Admission - MSc of Science in Computer Science
Pre-Enrolment
Pre-Enrolment sessions
There are two pre-enrolment sessions:
- 1st session: from 1 March till 30 March 2012 (12:00 midday)
- 2nd session: from 7 May till 20 August 2012 (12:00 midday)
Prospective students excluded in the first session can pre-enrol again in the second session.
Online application
You must fill in the online pre-enrolment application and send it electronically.
The application form together with further information and detailed instructuons is available on the pre-enrolment portal.
Attention! Non-EU candidates resident abroad must additionally do their pre-enrolment through the Italian authorities (normally the Italian consulate) in the country in which they gained, or are in the process of studying to gain, their academic qualification.
At the same time they must also ask the Embassy to issue them a declaration of equivalent value (dichiarazione di valore in loco) for their previous study title, see Study in Italy.
Details can be fond on the pre-enrolment portal.
Attachments
Once you have sent the application, you should upload the required attachments in the portal. If uploading is not possible, documents can be submitted to the Student secretariat via email or handed in personally.
In the portal, you can visualize the status of your application and your attachments with the help of colours (e.g., missing documents will be highlighted in red).
Evaluation can then only take place on the basis of the documentation you have presented with the application form. If there are incomplete applications, the Committee can decide to exclude the candidate from the admission procedure.
You shall attach:
- a passport-size colour photo;
- a photocopy of a valid identity card or passport (front/back);
- the "Dossier" – see below;
- a copy of the declaration of equivalent value of the study title (for students with qualifications acquired abroad only); if the declaration of equivalent value is not yet available at the moment of the pre-enrolment, it has to be delivered at the latest upon enrolment – see below;
- a copy of the valid permit of stay for Italy (for Non EU citizens with residence in Italy only) – see below.
Evaluation can then only take place on the basis of the documentation you have presented with the application form. If there are incomplete applications, the Committee can decide to exclude the candidate from the admission procedure.
Dossier
The Dossier written in
English has to be submitted together with your pre-enrolment form. It is composed as follows:
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Study Curriculum
The Study Curriculum must be compiled by using the specific electronic data sheet downloadable below. The following data must be included:
- Name of previous degree course
- University awarding the qualification
- Enrolment date
- Legal duration of the degree course
- Grade scale (maximum, minimum, minimum pass grade)
- Value of one credit point in hours, or its equivalence to ECTS credit points
- Details of the degree course: name of each course in the original language and English, credit points of each course, lecture and lab/exercise hours of each course, grade obtained at the exam, study plan year of the exam, calendar year of the exam, university at which the exam was taken.
NB: The lack of adequate information on the amount of credit points and of lecture and lab/exercise hours of a course will result in the Selection Committee not considering the course in the computation of the points assigned to the candidate.
If the study curriculum refers to a title gained in a country other than Italy, it has to be certified by an academic transcript of exams from the University awarding the qualification. Applicants with titles gained in Italy must on the contrary self-declare the exams passed.
Here an example of a filled out data sheet :  Example of Study Curriculum
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Evidence of knowledge of the English language
If you attended a university degree programme in English do not have to submit additional documentation. Otherwise you must enclose one of the following:
- an international language certificate that appears on the list of the Language Centre
- a certificate attesting attendance of a university degree course with at least 30% of lectures held in English
- a certificate attesting attendance of a high school in English, or of a high school having English amongst its subjects
- any other documentation attesting to language knowledge. Validity will be assessed case by case by the Selection Commission.
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Personal Statement Letter
- not longer than one side of typed A4;
- written in English;
- details the candidate's motivation to enrol for this degree programme.
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If you have qualifications from abroad you must also deliver – at the latest upon enrolment – the original
declaration of equivalent value, together with the original or an authenticated copy of your secondary school certificate and an official translation into Italian. The declaration of equivalent value is issued by the Italian consulate or embassy abroad and confirms that your qualification would grant you entry to a similar university course in the country in which the qualifications were achieved. The declaration must be applied for as soon as possible since it can often require long processing times.
Non-EU candidates with valid permit to stay for Italy (see article 39, paragraph 5 of decree no. 286 of 25.07.1998,) apply directly to the University, as described above. In this case, you must submit a copy of your valid permit to stay for Italy ("
permesso di soggiorno" for work, family reasons, political or humanitarian asylum, religious reasons). A permit of stay for study reasons, or a visa for tourism, is not sufficient. If the permit deadline has expired, a renewal request must also be attached.
NB: if you do not provide the permit for one reason or another, you will be automatically considered a non-EU citizen living abroad and therefore subject to the admission procedure through the Italian authorities acting in your country of origin.
If you are a non-EU candidate resident abroad, you must carry out the enrolment procedures both through the Italian authorities (consulate or embassy) in the country in which you obtained or are to obtain your academic qualifications
and directly with the university. The deadlines imposed by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (
www.study-in-italy.it) must be respected. Should you not follow this procedure with your local Italian consulate, the application that you delivered direct to the university will be declared null and void. The Italian authorities abroad are the only ones able to accept and send applications to the university.
Please note that non EU-citizens resident abroad can apply for one course only!
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