In order to be eligible to apply for a Laurea (equivalent to bachelor degree) programme or a single-cycle Laurea Magistrale programme, you must hold a secondary school qualification obtained after a minimum of 12 years of schooling, overall (with a few exceptions).
Exams taken during university (and non-university) years used to fill any gaps in the admission requirements (i.e. 11 or 12 years of schooling, missing Aps, failing to pass the academic competence exam) cannot be used for an evaluation of the previous career for the purposes of shortening the course.
About this, please note that Politecnico di Milano accepts the completion of a foundation course of at least one academic year.
The regulations relating to the admission of students to Italian universities, who are in possession of a foreign qualification, are set out in a document (Attachment 1 and Attachment 2) issued each year by the Ministry of University and Research.
Specific requirements are foreseen for students with a degree falling in one of the categories listed below. Such students are supposed to read these requirements in details in the above-mentioned Attachment 1:
- STUDENTS WITH LESS THAN 12 YEARS OF SCHOOLING
- UNITED STATES HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFICATION
- INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) QUALIFICATIONS
- BRITISH QUALIFICATIONS
- MISSING DOCUMENTATION REFERRING TO THE PASSING OF ACADEMIC COMPETENCE EXAMS