3 – International Students

PROCEDURES FOR ENTRY, RESIDENCY AND ENROLMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THE RESPECTIVE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES IN ITALY

Existing national dispositions for the academic year 2024/2025

RULES TO ENTER AND STAY IN ITALY

If you are a student from a EU country, you must be in possession of an identity document valid for the entire period of stay in Italy and of an adequate health coverage also valid for Italy.

If you are a student from a non-EU country and you do not reside in Italy, you must apply for an entry visa for study purposes (Post Graduate).

To be eligible for a study visa you need to:

• be accepted into a Specialist Master’s Programme;
• complete the online procedure on the UniversItaly website;  in the application you must indicate the University of Eastern Piedmont (Università del Piemonte Orientale, UPO) and choose the programme you are admitted to; you will also need to indicate the Embassy / Consulate at which you will apply for the entry visa for Italy; please remember to attach all the required foreign academic documents as well as the legalised translation and the declaration of value;
• after UPO verification you will receive a notification in your email account specifying if the application has been approved or not. If your application is approved, your pre-enrolment application will be transmitted to the Italian Representative.
• following the aforementioned submission by the University, contact the Embassy / Consulate to apply for an entry visa for study purposes (post-graduate), with validity related to the duration of the courses.

If you are a student from a non-EU country and you reside in Italy, you can enrol if you have a EU long-term residence permit (formerly the Residence Card) or a residence permit for:

• employment, self-employment or for investor;
• family reasons;
• political asylum, subsidiary protection;
• religious reasons.

If you have held a residence permit for study reasons, for at least one year, you may enrol if the permit is a renewable one (please note that a study residence permit issued for an Italian language course is not renewable).

RESIDENCE PERMIT

Upon your arrival in Italy, within eight working days of entry, you must apply for a residence permit from the competent Police Headquarters (Questura) (check if you have to apply for a residence permit only after a period of fiduciary isolation where applicable). This is compulsory if you stay in Italy for more than 90 days.

To complete the enrolment a copy of the receipt received on applying for a residence permit must be sent to the UPO Master Desk.

Once you have collected your residence permit, you must send a copy to the UPO Master Desk.

ARCHIVE PROCEDURES FOR ENTRY, RESIDENCY AND ENROLMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

• Academic Year 2021/2022
• Academic Year 2022/2023
• Academic Year 2023/2024