Requirements

Students holding degrees issued by Institutions of Applied Sciences (or corresponding denomination in other languages) may not apply directly for a “Laurea Magistrale” (equivalent to Master of Science) programme at Politecnico di Milano.

These types of degrees are awarded by higher education institutions that offer professional-oriented programmes, therefore, they will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis depending on the country of origin of the degree. For information, students are strongly advised to consult the Corresponding Evaluation in ARDI – Automatic Recognition Database - Italy.

Depending on the education system of the country of origin, these qualifications:

• do not allow students to apply directly for a “Laurea Magistrale” (equivalent to Master of Science). Students may consider applying for a Laurea Triennale programme (equivalent to a Bachelor of Science), some of the courses completed during previous studies may be considered for a credit transfer to the bachelor level, if admitted, or students may consider applying for access to Master universitario di primo livello programmes.

or

• allow students to apply directly for a “Laurea Magistrale” (equivalent to Master of Science), taking into account the nature of the courses completed and the specific Italian programme to which the applicant intends to apply.

For qualifications obtained in Belgium, Netherlands and Swiss, please refer to the list below for specific requirements. 

• You must have graduated from a recognized Higher Education Institution; no franchising degrees are being accepted
• Your documents (your diploma degree or an attendance certificate in case you have not graduated yet) must clearly state that you have obtained/will obtain an Honours degree or equivalent. If this is not stated on your Degree, an official letter from your university indicating that it’s an Honours Degree needs to be uploaded with your diploma.

Minimum GPA required for the application is 3.3 out of 4

• Flemish community

An Academische bachelor (universiteit) is required

Please note: due to its nature a Bachelor (Hogescholen) does not grant direct access to second-cycle Master’s Degree Programmes (check the Corresponding Evaluation in ARDI database).

• French community

A Bachelier (universitaire/de type long) is required

Please note: due to its nature a Bachelier (de type court/professionalisant) may grant direct access to second-cycle Master’s Degree Programmes in a related subject (check the Corresponding Evaluation in ARDI database)

• You must have graduated from a recognized Higher Education Institution; no franchising degrees are being accepted
• Your documents (your diploma degree or an attendance certificate in case you have not graduated yet) must clearly state that you have obtained/will obtain an Honours degree or equivalent. If this is not stated on your Degree, an official letter from your university indicating that it’s an Honours Degree needs to be uploaded with your diploma.

• You are required to submit your Bachelor’s degree certicate (学士学位证书 xueshi xuewei zhengshu).
• Minimum GPA required for the application is 80%. Please note that, unless otherwise specified on your official documentation, we will consider 80% equivalent to a GPA of 3.0/4.0.

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 3.5 out of 5
• A Título de Licenciatura, whose main subjects are closely related to the MSc programme to which students are applying

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 65 out of 100. 
• If you graduated in an Egyptian University, please provide a letter issued by your university stating your weighted average score in addition to your academic transcripts. If you have not graduated yet and do not have your final transcripts, please ask to your university to issue a certified document stating your Grade Point Average (GPA).
• If your Bachelor Degree (at least for 3 years) was taught in English, you are not required to provide an English language certificate. In this case, please send a document certified by your university attesting your programme medium of instruction.

However, please note that the Italian Diplomatic Representatives in Egypt might request you to provide an English proficiency certificate such as IELTS or TOEFL in order to manage your pre-enrollment and visa application. Therefore, we strongly advise you to contact the Italian Diplomatic Representatives in your country to check the documents required as to avoid any delay with the Embassy and pre-enrolment procedures.

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 3 out of 4.

• Applicants who have/are about to have a Grade de Licence from a recognised institution in France will be evaluated directly for our MSc studies.

• Applicants who are attending a Grandes Écoles programme will first be pre-evaluated in order to be granted an equivalence of their educational background with one of our undergraduate programs. It may happen that the equivalence is not given because the programme attended by the student has too many differences if compared to the Polimi’s undergraduate programme. Only in case the equivalence is granted, the candidate can proceed with the evaluation process for the Master of Science program chosen.

  Please be informed that this procedure usually takes longer than a standard evaluation.

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 65 out of 100.

• Minimum GPA (percentage or weighed score) required for the application is 70 out of 100.
• We accept at least a 4-year bachelor degree (e.g. B.Tech., B.Eng., B.Des., B.Arch., etc.). A 3-year B.Sc. may be considered only if it is an Honours programme.
• If you graduated in an Indian university, please upload scanned copies of your original academic transcript or consolidated grade sheet directly issued and certified by your institution. No screenshot will be accepted.
• Transcript must contain your Grade Point Average (percentage or weighed score) and the grading system applied. If this information are not stated on your transcript, please ask your university or college to provide you with a certified document stating them.

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 2.8 out of 4
• Sarjana I degree (Sarjana Stratum satu, S I), whose main subjects are closely related to the MSc programme to which students are applying

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 15.5 out of 20. The office will consider only the GPA related to your bachelor degree and will not make any average with other degree such as Associate degree or Master degree
• A Lisans or Karshenasi or Karshenasi-napayvasteh, whose main subjects are closely related to the MSc programme to which students are applying. NOTE: for holders of Karshenasi-napayvasteh we will take into consideration only the GPA earned on the Karshenasi and we will not consider the Kardani GPA. No exception will be made regarding the minimum GPA
• Even unofficial or provisional transcripts must contain the official University stamps and/or signatures
• Check out some examples of accepted certified copy of transcripts:
  - Example 1
  - Example 2
  POLIMI DOES NOT ACCEPT PHOTOCOPIES OF TRANSCRIPTS
• Due to some special requirements for pre-enrolment procedure and Visa application, students applying to the first semester must obtain their university qualification by May/June. For more information, please visit the Italian Embassy website.

• Your documents (your diploma degree or an attendance certificate in case you have not graduated yet) must clearly state that you have obtained/will obtain an Honours degree or equivalent. If this is not stated on your Degree, an official letter from your university indicating that it’s an Honours Degree needs to be uploaded with your diploma.

• A Bachelor's degree (WO)

Please note: due to its nature a Bachelor's degree (HBO) does not grant direct access to second-cycle Master’s Degree Programmes (check the Corresponding Evaluation in ARDI database).

• You must have graduated from a recognized Higher Education Institution; no franchising degrees are being accepted
• Your documents (your diploma degree or an attendance certificate in case you have not graduated yet) must clearly state that you have obtained/will obtain an Honours degree or equivalent. If this is not stated on your Degree, an official letter from your university indicating that it’s an Honours Degree needs to be uploaded with your diploma

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 3 out of 5

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 3.3 out of 4
• If you graduated in a Pakistani University, please provide a letter issued by your university stating your weighted average score in addition to your academic transcripts. If you have not graduated yet and do not have your final transcripts, please ask to your university to issue a certified document stating your current Grade Point Average (GPA)
• We accept transcripts (original with stamp and signature, NOT PHOTOCOPIED) certified by your university Registrar’s Office, or by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. Check out some examples of accepted certified copy of transcripts:
  - Example 1
  - Example 2
• We do not accept 2+2 year bachelor degrees. We accept only 4-year continuous bachelor programmes (in line with HEC new bachelor’s degree policy)

• A Bachelor degree (бакалавр - Bakalavr) whose main subjects are closely related to the MSc programme students are applying to
• Check out some examples of accepted certified copy of transcripts:
  - Example 1
  - Example 2
• If your transcript does not state your GPA/WEIGHTED AVERAGE SCORE, it is required you obtain a document issued and stamped by your university showing your GPA/WEIGHTED AVERAGE SCORE and its official translation.

Minimum GPA required for the application is 7.5 out of 10

• According to the South African educational system, only candidates with a Level 8 final qualification (Honours Degrees), will be taken into consideration for the evaluation. Candidates who hold a Level 7 qualification will not be evaluated.

• You must have graduated from a recognized Higher Education Institution; no franchising degrees are being accepted
• Your documents (your diploma degree or an attendance certificate in case you have not graduated yet) must clearly state that you have obtained/will obtain an Honours degree (Level 6 final qualification SLQF). If this is not stated on your Degree, an official letter from your university indicating that it’s an Honours Degree needs to be uploaded with your diploma. Candidates who hold a Level 5 qualification SLQF will not be evaluated

• The uploaded transcript must be original (photocopies are not valid) or a copy attested by the Registrar’s Office and must contain an original stamp of the University, the signature of an officer in charge and a recent date.

• A Bachelor/Baccalauréat universitaire (Universität/Université/ETH/Scuole Universitarie) is required

Please note: due to its nature a Bachelor (Fachhochscule/Haute École Spécialisée/Scuole Universitarie Professionali) does not grant direct access to second-cycle Master’s Degree Programmes (check the Corresponding Evaluation in ARDI database).

• Minimum GPA required for the application is 3 out of 4
• A Lisans Diplomasi, whose main subjects are closely related to the MSc programme to which students are applying

• You must have graduated from a recognized Higher Education Institution; no franchising degrees are being accepted
• Your documents (your diploma degree or an attendance certificate in case you have not graduated yet) must clearly state that you have obtained/will obtain an Honours degree or equivalent. If this is not stated on your Degree, an official letter from your university indicating that it’s an Honours Degree needs to be uploaded with your diploma.

Minimum GPA required for the application is 7 out of 10