Application

academic year 2025-2026


Places available: 600 + 30 reserved for non-EU citizens + 30 reserved for students in the Marco Polo project

Call for applications

Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.

Application for admission: from 13/03/2025 to 17/07/2025

Application for matriculation: from 20/08/2025 to 03/09/2025

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Qualifications and knowledge required for admission
Admission to the degree programme is capped. Candidates to the degree programme in Linguistic and cultural mediation for business, law and community services must have a high-school diploma or an equivalent qualification obtained abroad. In order to successfully attend this degree programme, students must have a significant knowledge of the Italian language and culture and must have studied at least one foreign language at high school. They also need adequate competencies in high school subjects related to the degree programme, as well as basic logical and mathematical skills.
Non-Italian students and non-Italian mother tongue students holding a foreign qualification must demonstrate Italian proficiency at least at a B1 level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), paired with basic knowledge of the Italian culture.

Admission assessment
Candidates holding an Italian qualification who are applying for the curricula in Business, Tourism and Community services (as well as foreign students not applying for the Stranimedia curriculum) must take the TOLC-SU test to assess expressive linguistic skills and logical and mathematical skills. While taking the TOLC-SU test, candidates who want to study English must take a specific test to assess knowledge of the English language (B1 level CEFR). The outcome of this test will not be considered for the ranking. Should the student fail the test, he/she will not be allowed to access English courses. In order to meet the background knowledge requirements, candidates must achieve, in the admission test, the minimum passing score set out in the call for applications. Additional learning requirements (OFA) are assigned to students who do not achieve the minimum passing score in the above-mentioned test, and have to be fulfilled within the first year of the degree programme in order for students to be allowed to sit for exams.
Candidates are admitted in rank order, following the indications reported in the call for applications and until all places available are taken.

The Stranimedia curriculum is reserved for non-Italian mother tongue students holding a foreign qualification. To be admitted, candidates must take a test to assess their knowledge of the Italian language and culture, as well as knowledge of English if they choose it as language of study. Both tests will be held online (see the call for applications for further details).
Additional learning requirements (OFA) are assigned to students who do not achieve the minimum passing score in the Italian language and culture test, and have to be fulfilled by attending an Italian as a second language (L2) course, and by passing the final assessment. Further details are reported in the call for applications and on the website of the degree programme. Students who do not fulfil the OFA within the first year of the degree programme will not be allowed to sit for exams.
Should a student not meet the minimum requirements of the English test, he/she will not be able to choose English as curricular language.

Additional learning requirements (OFA) and remedial activities
For the curricula in Business, Tourism and Community services, OFA must be fulfilled through attendance of remedial courses specifically designed for the degree programme by the University. Instructions to attend these remedial courses will be available on the website of the degree programme. Assessment tests will be scheduled at the end of the courses.
For Stranimedia curriculum, in order to fulfil the Additional Learning Requirement (Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo - OFA) for Italian and sit the second-year exams, B1 proficiency in Italian per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required.
Proficiency in Italian for students with academic diplomas or degrees from a country other than Italy will be assessed during the admissions test for the chosen study programme. Those who do not demonstrate a B1 level or higher in Italian will be required to fulfil an Additional Learning Requirement (OFA), attend courses administrated by the University Language Centre (SLAM), and pass the end-of-course test.

Transfers and second degrees
All students who intend to apply for transfer must take the TOLC-SU test. The same requirements apply to students already holding a degree who intend to obtain a second degree.
Information for students enrolled in the Business / Tourism / Community Services curricula

Students of the Business, Tourism and Community Services curricula who chose  Chinese + Japanese, Hindi + Arabic, Hindi + Chinese, Hindi + Japanese or Hindi + Russian as their language combination must demonstrate proficiency in a language of the European Union other than Italian at a B2 or higher level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
This level can be certified as follows:

  • by submitting a B2 (or higher) language certificate to the Academic Office of the School of Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication, following the procedures described below. The certificate must have been obtained no more than 3 years before enrolment; or
  • by taking a language assessment test administered by the University Language Centre (SLAM). The test is mandatory and must be taken in December of the first programme year. If the student obtains at least B2, no other actions will be necessary; otherwise, they will have to attend a mandatory language course organised by the University. The course offer comprises English, French and Spanish; no German courses are available at present.

NB: Those who do not take the language assessment test in December or fail the end-of-course test will be required to obtain a B2 language certificate outside of their degree programme, at their own expense.

In the first half of October 2025, the Academic Office will contact students who chose the above-mentioned language combinations and ask them to submit a copy of their language certificate. Those who do not have a language certificate will have to choose the language in which they want to take the assessment test (English, French, Spanish or German). This choice cannot be changed later.

The Academic Office will then notify SLAM of the list of students without a language certificate. These students will be invited by SLAM to sit the language assessment test in December 2025.

Please note that no university credits are awarded for fulfilling this language proficiency requirement.

However, attaining the B2 level in one of the above-mentioned languages is one of the necessary conditions for obtaining the final degree.

Further information
Fees

For students enrolled on bachelor’s, master’s and single cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments of different amounts and with different payment deadlines:

  • the first, corresponding to the minimum amount, is the same for all students 
  • the second - technically referred to as an ‘all-inclusive fee’-  that is variable.

The University provides:

  • no tax area for students on track with exams and not on track with exams for one year with ISEE certification until 30.000 €.
  • Fees exemption on account of merit, income or disability, or if they meet other specific requirements;
  • Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements;
  • Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad;
Scholarships and benefits

The University also provides:

  • Part-time study 
  • Financial aid, refectory service, accommodation,
  • Awards and scholarships
University guidance

How university works, how to choose the right programme and prepare for tests, guidance services and events for prospective students and schools