Study visas allow entry to Italy for long or short stay periods, with the purpose of study, vocational training or internship.
a) University enrolment
Foreign citizens who already finalized the pre-enrolment procedure for a three year course laurea degree or laurea magistrale a ciclo unico (single-cycle) degree course at Italian Universities or AFAM Institutes for the academic year of reference can apply for a “Studio-Immatricolazione” type visa. All students who applied for pre-enrolment within the deadline and who already obtained the “Dichiarazione di Valore” can apply for a study visa following this check list.
For more information on consular services for students, please visit the “Study” page of this website.
For information on study opportunities in Italy and pre-enrolment procedures, please visit the following websites:
http://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/
http://www.uni-italia.it/it/
b) “Marco Polo – Turandot” programmes
Chinese citizens who already completed pre-enrolment procedures for laurea courses at Italian Universities or AFAM Institutions according to the Marco Polo – Turandot Program and who enrolled to Italian Language courses too for 10 or 11 months, can apply for a study visa following this check list.
For more information on Marco Polo – Turandot program please visit the following websites:
http://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/
http://www.uni-italia.it/it/
c) Enrolment to single University classes, post-graduate, exchange programmes
Students who intend to enroll to single courses, post graduate courses, exchange programs or other courses, can apply for a study visa following this check list.
d) Vocational training and Internship
Visas to participate in professional training programs or internships must be requested by providing the documents as listed in the following check-list.
e) Language courses at private schools
Visas to attend language courses at Italian schools must be requested by providing the documents as listed in the following check-list.
f) Research
The research visa allows to carry out a research activity at universities or research institutes recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR). Applicants must have a higher qualification that enable them to carry out doctoral programs.
For research periods no longer than 90 days, please use the following check-list.
For research periods longer than 90 days, please use the following check-list.
g) Post-graduate
Students enrolled to Italian public or private universities authorized to issue legal value decrees in post-graduate courses (PhD, masters [other than Laurea Magistrale], specialization and post-doc) must submit the documents enlisted in the following check-list.
