APPLICATION FORM

to the
TWO-YEAR MASTER DEGREE COURSE / LAUREA MAGISTRALE

IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING for SUSTAINABILITY (MES)

To the Degree Director of

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability
Alma Mater Studiorum
University of Bologna

To apply to the Two-Year Master Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability

Please complete this form below.

FIRST NAME _______________________________________ SURNAME ____________________________

Date of birth __________ Place of birth ____________________ Resident in ________________________

Zip Code _______________ City ___________________ Country __________________________________

Phone no. ____________________ Mobile no. ____________________

Email to be used for official communications __________________________________________________

Home Address __________________________________________________________________________

I WISH TO APPLY

For admission to the Master Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability for the Academic
Year 2024/2025.

Note that this application form must be submitted by:

January 30th 2024, 16.00 h CET: first assessment intake,

May 14th 2024, 16.00 h CEST: second assessment intake,
September 13th 2024, 16.00 h CEST: third assessment intake.
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The required information below is relative to the applicant’s first-level Degree (please fill either section 1.a
or 1.b).I declare under my own responsibility that:

1.a. QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates who have already obtained a BSc must complete this section

Name of The University as reported in the IUA-World Higher Education Database:

https://www.whed.net/home.php ___________________________________________________________

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Country ___________________________ Period of attendance (e.g. 2020-2023) _____________________

Nominal duration of the degree program (e.g. 3 years/6 semesters) ________________________________

Actual duration of the applicant’s degree program (e.g. 4 years/8 semesters) ________________________

Number of credits/ECTS of the degree programme______________________________________________

Title of the degree awarded ________________________________________________________________

Main field of study for the qualification (for Italian degrees, specify the “degree class”, e.g. L-8, L-9, etc. ) __

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Graduation mark __________________ (if not applicable, insert the average grade of all the exams passed)

Highest possible graduation mark (or grade) in the applicant’s degree program _______________________

Minimum graduation mark (or passing grade) in the applicant’s degree program ______________________

Please give details of two professors or work supervisors we can contact in case of further questions on
your academic/work performance (please give name and surname, title, institution, office address, office
phone, email address)

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1.b QUALIFICATION PENDING- BSc HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET:

Candidates who have NOT obtained a BSc yet must complete this section
Students who have not completed their first level/BA/or equivalent degree, are also admitted for
application; in case they are placed in the final ranking, candidates will be able to enrol in Mechanical
Engineering for Sustainability Degree programme, if they plan to obtain the requested degree by
December 30th 2024

Name of The University as reported in the IUA-World Higher Education Database:

https://www.whed.net/home.php __________________________________________________________

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Country ____________________________ Period of attendance (e.g. 2020-2023) ____________________

Nominal duration of the degree program (e.g. 3 years/6 semesters) ________________________________

Actual expected duration of the applicant’s degree program (e.g. 4 years/8 semesters) ________________

Number of credits/ECTS of the degree programme______________________________________________

Number of credits /ECTS or exams missing to complete the degree program- Please remember that
candidates can apply with at least 135 ECTS/CFU completed (or 75% of modules completed if the
Bachelor’s degree pursued is outside of Italy):

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Title of the degree to be awarded ___________________________________________________________

Main field of study for the qualification (for Italian degrees, specify the “degree class”, e.g. L-8, L-9, etc. ) _

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Average grade of all the exams passed _______________________________________________________

Highest possible grade in the applicant’s degree program ________________________________________

Minimum passing grade in the applicant’s degree program _______________________________________

Please give details of two professors or work supervisors we can contact in case of further questions on
your academic/work performance (please give name and surname, title, institution, office address, office
phone, email address)

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2. Please reply to the questions below in electronic format.

The hypothetical master’s thesis project is not binding if admitted to the master’s degree.

• Which guided choice (second year) are you interested in (either Sustainable Automation,
Sustainable Energy and Industry, Sustainable Design and Manufacturing) and why?

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• Describe your hypothetical Master thesis project: What would you want to explore? Please limit
your answer to one topic (it must be your own personal proposal).

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• Summarize in a maximum of 250 words your BSc thesis work or final assignment/project. Please
include information about the workload, research area and your own personal contribution to the
project.

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3. How did you hear about our Master degree programme in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability?

o Google search o Other students

o Facebook o Professors from my university

o QS ranking o Erasmus experience

o THE ranking

Other:_______________________________________________________________________________
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4. NATIVE LANGUAGE:___________________________________

5. KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE:  Excellent (native)  Very good  Fairly  Poor

I also declare under my own responsibility that:

 I hold the following certification (check, as appropriate):

o TOEFL - Internet-based – of at least 80 points date of issue ________________

o IELTS - of at least 5.5 points date of issue ________________

o FCE – C date of issue ________________

o ISE II Trinity College London date of issue ________________

o Cambridge English Certificate Level B2 date of issue ________________

o Business Vantage- BEC Vantage date of issue ________________

o a B2 level certificate in English released by a

University Language Centre date of issue________________

o a B2 level English exam (idoneità) passed in an Italian State University Degree Programme

(or the candidate’s self-certification, in case of attestations obtained from

Italian State Universities) date of issue ________________

o OOPT (level obtained B2 or higher) sat with CLA date of issue_________________

for 2024/2025admission entry

 I am exempted – please provide proof of Degree taught in English or declaration for native speakers.

 I DO NOT hold any language certification and I would like to be registered for one of the Oxford Online
Placement Tests organized by CLA in one of the dates proposed BEFORE the intake deadline:

Please specify the chosen test date (you must carry out the test BEFORE the intake deadline) among those
indicated in the master’s degree website at the page https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/MechanicalEngineering-
Forli/how-to-enrol : __________________

Kindly remember that, in order to register for the test, candidates must notify it by email to
didatticaforli.ingstudenti@unibo.it with at least one week notice from the test date.
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6. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

6.a Have you already had any work experience/internship/learning by doing experiences? Please indicate
only experiences in the field of industrial engineering you can demonstrate by uploading a supporting
document in the application section called “publications and other official attestation”

Period (start and finish date):________________________________________________________________

Company/Institution Name, city and country ___________________________________________________

Role:___________________________________________________________________________________

Short description:_________________________________________________________________________

Company Contact name and role:____________________________________________________________

Period (start and finish date):________________________________________________________________

Company/Institution Name, city and country ___________________________________________________

Role:___________________________________________________________________________________

Short description:_________________________________________________________________________

Company Contact name and role:____________________________________________________________

Period (start and finish date):________________________________________________________________

Company/Institution Name, city and country ___________________________________________________

Role:___________________________________________________________________________________

Short description:_________________________________________________________________________

Company Contact name and role:____________________________________________________________

6.b Have you had any study or work experience abroad? Please indicate only experiences abroad you can
demonstrate by uploading a supporting document in the application section called “publications and
other official attestation”

Period (start and finish date):________________________________________________________________

Company/Institution Name, city and country ___________________________________________________

Role/ object of the experience abroad:________________________________________________________

Short description:_________________________________________________________________________

Contact name and role:____________________________________________________________________

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Period (start and finish date):________________________________________________________________

Company/Institution Name, city and country ___________________________________________________

Role/ object of the experience abroad:________________________________________________________

Short description:_________________________________________________________________________

Contact name and role:____________________________________________________________________

6.c Have you already published any paper, book, article, etc. ? Please list date, Field, Title, Brief summary,
Publishing House and relevant document in the application section called “publication and other official
attestation”

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6.d Have you already had any Academic awards, distinction, etc.? Please indicate only awards you can
demonstrate by uploading a supporting document in the application section called “publications and
other official attestation”

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7. EMBASSY FOR NON-EU CITIZENS RESIDING OUTSIDE ITALY

In order to enroll, non-EU citizens residing abroad are required to contact the Italian Embassy-Consulate in
the student's country of residence for information about the procedures and deadlines for submitting the
compulsory pre-enrolment application and, upon completion of the pre-enrolment process, for obtaining a
valid Italian visa for study reasons.

The regulations for admission are established by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research,
with a specific document, which can be found on the website of the Ministry:
http://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/

For more information in English please visit the following website:

http://www.eng.unibo.it/PortaleEn/Students/International+Students/default.htm
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8. CONSENT

In the event that you are eligible in the final ranking and enroll in the Mechanical Engineering for
Sustainability Degree Programme - MES, would you like to know who your fellow students are and, thus,
share with them your email address?

o Yes
o No

Email address:_____________________________________

Please note:
Once registered for the selection procedure of admission to Master Degree Course in Mechanical
Engineering for Sustainability at www.studenti.unibo.it (see article 4 of the Call for Applications), please
upload the following documents to the on-line application by the deadline of:
January 30th 2024, 16.00 h CET: first selection process,
May 14th 2024, 16.00 h CEST: second selection process,
September 13th 2024, 16.00 h CEST: third (possible) selection process:
1) Completed Application form
2) Copy of the degree certificate (if already obtained) and transcript of exams passed of foreign
degrees or self-certificate with list of all exams passed in case of Italian degrees and SSD
3) Proof of English language proficiency/declaration for exemption
4) Curriculum Vitae written in English
5) Copy of a valid ID or passport, printed on both sides
6) Possible attestations of precedent experiences abroad, publications, work experiences and other
official documents supporting statements in this application form
7) Copy of a valid permit of stay, in case the candidate already has it (for NON-EU citizens)
8) (Possible) request for adaptation by candidates with special needs and with SLD.

If the required documents are not written in English or Italian, they should be accompanied by a translation
in English. The translation can be done by the applicants themselves.

➢ Candidates MUST also declare the possession of a valid degree qualification on the application
request online, indicating all the attended exams, final marks and the respective scientific
disciplinary sectors obtained (ssd) as indicated in the call for applications.

Applications that are not accompanied by all the requested documents will not be considered. Upon
request of the Evaluation Board, candidates may implement their applications if some data are missing.

I herein authorize the personal data processing in compliance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

PLEASE NOTE :
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1. subject to the penalties defined at art. 75-76 of Italian DPR 445/2000, any false statement, any
unfounded information provided and the use of forged documents shall determine the automatic
exclusion from the application process and the loss of any benefits obtained thereafter.
2. Materials submitted to the University of Bologna for your application become property of the
University and cannot be returned. The University of Bologna does not discriminate on the basis of
- including, but not limited to - race, colour, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national or ethnic
origin, age, disability in any student programme, or activity administered by the University or with
regard to admission or employment.

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(date) (signed)