If you wish to enroll at the University of Pisa and require a visa, you must submit a pre-enrolment application through the Universitaly portal for your chosen degree programme at the University of Pisa.
Deadline for the 2026-2027 academic year
The deadline for submitting your pre-enrolment application on Universitaly is 30 September 2026. For limited-enrolment degree programmes, any earlier deadline specified in the relevant admission call applies.
Please note: you cannot enrol at a university other than the one indicated in your pre-enrolment application, nor can you enrol in a degree programme different from the one selected on Universitaly.
Visa application
Once your pre-enrolment application has been validated, you will be contacted by the Italian diplomatic office responsible for your country of residence. You must follow its instructions to apply for a Type D national visa for study/university enrolment.
For enrolment purposes, the University of Pisa accepts only visas issued by 30 November 2026. To maximise your chances of obtaining your visa on time, complete your pre-enrolment application as soon as the Universitaly portal opens.
The University will review your application and may ask you to provide additional documentation.
Admission to or pre-enrolment at the University of Pisa does not guarantee either the issuance of a visa or the availability of an appointment to submit your visa application, as both procedures are the sole responsibility of the competent Italian diplomatic or consular representation.
Available places
For the 2026/2027 academic year, the University of Pisa has established a maximum number of places available for non-EU students requiring a visa for each degree programme.
A total of 4,500 places are available. Once the maximum number of places for a specific degree programme has been reached, the University may decide not to validate any further pre-enrolment applications for that programme and may instead offer applicants a place in a related programme with remaining availability.
Please refer to the table showing the available places for Bachelor’s Degrees, Single-Cycle Master’s Degrees, Master’s Degrees, and programmes with limited enrolment.
Documents required for validation
- Passport-size photo
- Valid passport
- Eligible High School qualification obtained after at least 12 years of schooling, or an equivalent legally valid certificate, accompanied by an official translation into Italian (Annex 1 and Annex 2 of the Ministerial Circular on “Procedures for entry, stay, enrolment, and recognition of qualifications of international students for higher education programmes in Italy for the relevant academic year”)
- Italian language certificate at B2 level issued within the CLIQ system (Certificazione Lingua Italiana di Qualità) or the “Open Badge” certificate issued by the University Language Centre (CLI) of the University of Pisa. For further information, please refer to the dedicated page.
If already available, please also upload:
- Declaration of Value (DoV) on the foreign qualification issued by the competent Italian diplomatic mission (Embassy or Consulate), explicitly confirming that the authenticity of the qualification has been verified
or
- Certificate of comparability and verification issued by the Italian ENIC-NARIC centre (CIMEA)
These documents are required by Italian diplomatic representations for the issuance of the study visa (type D “national”).
In the case of pre-enrolment for a Master’s degree, admission is subject to the possession of specific academic requirements.
To find out about these requirements, you can visit the page on the general rules governing access to Master’s Degree Courses and that on the educational offer of the relevant course.
In order to have your qualifications assessed in advance, you can send an email to the president of the selected course of study, enclosing your qualifications and a list of exams with the study programmes completed in your country.
Documents required for validation
- Passport-size photo
- Valid passport
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent first-cycle academic qualification) and official translation into Italian of the above-mentioned qualification
- Transcript of records issued by the foreign university where the qualification was obtained, together with its official translation into Italian
- Programme of studies for each course completed to obtain the qualification (the study programme may be certified by the Diploma Supplement, where applicable), together with its official translation into Italian
- Admission decision for the Master’s degree programme. Applications without this document cannot be validated.
- Italian language certificate at B2 level issued within the CLIQ system (Certificazione Lingua Italiana di Qualità) or the “Open Badge” certificate issued by the University Language Centre (CLI) of the University of Pisa. For further information, please refer to the dedicated page.
If already available, please also upload:
- Declaration of Value (DoV) on the foreign qualification issued by the competent Italian diplomatic mission (Embassy or Consulate), explicitly confirming that the authenticity of the qualification has been verified
or
- Certificate of comparability and verification issued by the Italian ENIC-NARIC centre (CIMEA)
These documents are required by Italian diplomatic representations for the issuance of the study visa (type D “national”).
For pre-enrolment on Universitaly in an English-taught degree programme, a B2 level Italian language certificate is not required.
Documents required for validation
- Passport-size photo
- Valid passport
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent first-cycle academic qualification) and official translation into Italian of the above-mentioned qualification
- Transcript of records issued by the foreign university where the qualification was obtained, together with its official translation into Italian
programme of studies for each course completed to obtain the qualification (the study programme may be certified by the Diploma Supplement, where applicable), together with its official translation into Italian
- Admission letter to the Master’s degree programme held in English. Applications without this document cannot be validated.
If already available, please also upload:
- English language certificate at B2 level or higher of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
- Declaration of Value (DoV) on the foreign qualification issued by the competent Italian diplomatic mission (Embassy or Consulate), explicitly confirming that the authenticity of the qualification has been verified
or
- Certificate of comparability and verification issued by the Italian ENIC-NARIC centre (CIMEA)
These documents are required by Italian diplomatic representations for the issuance of the study visa (type D “national”).
