Visa applicant
Please read carefully the information below on the steps to take in order to apply for IR.
For enquiries, contact: ir.spocri@unimc.it
If you are a citizen resident abroad REQUESTING VISA:
STEP 1 - PRE-ADMISSION THROUGH THE MASTER’S DEGREE COMMITTEE
Applicants to our postgraduate degree program must hold at least a three-year (BA level) degree and a B2 level CEFR of English knowledge (please have a look to ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS).
Applicants requesting VISA who want to check if they meet the admission requirements must submit the PRE-ADMISSION APPLICATION in the dedicated application portal.
The following is a list of documents that MUST be submitted in order to process the preadmission application:
- Curriculum vitae (preferably a European format one available at www.europass.ie/europass/euro_cv.html)
- Scanned copy of the degree certificate including final grade, date, list of courses attended and the exams passed with the corresponding grades;
- A certificate of advanced English knowledge (this certificate is not required for those who obtained a degree from a university whose classes, not including language classes, were taught in English);
- Copy of a currently valid official ID document (passport or identity card).
The IR'S ADMISSION COMMITTEE will evaluate the pre-admission online applications complete with the required documents and submitted through the portal https://apply.unimc.it according to the established calendar.
The response of the IR Commission will be sent to the applicants by email.
Eligible foreign candidates will also receive by e-mail a pre-admission letter in order to carry on pre-enrollment procedures at the Italian Consulate.
STEP 2 - ONLINE PRE-ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITALY PORTAL AND VISA REQUEST TO THE ITALIAN DIPLOMATIC AUTHORITIES
From a.y. 2020/21, in order to start the procedure to obtain the visa, accepted candidates of study courses at University of Macerata need to submit their visa applications using the UNIVERSITALY portal. Within the UNIVERSITALY portal there will be all the information for the completion of visa purpose pre-applications, aimed at facilitating the access of candidates to university courses and related institutions. Students who are regularly pre-admitted with the status of “accepted” must pay attention to upload on the UNIVERSITALY portal the same documentation for which they have already been positively evaluated by the University of Macerata. The University will validate weekly your request.
The subsequent phases will be completed at the relevant Diplomatic-consular missions for the purpose of obtaining the study visa. The procedures for issuing these visas must be concluded within the deadline established yearly.
The 2023/2024 pre-enrolment procedure through the online portal UNIVERSITALY will start in springtime, following the publication of the 2023/2024 procedures by the Italian government at this webpage: https://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/
The pre-enrolment procedure is a process parallel to the visa application procedure, whose each Italian diplomatic authority is solely responsible
UPON ARRIVAL IN MACERATA : If you are an international students requesting VISA, you must apply for an EU residence permit for study reasons within 8 days of your arrival in Italy. Our offices will guide you in the procedure. To know more about it please have a look to the VISA AND POLICE REGISTRATION PAGE.
Novelty a.y. 2020/2021:
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, the annual 2020/2021 procedures for entry and enrollment for students requiring visas A.A. 2020/21 have been subject to changes. In order to start the procedure to obtain the visa, accepted candidates of study courses at University of Macerata need to submit their visa applications using the UNIVERSITALY portal. Within the UNIVERSITALY portal there will be all the information for the completion of visa purpose pre-applications, aimed at facilitating the access of candidates to university courses and related institutions. Students who are regularly pre-admitted with the status of “accepted” must pay attention to upload on the UNIVERSITALY portal the same documentation for which they have already been positively evaluated by the University of Macerata. The University will validate weekly your request.
The subsequent phases will be completed at the relevant Diplomatic-consular missions for the purpose of obtaining the study visa. The procedures for issuing these visas must be concluded, unless otherwise indicated in the future, by 30 November 2020
In spring time, citizens resident abroad requesting VISA must submit a pre-enrollment application for Italian Universities to the local Italian diplomatic authorities in their own countries or residence before the prescribed deadline set every year by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research along with the supporting documents.
Each Italian diplomatic authority is responsible for the procedure. Here below an example of the required documents:
- Form A (Please specify LM-52 " International Relations" if you wish to enrol in our Master’s degree programme);
- University degree certificate or educational qualification which allows the applicant to access a two-year Master's course. This certificate must have already been legalized by the relevant authority of the country where it was issued or with Apostille stamp, and officially translated into Italian. The certificate must be accompanied by a Dichiarazione di Valore in Loco (Certificate of Equivalence of Qualification);
- Transcript of records attesting examinations and relevant scores (including credit hours, if available);
- Copy of English language certificate;
- syllabus, i.e. an outline of topics covered in the courses;
- two passport-sized photos.
Each Consulate/Embassy may ask students to provide further documents according to their specific regulation.
Note: Student syllabi and transcripts will be accepted in English or in Italian. All other documents issued in a foreign language must be translated in Italian by an official translator.
UPON ARRIVAL IN MACERATA : If you are an international students requesting VISA, you must apply for an EU residence permit for study reasons within 8 days of your arrival in Italy. Our offices will guide you in the procedure. To know more about it please have a look to the VISA AND POLICE REGISTRATION PAGE.
STEP 3 - ENROLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA
- Dichiarazione di valore in loco (Certificate of Equivalence of Qualification) indicating that you have completed a total of 15 years of schooling prior to attending a master's degree program or Diploma Supplement or certification released by ENIC-NARIC Centers
- 2 passport-sized photos, one of which certified
- Your qualification awarded by a university or your post-secondary qualification awarded by a non-academic higher education institution enabling you to proceed to the subsequent level of education in the country where it is issued (or certified copy)
- Transcript, issued by the competent academic authority, which records all the subject courses/exams included in the curriculum of your 1st cycle H.Ed. qualification and syllabi of the individual subject courses covered by your 1st cycle H.Ed. qualification; they should provide details on the number of credits allotted to each discipline and the credits needed for the awarding of the final qualification, or on the weekly/yearly hours for all teaching-learning activities (theory and practice). If you submit a Diploma Supplement for admission to a second cycle degree, you are not required to submit the transcript of records or the syllabus.
- Copy of the Permesso di soggiorno (Residence permit) issued by the competent Italian police office (this concerns only non-Eu citizens legally living in Italy). This permit is to be applied for within 8 days of arrival in Italy. Students are required to deliver the residence permit application receipt first, then, having collected the residence permit card, they must hand in a copy as soon as possible, exhibiting the original document to the University Registrar’s office. For further information, visit the Italian Immigration website
- Copy of English language certificate (this certificate is not required for those who obtained a degree from a university whose classes, not including language classes, were taught in English)
- Copy of the receipt of payment of the first installment of the tuition fees.
Degree/diploma - as well as all related documents that are issued by a foreign authority or that are in a foreign language different from Italian - must be submitted along with a legal translation into Italian. The translation must be certified by the relevant Italian diplomatic representation abroad. English versions of transcripts and sillabi do not require a translation into Italian.
The documentation handed in by the applicant does not allow for direct access/admission to Laurea Magistrale (Second cycle degree/Two-year Master), as the University must also assess if the degree/diploma/certificate owned by the applicant can qualify for the application. As required by current Italian law, in order to enroll in a second cycle degree program, the applicant must have completed a total of 15 years of schooling prior to attending a master's degree program. You are required to verify that you have completed the 15 years of schooling before pre-enrolling.
Admission is contingent upon verification by the competent Academic Offices of validity of academic qualifications for registration and acceptance of the candidate onto the course. Should this be the case we will provide students information about ADDITIONAL READINGS after the formal admission: students must pass interview(s) with the referee(s) by the 30th of November 2024. Any requests for extension must be made to the Committee by the 30th of November and will be consired at the next meeting.