Study In Italy: Admission And Italian Student Visa Process

Italy, the Mecca of fashion, gets a decent number of international students who intend to pursue fashion and design, although there are several others who come here to study Engineering and Business Administration as well. Aspirants are required to pre-apply at the Italian consulate/Embassy of their country of residence for pursuing  academic programes. Italian student visa is granted to only those students whose documents are checked by the embassy and approved by the concerned university they have applied to. Each year a limited number of seats are reserved at Italian universities for students . This information is made public on the Ministry of University and Research website.

In fact, Italy boasts of possessing four of the worlds oldest universities. In the QS rank of oldest universities, University of Bologna founded in 1088 leads with University of Padua (estd. 1222), University of Naples Federico II (estd. 1224) and University of Siena (estd. 1240) at sixth, seventh and eighth positions.

Innately stylish, the country is known for art and design as well as ranked among the top 50 in the world for

not so design subjects like Architecture, a variety of engineering disciplines like civil, structural, mechanical, electronic and electrical engineering, anatomy and physiology, Pharmacy and pharmacology, law and legal studies.

QS Rankings 2018 rank 30 universities of Italy. The top four Italian universities feature among the 200 top universities in the world.

Top Italian Universities (QS Ranking 2018)

170 Politecnico di Milano
188 Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
192 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
192 Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento

The Italian student visa for students from outside the European Union is different from other countries. Italian universities have a approved quota of international students that they can accept. Italian university aspirants have to first pre-apply to the Italian consulate or embassy in their country to be approved for the education opportunity.

The Italian consulate is responsible for sending the documents to the respective university applied to and inform the student of the decision and the dates of the entrance exam s/he has to take.

• Italian Academic Cycle: October – September

• Italian Application deadline: The application deadline for different programmes are different. Ideally, apply four months before the session starts.

• Most undergraduate programme application period is July to September.

• Application period of postgraduate admissions for open admissions is October – November. While the courses for which applicants have to appear for an entrance examination, the application period starts from July – September.For Non EU Students: Applicants residing outside the EU and not possessing a valid Italian residence permit are required to make a pre-application request to the Italian diplomatic representation in their country of residence. The Non EU applicants can apply to a single university and a single degree programme. The Italian consulate/Embassy accepts and checks the pre-application for Italian study visa.

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