Students holding a non-Italian qualification, regardless of their nationality or place of residence, are subject to specific admission requirements and must provide certain documents in order to assess the suitability of their educational background.
Types of students
For each undergraduate programme, the number of places available for first-year students is established annually.
Certain categories of international students are allocated a specific number of places, referred to as RESERVED PLACES.
To find out if you fall under the category of an “equivalent student” or "reserved places" student, please visit the dedicated page.
Requirements to participate in the admission test
In order to take the admission test at Politecnico di Milano and, more generally, to be eligible for enrolment, applicants must meet specific requirements. These may relate to the total number of years of schooling completed, the final diploma grade/score, or the successful passing an academic suitability test.
Each year, the Ministry of University and Research provides universities with official guidelines, available here.
To check whether you meet all the required criteria, please visit the dedicated page.
Verification of admission requirements
The verification of admission requirements is carried out by the International Students Office. Students must upload the following documents during the test registration phase, in the section “Laurea (equivalent to a Bachelor of Science) and five-year single-cycle programmes: entrance or recovery tests and enrolment > Enrolment documents”:
- report cards from the last three years of secondary school, stamped and signed by the competent authority/office;
- the final secondary school diploma, if already obtained, or a letter confirming enrolment in the final year of secondary school, stamped and signed by the competent authority/office.
ATTENTION: Enrolment will not be considered complete until the required documentation has been verified by the International Students Office.
Necessary documents for enrolment
To officially complete the enrolment process at Politecnico di Milano, all students holding a foreign qualification must submit a set of documents to the International Students Office. These documents are required to verify both the eligibility of the secondary school qualification to access further studies (i.e. a bachelor’s degree course) and the authenticity of the qualification itself.
For information on the mandatory documents required to finalise enrolment, please visit the dedicated page.
Language skills
All students must demonstrate proficiency in Italian for enrolment in courses taught in Italian, and in English for enrolment in courses taught in English.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by uploading a valid language certification in the language in which the course is taught.
More information on accepted language certifications is available here (Italian) and here (English).
Alternatively, students may fulfil the language requirement by demonstrating:
- citizenship of a country where Italian or English is an official language, depending on the language in which the course is taught,
or
- possession of a secondary school diploma obtained at the end of a programme where instruction was provided in the language in which the course was taught.
For further details, please consult the pages related to the admission procedures for the relevant courses.
How to apply for a student visa
All non-EU students residing abroad, without a valid residence permit for Italy, are required to obtain a valid student visa in order to enrol in an undergraduate course at Politecnico di Milano.
Non-EU students, with a residence permit for study purposes obtained for a previous enrolment at Politecnico di Milano or another Italian university, who have lost their student status, CANNOT use that same residence permit and must obtain a new student visa.
To find out when and how to request a student visa, go to the dedicated page.
Documents for previous academic career evaluation
Students who have already attended a university course at a foreign university, either partially or in full, may request the evaluation of exams already taken in order to obtain a course abbreviation. This is not permitted if the completed year(s) were used to fulfil missing admission requirements.
Students requesting the evaluation of their previous academic career must upload the transcript of the exams passed and the course descriptions of the individual courses in the dedicated application.
To officially complete the enrolment process, students will be required to provide the International Students Office with a copy of the above-mentioned document, duly legalised/apostilled.
For details regarding the required documentation, please visit the dedicated page.