Students needing a Study Visa

Registration Procedure in brief

  • Before leaving your home country: You should apply for pre-enrolment in the Universitaly portal attaching all the required documents. Moreover  you must register on segreterie online for the entry test or the evaluation test eventually planned by the application procedures indicated for each degree course. Candidates for the School of Medicine and Surgery (program in English) must follow the same rules for elegibility, but registration procedure for IMAT (International Medical Admissions Test)  must be checked on the IMAT official website (All information about the Medicine and Surgery program in English can be found at the specific degree course page)
  • Once you arrive in Italy: You must take the Italian language test and apply within 8 days for a residence permit (permesso di soggiorno) for study reasons. Students who have a  valid certificate indicating that their Italian level is not lower than B2 are exonerated from the language test. Students who apply for degree courses entirely taught in English are exempted from the Italian language test. 
  • When you have passed the Italian language test: take any necessary access tests for the single study courses (when applicable) and enrol according to the procedures indicated for each degree course. 

Valid certification for exoneration from Italian language test

Valid certificates for proficiency in the Italian language (for a level not lower than B2) are awarded by the Council of Europe at the III University of Rome, by the University for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena, the University for Foreigners "Dante Alighieri" of Reggio Calabria and by the "Dante Alighieri" schools, in agreement with the Italian Institutes of Culture abroad. CLIQ certificates (Certificazione lingua italiana di qualità) are also accepted.

What to do in your country of origin

Once you arrive in Italy, you must:

  1. Apply for a "permit of stay - permesso di soggiorno" within eight days. Information about how to apply for permesso di soggiorno is available on the  official website “Portale Immigrazione” ( you can select the language of information on the left section “istruzioni multilingue”);
  2. Take the  Italian Language Test, If you are not exonerated. You are exonerated from the Italian language test if you are applying to a program completely in English or if you have a valid certificate attesting your knowledge of italian language. If you do not pass this test, you cannot enrol to university and you should leave the country before the visa’s expiration date. 
  3. Take the admission or evaluation test,  if required, and then proceed to enrol following all the steps as indicated in the pages of your degree course (carefully check the deadlines!)

Check the modalities, arguments and details of the language test in the page of the study course you’re interesting at. 

Due to the health emergency caused by the spread of COVID-19, for the A.Y. 2020-2021 the opening of the Welcome Desk is suspended until further notice.

The enrollment process for study courses takes place online, according to the steps described in the attached file.

For students of the Degree in Medicine and Surgery, the enrollment procedure is to be considered valid if it took place within the registration deadlines for the IMAT 2020 TEST on Universitaly (01-23 July 2020).