Pre-registration on Universitaly – No EU citizenship

Students wishing to pre-register for Bachelor’s or Single-Cycle Master’s Courses at the University of Pisa must access the UniversItaly Portal and fill in the relevant pre-registration application.

The pre-registration application must then be submitted to the Italian Diplomatic Mission in your place of residence, after the University of Pisa has validated it.

If you have one of the qualifications listed in Annex 1 , indicate just one of the courses of study in the active database in your the pre-registration application on the UniversItaly portal.

If you have one of the qualifications listed in Annex 2, choose the course regardless of the number of reserved places.

Diplomatic and Consular Missions accept the application conditionally if:

• you are attending the final year of secondary school and must take the final examination, in addition to any required academic examinations
• if the University of Pisa has indicated in the application that your admission is subject to further requirements

Documents to be uploaded to the UniversItaly Portal for evaluation by the University of Pisa in order to validate the pre-registration application:

• your final qualification in the original (or certified copy) of secondary education with at least 12 years of schooling, or substitute certificate for all legal purposes and official translation into Italian
• a certificate attesting to having passed the academic aptitude test that may be required for access to the university in the country of origin, officially translated into Italian
• one of the B2-level Italian language proficiency certificates of the Council of Europe, issued within the CLIQ (Certificazione Lingua Italiana di Qualità) quality certification system listed on this page.

Any other documentation that may be requested by the University of Pisa for assessing the validity of the foreign qualification for the purposes of evaluation and the subsequent validation of the pre-registration application, to be forwarded to the diplomatic authorities for the purpose of issuing the study visa.

The Declaration of Value will be requested by the University of Pisa from the competent Diplomatic Mission when validating the pre-registration application. If you already have one, we recommend uploading only one of the following documents relating to your qualification:

• Declaration of Value issued by the Italian Diplomatic Representation (Embassy or Consulate) competent for the territory to which the qualification belongs
• certificate of comparability issued by Cimea

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.

All relevant information about the Italian language proficiency test is published on the page Assessment of Italian language skills.

If you wish to pre-register for a non-single-cycle Master’s Degree Course at the University of Pisa, you need to log in to the UniversItaly portal and complete the corresponding pre-registration form which must be submitted to the Italian Diplomatic Representation in your place of residence once it has been validated by the University of Pisa.

Diplomatic and Consular Missions accept applications conditionally when, despite having completed the course of study, applicants do not yet possess the relevant qualifications or when eligibility for the course depends on additional elements.

Documents to be uploaded to the UniversItaly Portal for evaluation by the University of Pisa in order to validate the pre-registration application:

• a university degree or corresponding first-level academic qualification
• an official translation into Italian of the above qualification
• a Transcript of Records issued by the foreign university where the qualification was obtained
• an official translation into Italian of the aforementioned Transcript of Records
• the syllabi for each discipline passed to obtain the degree (the syllabus can be attested by the Diploma Supplement, where applicable)
• an official translation into Italian of the above syllabi
• a certificate of competence in Italian at level B2 or higher as provided for by the Council of Europe
• any other documentation that may be requested by the University of Pisa to assess the validity of the foreign qualification for evaluation purposes and the subsequent validation of the pre-registration application, to be forwarded to the diplomatic authorities for the issuance of the study visa.

The Declaration of Value will be requested by the University of Pisa from the competent Diplomatic Mission when validating the pre-registration application. If you already have one, we recommend uploading only one of the following documents relating to your qualification:

• Declaration of Value issued by the Italian Diplomatic Representation (Embassy or Consulate) competent for the territory to which the qualification belongs
• certificate of comparability issued by Cimea, the official Italian ENIC-NARIC centre
• any certificates from foreign official bodies

In case of pre-registration in a Master’s degree programme held in English, please visit the dedicated webpage to know more about procedures, deadlines and academic admission requirements.

If you choose a course of study in English you do not need to demonstrate B2 Italian language proficiency.

At the time of pre-registration, candidates who possess one are advised to upload an international certification proving their level of English language proficiency (IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge, etc.). This is useful for obtaining a visa from the competent Italian Diplomatic/Consular Mission.

If you wish to pre-register for an English-language Master’s Degree Course at the University of Pisa, you need to log in to the UniversItaly portal and complete the corresponding pre-registration form which must be submitted to the Italian Diplomatic Representation in your place of residence once it has been validated by the University of Pisa.

Diplomatic and Consular Missions accept applications conditionally when, despite having completed the course of study, applicants do not yet possess the relevant qualifications or when eligibility for the course depends on additional elements.

Documents to be uploaded to the UniversItaly Portal for evaluation by the University of Pisa in order to validate the pre-registration application for a Master’s Degree Course:

• a university degree or corresponding first-level academic qualification
• aletter of admission issued by the course of study for which you are pre-registering
• an international certification attesting to the level of knowledge of the English language (IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge, etc.). This is useful for obtaining a visa from the competent Italian Diplomatic/Consular Mission.

The Declaration of Value will be requested by the University of Pisa from the competent Diplomatic Mission when validating the pre-registration application. If you already have one, we recommend uploading only one of the following documents relating to your qualification:

• Declaration of Value issued by the Italian Diplomatic Representation (Embassy or Consulate) competent for the territory to which the qualification belongs
• certificate of comparability issued by Cimea, the official Italian ENIC-NARIC centre
• any certificates from foreign official bodies