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:

• visit the Study in Italy website
• read "Welcome to Genoa!"

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.