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systems.
Preliminary notes:
● If you are an Italian citizen and you achieved an international High School Diploma, your
title allows you to continue your studies in Italian Universities only if it has been awarded
on the basis of at least the last two years of attendance, with a positive result, in the foreign
education system.
● For recognition of qualification awarded either by foreign schools in Italy or Italian Schools
abroad please check CIMEA’s publication n. 135. If you hold a final qualification of
Secondary School Institutions of the Republic of San Marino, please read the Attachment 2
of the Ministerial regulations.
● If you hold a secondary education qualification obtained in a country with 11 years of
schooling and you wish to apply to a Bachelor’s Degree Programme, please check
compensative measures in Annex 1 of the Ministerial Circular or apply for Sapienza
Foundation Year.
● REGARDING TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION (TNE): TNE Programmes belong to the higher
education system of a country different from the one where they are offered. In such cases
the institutions have to be accredited/recognized in the education system both of the country
where they are sited and of the one of belonging. In particular, if applicants submit a foreign
qualification obtained after studies mainly carried out in Italy, the recognition, even partial,
of this qualification is subject to the accreditation procedure of the institution operating in
Italy, as established by Decree n. 214 of April 26 2004, in implementation of Article VI.5 of the
Lisbon Convention.
Marksheet: official final examination list Please note: Private higher education institutes must
be fully accredited from the Quality Assurance
Accreditation Agency (QAAD) during the period when
the candidate studied there
BELGIUM a) Flemish community. Provide one of the a) Flemish community. Provide at least:
following: ● Academische bachelor (universiteit)
● Diploma Secundair Onderwijs -
Algemeen Secundair Onderwijs b) French community. Provide at least:
(ASO) ● Bachelier (universitaire/de type long)
● Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs - Please note: due to its nature, the following
Kunstsecundair Onderwijs (KSO) qualification may not grant direct access to
● Diploma Secundair Onderwijs - second-cycle Master’s Degrees and will be
Technisch Secundair Onderwijs evaluated on an individual basis:
(TSO) ● Bachelier (de type court/professionnalisant),
● Diploma Secundair Onderwijs - check also the corresponding assessment in
Beroepssecundair Onderwijs (BSO) ARDI
b) French community. Provide one of the
Transcript of records: all years must be provided +
following:
● Certificat d’enseignement Diploma Supplement compliant with the Europass
secondaire supérieur - standard (if issued by the University)
enseignement général
● Certificat d’enseignement Please verify your Corresponding Evaluation ARDI
secondaire supérieur -
enseignement artistique
● Certificat d'enseignement
secondaire supérieur -
enseignement technique
● Certificat d'enseignement
secondaire supérieur -
enseignement professionnel
c) German-speaking community:
● Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe
des Sekundarunterrichts
INDIA Provide one of the following Standard XII Provide one of the following:
diplomas: ● At least a 4-year/8 semester
● All-India Senior School Certificate (SSC) Honours/Research Bachelor’s Degree
Examination (AISSCE) issued by CBSE (minimum workload 160 credit-hours),
● Indian school certificate (ISC - Year 12) corresponding to level 6 of India NHEQF
awarded by the CISCE ● At least a 4-year/8 semester Professional
● Intermediate Examination Certificate Bachelor’s Degree (minimum workload 160
credit-hours), corresponding to level 6 of India
● Senior Secondary Course
Equivalent to Class XII certificate NHEQF
issued by NIOS ● Please Note: 3-year/6-semester (minimum
● Intermediate Public Examination workload 120 credit/hours) Bachelor’s Degrees
Pass Certificate (Honours, Professional, Pass/General)*
● Secondary School Leaving corresponding to level 5.5 of India NHEQF of
Certificate (SSLC) don’t grant direct access to second-cycle
● Higher Secondary School Master’s Degrees in Italy, and must be
Certificate followed by at least 1 additional year of studies
● Higher Secondary Examination
leading to a Postgraduate Diploma (minimum
Certificate Part II
workload 40 credit-hours) or an Honors Degree
Maksheet: official final examination list of 4 years
Marksheet: official final examination list Please verify your Corresponding Evaluation ARDI
Please verify your Corresponding
Evaluation ARDI
IRAQ Provide: Provide:
● Secondary School Certificate – وثیقة
المرحلة اإلعدادیة مدرسیةwathîqa ● At least a 4-year Bachelor’s Degree
madrasiyya / al-marhalla al-
i‘dâdiyya Transcript of records: all years must be provided
Maksheet: official final examination list Please note: due to its nature, the following
qualification may not grant direct access to
second-cycle Master’s Degrees and will be
evaluated on an individual basis:
UKRAINE Provide one of the following: Provide at least one of the following:
● Свідоцтво про здобуття повної ● 4-year Диплом Бакалавра (Bachelor’s Degree)
загальної середньої освіти - ● 5-year Диплом спеціаліста (Specialist Degree)
Certificate of Complete General
Secondary Education (since 2019) Transcript of records: all years must be provided +
● Атестат про повну загальну середню Diploma Supplement compliant with the Europass
освiту - Certificate of Complete standard (if issued by the University)
General Secondary Education (from
1992 to 2018) + Зо́внішнє Please verify your Corresponding Evaluation ARDI
незале́жне оці́нювання (ЗНО)-
External Independent Evaluation
(EIE)
Please note: In Italy, a minimum of 12 years
of total schooling is required for access to
higher education. In case your qualification
has been obtained after less than 12 years
of schooling, please check Annex 1 of the
Ministerial Circular. In case you have 11
years of schooling, you an also fill the gap by
applying for Sapienza Foundation Year
● Диплом молодшого спеціаліста -
Junior Specialist diploma
Marksheet (Додаток до свідоцтва/Додаток
до атестата): official final examination list
Please verify your Corresponding
Evaluation ARDI
LICENZA LICEALE
Please also check if your school is in the list
EUROPEA
in Annex 2 of the Ministerial Circular
*Within the University sector, this qualification per se grants direct access only to a first-level
Advanced Professional Course (Master universitario di primo livello) or to a Bachelor’s Degree with
potential credit transfer for a Degree Programme shortening (check Art. 49 of Sapienza’s Student
Regulations).
PLEASE ALSO NOTE: the information shown in this database will be regularly updated taking into
consideration the peculiarities of the world education systems and their future developments.
The list reports the countries from which our University received the highest number of applications.
Missing countries will be added in due time.