend.

The outcome of the verification of curricular requirements will be communicated to you prior to the scheduled date for Verification of Initial Readiness.

If you fail the verification of curricular requirements, you will not be able to take the initial preparation verification. In this case you will be suggested a "bridging career" to fill the highlighted curricular deficiencies.

If, on the other hand, you do not pass the initial preparation check, you will be able to take the test for a different Master's Degree or submit to a later test.

N.B.If your bachelor's degree grade is at least 9/10 of the maximum or earned a final grade corresponding to the "A" or "B" classification of the ECTS system, you will not have to take the initial preparation test.

You can take the initial preparation test even if you have not yet graduated, as long as you have already passed all exams and your career meets the curricular requirements.

In this case, after pre-registration, you need to log on to Unige's Online Services and choose the date on which you would like to take the initial preparation check.

N.B. Because you have not yet graduated, remember that you will not be able to take advantage of any exemption for the grade you earned.

2. Register and pre-register

To enroll in this course of study, you must go through the online process that includes registration and pre-registration (for more information you can watch theTUTORIAL).

UniGe Portal Registration

If you have never been enrolled at the University of Genoa, access the UniGe Portal and get your UniGePASS credentials (for more information you can watch the TUTORIAL).

Pre-registration

Make apply for pre-registration using the UniGePASS credentials you received with your registration.

Are you a foreign student or one with a degree earned abroad?

If you want to enroll in a degree course of the University of Genoa, you will have to complete your pre-enrollment online by filling in all the data related to your diploma.

Please note that non-EU students who have their residence abroad will have to pre-enroll at the Italian Embassy or Consulate in their country even though they hold an Italian high school diploma.

Pre-enrolment

Italian Degree

Students who obtain an Italian degree can ask for the accreditation status of their academic qualification at CIMEA (Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence).

Useful information

For further information about entry visas, stay permits and the enrolment for foreign students in a degree course of higher education for the a.y. 2021-2022, vist MIUR.

Contacts

International Students Office (SASS)
Piazza della Nunziata 6
16124 Genoa
+39 010 209 51525
sass@unige.it

If you want to enroll at the University of Genoa you have to register at SASS office, where you also have to submit your diploma -translated into Italian and legalized - accompanied by its Declaration of Value, and then complete the pre-enrollment on line.

Pre-enrolment

Document you have to submit

If you want to enrol at the University of Genoa, you have to submit the following documents:

  • your diploma, in the original or in a certified copy, duly legalized by the Embassy or the Consulate;
  • the Italian translation of your diploma issued by the Embassy or the Consulate OR translated by an official translator and then certified by the Embassy or the Consulate or approved by the Italian Court
  • the Declaration of Value issued by the Embassy or the Consulate, OR any document issued by an ENIC-NARIC center (visit the Italian ENIC-NARIC center: www.cimea.it), OR the documents issued by the Embassy or the Consulate located in Italy and representing the foreign country where you have obtained your diploma
  • any certificate attesting your successful completion of the admission test - if any - required by the university of your country.

If you have obtained a diploma after less than 12 years of school, you also have to submit one of the following documents:

  • the academic certificate attesting the successful completion of the exams scheduled for the 1st year or for the first two years of your degree study program
  • an official Italian or foreign post-secondary diploma obtained in a higher education institution - universities excluded - in subjects related to the degree course you have applied for, having a duration of one or two years
  • any certificate issued by an Italian University attesting the successful completion of foundation courses

These documents should attest the attendance to courses during at least one or two years, according to whether your country has a 10-year or an 11-year education system.

If you want to enrol in a master's degree course, besides your bachelor's degree, you also have to submit the following documents:

  • the original certificate attesting all the teaching units you have attended and all the exams you have passed approved by the Embassy or the Consulate
  • the course contents and the study programs of the teaching units included in your degree course duly certified by the University
  • an Italian official translation of the certificate as well as of the single units' study programs, unless they are issued in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese

You must hand over all your documents related to your degree to SASS (the International Students Office) to complete your enrolment.

If you are a non-EU student, you must hand over at SASS your residence permit as well.

Please note:if you hold a student residence permit and you decide to withdraw from studies you will not be able to enrol again in the same course or in any other course.

Italian Degree

Students who obtain an Italian degree can ask for the accreditation status of their academic qualification at CIMEA (Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence).

Useful information

If you need help to find accommodation, to obtain the residence permit as well as the Italian fiscal code, or if you need information about healthcare, bus passes or university canteens, or about how to open a new bank account, please contact SASS.

For further information:

Contacts

International Students Office (SASS)

Piazza della Nunziata 6
16124 Genoa
+39 010 209 51525
sass@unige.it

  • submit your pre-enrollment on the Universitaly website, 2021, choosing the University of Genoa and the course you want to apply for
  • refer to the Italian Embassy or Consulate for Italian translation and legalization of your diploma and for the issue of Declaration of Value
  • ff the University of Genoa accepts your application, contact the Italian Embassy or Consulate that you indicated in the pre-enrollment for the issue of study visa

For further information please check the MIUR website.